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Wednesday 10 November 2010

7 days of library news:

"Good ideas for libraries and publishers in RNIB report ... Will RNIB introduce institutional membership?"
(Via @tomroper.)
RNIB, Tuesday 9 November 2010

"Some Multimedia tools for librarians; a guided tour with commentary "
(Via @Philbradley.)
Jogtheweb, Tuesday 9 November 2010

"DCMS announced it's new business plans yesterday. Point 6 say 'support libraries in next generation'"
(Via @CILIPinfo.)
DCMS, Tuesday 9 November 2010

The Passion of the Librarian
[Ed. XXXX ] (Via @GeoShore.)
Use libraries and learn stuff, Tuesday 9 November 2010

"Are books smelly? ... And they're dirty, too! But we love them anyway!"
(Via @ALALibrary.)
Stephen's Lighthouse, Tuesday 9 November 2010

Libraries hit in Hounslow, Bucks and Stoke-on-Trent
"Three more local authorities have announced job losses or closures, in the latest set of library cutbacks."
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 9 November 2010

Children's color ebook reader coming from Isabella Products
TeleRead, Tuesday 9 November 2010

UK: Bloomsbury Shares a Few Thoughts Its E-Book Service and Public Library Funding
"Public Library Online initiative"
ResourceShelf, Tuesday 9 November 2010

Librarians can be political activists too
"Elizabeth Martinez, the former Los Angeles city librarian..."
LISNews, Tuesday 9 November 2010

New 60-Second Survey: Privatization of Public Libraries
"Please pass this on to your colleagues—locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally."
LISNews, Tuesday 9 November 2010

Must we have the digital vs. print battle?
"Suvuval guide for parents ... We absolutely need both. You cannot put a Kindle in a bathtub with a young child, but you can use a vinyl book. You do not always have room for 15 children's books on vacation, but you can take a Kindle."
The Answer Sheet, Tuesday 9 November 2010

LIB-RFID-UK Support and Maintenance survey 2010
"This survey seeks to find out more about the reliability and quality of technical support from library RFID suppliers, i.e. the after-sales experience."
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Tuesday 9 November 2010

Advance alerting of overdue items
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Tuesday 9 November 2010

Grampian Information organise a grand day out
"...not for profit subscription based partnership of libraries and information services based in the north of Scotland. The varied membership of GI includes information professionals in public libraries, educational establishments, research institutes, voluntary bodies and commercial organisations."
Information & Libraries Scotland, Tuesday 9 November 2010

Why We Can't Afford Not to Create a Well-Stocked National Digital Library System
"David Rothman, a writer in Alexandria, Va, is the founder of TeleRead, the oldest English-language site offering general e-book news and views." (Via Alan Gibbons' Blog.)
The Atlantic, Tuesday 9 November 2010

Dueling National Digital Library Visions
"Robert Darnton, a historian who leads the Harvard University Library ... David Rothman of TeleRead"
Library Journal, Tuesday 9 November 2010

Are Library Campaigns Doing It Right?
"opposition to all cuts is unsustainable"
Walk You Home, Tuesday 9 November 2010

"TARDIS took off, The Doctor was unaware tha Neil Gaiman was still in the library."
Humour. (Via @gadiac, RT @BookishMagpie.)
Twitpic, Monday 8 November 2010

Commentary: Technological and economic shifts have only made libraries more valuable
US focus. (Via @librarianchat.)
The Washington Post, Monday 8 November 2010

Westfield heavies bundle librarians into street
Shepherd's Bush, "What I saw today was farcical – but sinister." (Via @slawler.)
The Shepherd's Bush Blog, Monday 8 November 2010

"News: Jeremy Hunt’s four year vision for DCMS - our business plan has been published today"
(Via @DCMS.)
DCMS, Monday 8 November 2010

Library – An Unquiet History by Matthew Battles
"Libraries are not just about books. The great library of Alexandria didn’t contain books as we know it. They didn’t exist. It contained scrolls, and tablets. Libraries move with the times, and so have evolved to offer information and entertainment in different media as time goes on." (Via twistedwillow.)
Belleaddona's Books, Monday 8 November 2010

Public libraries may run from schools as council bids to save money
(Via @UKpling.)
this is Croyden Today, Monday 8 November 2010

Bottom Line: Managing Library Finances, The
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.) "The purpose of this essay is to provide suggestions for raising funds for libraries through planned giving."
Emerald, Monday 8 November 2010

Libraries selling withdrawn books on TradeMe
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.) "Some public libraries have experimented with selling withdrawn books via online auction sites, but there has been little exchange of information about the benefits of this and whether it is a practice other libraries could follow."
Emerald, Monday 8 November 2010

