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Wednesday 24 November 2010

7 days of library news:

Aslib Proceedings - Volume 62 issue 6 - Latest Issue
Abstracts only, articles include Sociable knowledge sharing online: philosophy, patterns and intervention; 1896047 Representations of librarianship in the UK press; Using linked data to classify web documents; Developing work-based learning for library and information science.
Emerald, Tuesday 23 November 2010

"Parents in a low-income Chicago neighborhood endured a 43-day sit-in to get a library for their children"
(Via @eldublibrarian, RT @PaigeLibrarian.)
CommonDreams.org, Tuesday 23 November 2010

"Gov services should be digital by default? So where are the people without internet going to go when their local library is closed down?"
(RT @JeanetteCastle.)
@halcyonday, Tuesday 23 November 2010

Lucy's story
"Lets ensure libraries are there for future generations, just as they were for us." (Lucy Tobin, author and journalist)
Voices for the Library, Tuesday 23 November 2010

Friends of Gloucestershire Libraries On Air!
"what 'community ownership' would actually entail (i.e. not just finding volunteers, but finding funding)" (Via @Jo_Bo_Anderson.)
Friends of Gloucestershire Libraries , Tuesday 23 November 2010

DCMS makes play for Arts Council to take on MLA's library work
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 23 November 2010

Why can't librarians defend libraries?
"The implicit rule expressed by the ‘no-librarians-campaigning’ argument..."
Undaimonia, Tuesday 23 November 2010

Librarians Gagged
Friends of Gloucestershire Libraries.
Johanna Bo Anderson's Blog, Tuesday 23 November 2010

The LILAC conference 2010
Abstract (via http://www.tictocs.ac.uk/). "flavour of the content of the LILAC [Librarians' Information Literacy Annual Conference] conference held in the Republic of Ireland in March 2010"
ingentaconnect, Tuesday 23 November 2010

Project management in the library
Abstract (via http://www.tictocs.ac.uk/). "literature review and commentary"
ingentaconnect, Tuesday 23 November 2010

Reference tools in Second Life ... : implications for real life libraries
Abstract (via http://www.tictocs.ac.uk/). "The purpose of this paper is to provide an in-depth discussion of reference tools in the virtual world of Second Life."
ingentaconnect, Tuesday 23 November 2010

Public libraries as impartial spaces in a consumer society: possible, plausible, desirable?
Abstract (via http://www.tictocs.ac.uk/). 'The purpose of this paper is to question whether, in an increasingly commercialised "24/7" information and entertainment society, public libraries are finding it progressively more difficult to provide access to trusted, impartial public spaces free from commercial influence.'
ingentaconnect, Tuesday 23 November 2010

Android users: Pic2Shop app now available
"the barcode-scanning app for mobile phones that includes library data from WorldCat"
WorldCat Blog, Tuesday 23 November 2010

TWIL [hash]27: Video Killed the Blog Star
"the benefits of video in librarywork"
This Week in Libraries, Tuesday 23 November 2010

OverDrive’s mobile site updated; enhanced apps & ebook access on the way
TeleRead, Tuesday 23 November 2010

Tips for boosting ebook sales to libraries
"article in Book Business Magazine"
TeleRead, Tuesday 23 November 2010

Webcast: Kim Dulin and David Weinberger From Harvard Library Innovation Lab on the Meta-Library
"As more and more content moves into the cloud libraries are decreasingly the single place to go to find the material you need for your research (except for rare books and special collections)."
ResourceShelf, Tuesday 23 November 2010

A Small But Useful Tweak at WorldCat.org
"you can now narrow your WorldCat.org search results using MORE than one of the suggested facets"
ResourceShelf, Tuesday 23 November 2010

Teenage fickleness, PVC and Doctor Who
"As we all know, trying to be cool is deeply un-cool. Anyone trying to get through to teenagers is basically navigating a minefield of deadly 'lame' to reach a tiny patch of solid gold 'cool'."
Noisy Librarians, Tuesday 23 November 2010

Children's Library Play Kit Wins Award
"Disney Family Fun Magazine Toy of the Year Award Contest for 2010"
LISWire, Tuesday 23 November 2010

