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Wednesday 27 October 2010

7 days of library news:

Who would love a Gruffalo?
"The Gruffalo is the favourite book of children and parents alike, according to a survey. For a book which was first published just 11 years ago, it has won a cherished place on the nation's bookshelves. So why does it strike such a chord?"
BBC News, Friday 22 October 2010

Commentary: Literature in the age of e-books
"There is always the risk that literature that is written for the screen will be more prone to triviality, banality, to a deterioration of intellectual activity." (Via @librarianchat.)
McClatchy, Friday 22 October 2010

Public Libraries: PA's Plan Fails to Join the Dots
"So why not allow libraries to 'rent out' as opposed to ‘loan’ to their members and charge a rental fee for any download. We have operated such a system in Denmark for libraries and similar systems are being proposed in other countries." (Via @martinjutenabs.)
Brave New World, Friday 22 October 2010

Horror! The End of the World!
"The 24 hour public library"
The Good Library Blog, Friday 22 October 2010

Ebooks in public libraries - response to the Publishers Association statement
The Reading Agency.
The Reading Agency, Friday 22 October 2010

Fiction uncovered
"Fiction Uncovered is a new literary promotion to uncover our best fiction writers. It is supported by Arts Council England and funded by the National Lottery." (Via @alisonbarrow.)
Fiction uncovered, Friday 22 October 2010

The Good Library Manual - With a Charter for Public Libraries, Tim Coates
New publication. (Via @slawler.)
Birkshire Publishing, Friday 22 October 2010

"YouTube - The Lord of the Libraries ... Best bit is the bookwraiths section about 10 minutes in."
(Via @Philbradley.)
YouTube, Friday 22 October 2010

PA sets out restrictions on library e-book lending
Publishers Association.
theBookseller.com, Friday 22 October 2010

PLR escapes swingeing cuts
Public Lending Right.
theBookseller.com, Friday 22 October 2010

Librarians worried by publisher e-book restrictions
'Librarians have warned that publishers have "declared war on libraries"'
theBookseller.com, Friday 22 October 2010

PA moves to calm unease over e-book lending
Publishers Association.
theBookseller.com, Friday 22 October 2010

Beyond the Bullet Points: Blind in a Mine
Humour, the "library committee".
Virtual Dave...Real Blog, Friday 22 October 2010

The Librarian Militant, The Librarian Triumphant
"What will kill this profession is not ebooks, amazon, or Google. It will be a lack of imagination. An inability to see not what is, but what could be. To see only how we are viewed now, but not how that is only a platform for greatness."
Virtual Dave...Real Blog, Friday 22 October 2010

J.A. Konrath on Huffington Post: The ease of self-publishing e-books
"...editorial on the Huffington Post in which he talks about how he used Amazon to publish the horror novel Draculas"
Teleread, Friday 22 October 2010

OverDrive: A statement on the Publishers Association’s position on eBook lending
Teleread, Friday 22 October 2010

[dollars]20.00 - A Poster of all your Library’s Facebook Friends
Stephen's Lighthouse, Friday 22 October 2010

The Most Interesting Librarian in the World
Humour.
Stephen's Lighthouse, Friday 22 October 2010

E-Books: Now Available: Pics of New Internet Archive BookReader (With Mutitouch Support) in Action
"Reading Desk 2.0"
ResourceShelf, Friday 22 October 2010

New Report Includes Look at the Digital Divide Worldwide: Measuring Information Society 2010
ResourceShelf, Friday 22 October 2010

Plan to let community run Goxhill Library from next April
NORTH Lincolnshire. (Via Google News.)
this is Scunthorpe, Friday 22 October 2010

Library appeal brings in 23 volunteers
"A Somerset library has received a boost from 23 volunteers who want to help save the service." (Via Google News.)
this is Somerset, Friday 22 October 2010

Hillingdon above average in league results
"...above the national average for English and Maths ... Hillingdon is investing in all 17 of its libraries and is committed to providing the best facilities to Hillingdon residents." (Via Google News.)
Hillingdon Times, Friday 22 October 2010

North Yorkshire phone kiosk becomes a library
Thorganby, near York. (Via Google News.)
BBC News, Friday 22 October 2010

FunderFinder alternative
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Friday 22 October 2010

Affordable Enquiries training for Public Library staff
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Friday 22 October 2010

T S Eliot Prize for Poetry - reading groups
"We are hoping to persuade fiction reading groups to try poetry"
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Friday 22 October 2010

Libraries a foundation of democratic rights, says Annie Mauger in fighting speech
PLA speech.
Library and Information Update, Friday 22 October 2010

31 Cataloging and Metadata Blogs in 2010
iLIbrarian, Friday 22 October 2010

Ebooks in public libraries - response to the Publishers Association statement
VftL team.
Voices for the Library, Friday 22 October 2010