Extend one's budget: buy used books
Abstract. (Via ticTOCs.) "This paper seeks to assess the benefits and disadvantages of purchasing used materials."
Emerald, Monday 8 November 2010

TeleRead founder, David Rothman, on a national digital library system
"But there is one thing I currently cannot do with my Kindle despite all the sizzle in the commercials–read public library books."
TeleRead, Monday 8 November 2010

Digital sales 25 percent of the market by 2015 says new study
TeleRead, Monday 8 November 2010

Chapterme: hear a chapter from a book
"This site is meant to help you discover books and authors by listening to random chapters. Then, your tastes will be compared with those of other listeners in order to choose other chapters."
TeleRead, Monday 8 November 2010

Customer Life Cycles in Libraries
"The 5 Phases in the life of a Customer Relationship"
Stephen's Lighthouse, Monday 8 November 2010

"Rich Results" From Google Book Search Continue To Roll-Out
"The [Rich Results] feature selectively presents you with one extra-large result when it detects that you're probably searching for an individual title and not a specific mote of information or general topic."
ResourceShelf, Monday 8 November 2010

Study: "Searching with Tags: Do Tags Help Users Find Things?"
ResourceShelf, Monday 8 November 2010

Now Available Online: BISAC Subject Headings, 2010 Edition
"In addition to their primary use in the book industry we've read about a few libraries using them or considering them for the future."
ResourceShelf, Monday 8 November 2010

David Pogue on: "The Trouble with E-Readers" [and DRM]
"You can still read a 200-year-old printed book. But the odds of being able to read one of today’s e-books in 200 years, or even 20, is practically zero."
ResourceShelf, Monday 8 November 2010

Sacked library worker jailed for threatening judge with meat clever
Slough. (Via Google News.)
Maidenhead Advertiser Online, Monday 8 November 2010

Not a book
The tee shirt!
LISNews, Monday 8 November 2010

The loan arranger
"AMAZON.COM says soon you will be allowed to lend out electronic books purchased from the Kindle Store. For a whole 14 days. Just once, ever, per title. If the publisher allows it." (Via Information Today, Inc..)
The Economist, Monday 8 November 2010

RFID Security Cases for Existing DVDs and CDs
Information request.
LIB-RFID-UK, Monday 8 November 2010

Audiobooks and RFID self-service
Information request, "Axiell/Bibliotheca and Axiell Open Galaxy LMS".
LIB-RFID-UK, Monday 8 November 2010

Article on Cornish libraries
"future unclear"
librarytwopointzero, Monday 8 November 2010

Voklee
"Host your own show or online event and have live video discussions with your audience"
I want to, Monday 8 November 2010

New issue of Libri
Subscription only for most recent publications, current articles include "Information Literacy as a Human Right".
Information Literacy Weblog, Monday 8 November 2010

Tories 'broke promise to consult' on library closures
Heathfield. (Via Alan Gibbons' Blog .)
Richmond Twickenham Times, Monday 8 November 2010

Library review 'a smokescreen'
"A PANEL which was drawn up to evaluate cuts to library services has had its independence called into question by a Great Sankey councillor." (Via Alan Gibbons' Blog.)
Warrington Guardian, Monday 8 November 2010

Drive to sign up kids to ‘doomed’ libraries
Lewisham. (Via Alan Gibbons' Blog .)
South London Press Today, Monday 8 November 2010

Campaign to keep a library in South Petherton
Somerset. (Via Alan Gibbons' Blog .)
This is the West Country, Monday 8 November 2010

Borrowing ebooks beyond a library's walls
"Publishers and distributors of digital commodities must stop trying to apply outdated physical restrictions to them" (Via Alan Gibbons' Blog.)
guardian.co.uk, Monday 8 November 2010

Attention and Information
"What do we do with ourselves now that the time required for basic research has been (in many cases) so drastically reduced?" (Via Above the Fold.)
The Aporetic, Monday 8 November 2010

Jane McGonigal - On Productivity
'Jane McGonigal takes to our pulpit to challenge our assumptions about games as ways to "pass" or "waste" our time - and argues instead that we are never more productive than when we are immersed in a good game.' (Via Library Link of the Day.)
The School of Life, Monday 8 November 2010

NextSpace: The OCLC Newsletter, 'The future of publishing'
OCLC, Monday 8 November 2010

Gathering and Using Evidence of the Value of Libraries
UK Web Focus, Friday 5 November 2010

"Great deal of partnership work reported at BBC/Libraries partnership meeting in Glasgow - check out..."
(Via @RhonaEA, RT @JeanetteCastle.)
Flickr, Friday 5 November 2010

"PODCAST - Wikis for Libraries ... info on book"
(Via @facetpublishing.)
facet publishing, Friday 5 November 2010

"If you live or work in ... Barnet ... North London and like the libraries, PLEASE read this!"
(Via @Akki14, RT @UKpling.)
Barnett Online, Friday 5 November 2010

"RT @martinjutenabs Just updated UK Library Watch - let me know if there are any closures/threatened closures I've missed"
(Via @CILIPinfo.)
UK Library Watch, Friday 5 November 2010

"Practical Guides to Digital Curation & Digitization"
(Via @facetpublishing.)
Digital Curation Centre, Friday 5 November 2010

"New post up on Teen Librarian - preventing complaints about manga & graphic novels"
(Via @mattlibrarian.)
teen librarian, Friday 5 November 2010

"Free web stuff for your library."
Best of opensource and web 2.0. (Via @librarianchat.)
HeyJude, Friday 5 November 2010

E-books, narrative context and the future of reading
"This is where I think e-book readers could excel and even surpass physical books if they tried. There is an endless parade of useful data an e-book reader could capture, process and present; and as it happens, that's what computers do best." (Via @e_reading.)
Story colored glasses, Friday 5 November 2010

"FREE CHAPTERS - Introducing RDA (chapters 1,3 & full index)"
(Via @facetpublishing.)
facet publishing, Friday 5 November 2010

"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn" - Toffler
(RT @toonsarah.)
@vahva, Friday 5 November 2010

Arts Council unveils new application process
theBookseller.com, Friday 5 November 2010

John Cleese, Connie Booth – Bookshop
Humour.
TeleRead, Friday 5 November 2010

What is a Necessity?
"what some folks think of as necessities are quite different from the views of years ago"
Stephen's Lighthouse, Friday 5 November 2010

Libraries spread the idea virus...
"Libraries are or can be about ideas – the ideas contained in books and other cultural objects like art, music and movies or the ideas that are generated in programs for learning and community life."
Stephen's Lighthouse, Friday 5 November 2010

Friday Fun
"a fun tool that many libraries use to create cartoon animated videos"
Stephen's Lighthouse, Friday 5 November 2010

Bibliographic Control: "ISBNs and E-books: The Ongoing Dilemma"
ResourceShelf, Friday 5 November 2010

A New 10 Page Guide: "Web 2.0 Guide for Libraries"
Scottish Library and Information Council (SLIC).
ResourceShelf, Friday 5 November 2010

Check Out Your Employees
"charged with pocketing [dollars]529 of fees collected for overdue books and lost book replacements"
LISNews, Friday 5 November 2010

While UK library use falls, Wales reverses the decline
(Via Google News.)
WalesOnline, Friday 5 November 2010

British Library hints at videogame archiving plan
(Via Google News.)
The Independent, Friday 5 November 2010

Re: Self Service Reservations: Anonymity issues
Information request result summary.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Friday 5 November 2010

E4libraries Subject Classification Survey
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Friday 5 November 2010

12 User Points of Need – Where to Place Your Services Online
"a dozen locations where libraries can effectively link to and advertise new services and pages on their library website"
iLibrarian, Friday 5 November 2010

Joy Court talks with Talis to review the Summer Reading Challenge
"...Joy is also involved with The Reading Agency and Summer Reading Challenge at national level." (Related also Bryony Harrison, Kim Docking.)
Panlibus, Friday 5 November 2010

The Cuts Debate: Time for a new chapter for libraries?
"Bournemouth, Poole and Dorset" (Via Alan Gibbons' Blog .)
Bournemouth Echo, Friday 5 November 2010

Council watchdog demands answers over future of 20 Leeds libraries
(Via Alan Gibbons' Blog.)
guardian.co.uk, Friday 5 November 2010

Stoke-on-Trent City Council cuts - in detail
"Libraries and museums are marked for closure..." (Via Alan Gibbons' Blog.)
BBC News, Friday 5 November 2010

Blekko launches the biased search engine
"...more importantly it's got great potential for researchers, librarians, journalists, or anyone who's willing to put some work into how their search engine functions in order to get better results"
CNET News, Friday 5 November 2010

November 2010 Crossroads - Focus on Teens
Open webinars and resources.
Webjunction, Friday 5 November 2010

Journal of Library Innovation: New Issue Published
Reports and reviews.
JOLI, Friday 5 November 2010

free Encyclopedia Evolution webinar
"why encyclopedias exist, what they do, what they tell us, and how they’ve evolved"
Booklist, Thursday 4 November 2010

Redefining the library in the age of Google and Wikipedia
"with Google around, who still needs to go to the library to look up information?" (Via Library Link of the Day.)
International Business Times, Thursday 4 November 2010