Why the Publishers Association are wrong....
"Under the new scheme, library users would have to come onto the library’s physical premises to download an e-book at a computer terminal"
thoughts of a [wannabe] librarian..., Friday 22 October 2010

The Axe will fall on our Libraries - Confirmed
Doncaster.
Save Doncaster Libraries, Friday 22 October 2010

CILIP Presidential Address 2010
Comment.
Information Twist, Friday 22 October 2010

Christobel Kent - A Fine and Private Place
Review.
Book Talk Bournemouth, Friday 22 October 2010

ILI 2010
Internet Librarian International 2010.
Bethan's information professional blog, Friday 22 October 2010

"Warrington: unhappy ending for libraries"
"mobile library service" (Via Alan Gibbons' Blog.)
Warrington Guardian, Friday 22 October 2010

PLR situation
"reductions to the PLR [Public Lending Right] fund"
Alan Gibbons' Blog, Friday 22 October 2010

Hillingdon presentation
"Hillingdon, [Councillor] Higgins borough, has followed Tim Coates’ advice in undertaking a programme of renewal and renovation in its libraries." (Via Alab Gibbons' Blog.)
youSENDit, Friday 22 October 2010

Spending review - Somerset libraries face cuts and closures
(Via Alan Gibbons' Blog.)
Bridgewater Mercury, Friday 22 October 2010

eBook insanity from the U.K.
"treating the digital as if it were physical is a category mistake of the largest order"
American Libraries Magazine, Friday 22 October 2010

Welsh Libraries and Web 2.0: a survey of access and views in 2010
"The report is a snap-shot of the views of librarians of the use of Web 2.0 in libraries in Wales."
Welsh Assembly Government, Friday 22 October 2010

"Australia's National Vision & Framework for Public Libraries - of interest beyond Australia"
(Via @LISResearch.)
ALIA Public Libraries Advisory Committee, Wednesday 20 October 2010

"V (Ed Vaizey] said Cons intended to form new national libs agency, now not happening & MLA going..."
Public Library Authorities Conference.
@walkyouhome, Wednesday 20 October 2010

One-Third of the World's Population Online by the End of 2010
(Via @libraryfuture.)
AllThingsD, Wednesday 20 October 2010

Awesome Banned Books Week Display!
"Emma Crofts, librarian at Strode's College in Surrey"
Unshelved, Wednesday 20 October 2010

Protests begin over library cuts in Nottinghamshire
theBookseller.com, Wednesday 20 October 2010

Mollet warns over library funding following spending review
"c.e.o. of the Publishers Association"
theBookseller.com, Wednesday 20 October 2010

The rise of the enhanced e-book
'"enhanced" multimedia e-books'
Teleread, Wednesday 20 October 2010

Specter of e-book piracy looms large on horizon
"The recent wave of e-book readers has made e-book piracy easier and more tempting than ever."
Teleread, Wednesday 20 October 2010

Library Marketing Tip [hash]2: Set goals
"What are you trying to achieve?"
The Shiny Forager, Wednesday 20 October 2010

The Readers Behind Bars Put Books to Many Uses
'Avi Steinberg’s memoir, "Running the Books," about his job as a prison librarian at "the Bay" - the Suffolk County House of Correction in South Bay near Boston - gets off to an obnoxious start.'
LISNews, Wednesday 20 October 2010

What Are Your Plans for Halloween?
"Librarian Halloween costumes"
LISNews, Wednesday 20 October 2010

Sussex library staff face axe
"Staff have three weeks to comment on the plans, which would see five jobs lost and some librarians demoted to library assistants." (Via Google News.)
The Argus, Wednesday 20 October 2010

See I.T. In Action
"how I.T. projects led by local authorities or partner organisations have made an impact on people’s lives throughout the U.K."
Voices for the Library, Wednesday 20 October 2010

Spending cuts put libraries at risk, authors warn
"Libraries, and wider access to literature through Arts Council-supported projects, are both threatened by the funding reductions announced today by the Chancellor"
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 20 October 2010

Letter in today’s Times
"We are appalled by the Government’s plans to abolish the Public Lending Right administrative body..."
Alan Gibbons' Blog, Wednesday 20 October 2010

Government responds in battle to save libraries
"Nortwich faces cuts" (Via Alan Gibbons' Blog .)
BBC News, Wednesday 20 October 2010

Cornwall's cuts budget
"Cornwall plans to cut 26 libraries and anticipates a legal challenge" (Via Alan Gibbons' Blog .)
BBC News, Wednesday 20 October 2010

Gaming 2.0
"Playing games in Houston leads to families learning and having fun together"
American Libraries Magazine, Wednesday 20 October 2010