The Reference User Experience: Four Essays
LISNews, Tuesday 23 November 2010

Don't close our libraries
Gloucestershire, "23 libraries out of the current 43". (Via Google News.)
this is Gloucestershire, Tuesday 23 November 2010

24 of the 42 libraries in North Yorkshire could close
(Via Google News.)
The Northern Echo, Tuesday 23 November 2010

Chargeable Items through a Kiosk
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Tuesday 23 November 2010

Children's/adults computer areas
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Tuesday 23 November 2010

Restructuring a Central Library
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Tuesday 23 November 2010

Digital media/IT equipment loans
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Tuesday 23 November 2010

Council spends [pounds]600,000 on two libraries... then axes them
Brent. (Via http://alangibbons.net/?p=1888.)
London Evening Standard, Tuesday 23 November 2010

Libraries shelved in "vile" cuts plan
North Yorkshire. (Via Alan Gibbons' Blog .)
The Northern Echo, Tuesday 23 November 2010

Fears for rural poor as savage cuts loom in services
North Yorkshire. (Via Alan Gibbons' Blog .)
Yorkshire Post, Tuesday 23 November 2010

Latest from Lewisham
Patricia Richardson, Secretary of the Users and Friends of Manor House Library.
Alan Gibbons' Blog, Tuesday 23 November 2010

Ineffective Consultation
Doncaster. (Via Alan Gibbons' Blog .)
Save Doncaster Libraries, Tuesday 23 November 2010

MP urges residents to have their say on Highbridge Library's future
Somerset. (Via Alan Gibbons' Blog .)
Burnham-On-Sea, Tuesday 23 November 2010

Libraries are reprieved
"Congresbury, Banwell and Backwell" (Via Alan Gibbons' Blog .)
Weston Murcury, Tuesday 23 November 2010

Public libraries under threat under [pounds]2m cuts
Teeside, North Yorkshire. (Via Alan Gibbons' Blog .)
Gazette Live, Tuesday 23 November 2010

Self-service libraries aim to trim costs
Oxford. (Via Alan Gibbons' Blog .)
The Oxford Times, Tuesday 23 November 2010

'Privatisation' move agreed for local library service
Wakefield. (Via Alan Gibbons' Blog .)
Yorkshire Post, Tuesday 23 November 2010

Martina Cole: Closures will be terrible for disadvantaged children
"A study of prisoners by Dr Michael Rice, a criminologist at Cambridge University, showed that six out of 10 of them grew up without books at home." (Via Alan Gibbons' Blog .)
London Evening Standard, Tuesday 23 November 2010

"We’ll fight to save library"
Scarborough.
Scarborough Evening News, Tuesday 23 November 2010

Dismay at reduced library service plan for Bishop's Cleeve
Gloucestershire. (Via Alan Gibbons' Blog .)
this is Gloucestershire, Tuesday 23 November 2010

Villagers in Gerrards Cross told to 'get act together' to save library
Buckinghamshire. (Via Alan Gibbons' Blog .)
Bucks Free Press, Tuesday 23 November 2010

Pawn shop Britain
"Rather than tackle the deep divisions in society, or the appalling gap in wealth distribution, they want to further dismantle what few services the poor can still access, while not rebalancing the wealth gap."
Anon the Librarian's unattributed ideas, Tuesday 23 November 2010

Library cuts and job losses condemned by leading authors
"Philip Pullman, Kate Mosse and Will Self"
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 23 November 2010

Librarians and booksellers: reads apart
'Let's take a look at that word "bookseller"'
Phil Bradley's weblog, Tuesday 23 November 2010

Libraries in literature
"not only are libraries a crucial part of the book world, they also play an integral role within literature. Test your knowledge with our quiz..."
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 23 November 2010

Does reading a book make us happier?
"Public libraries face an uncertain future but the value of reading is irreplaceable"
BBC News, Tuesday 23 November 2010

Public's wishes revealed
"Ipsos Mori research opens the book on public's wishes for libraries' future ... Public libraries really do hold a special place in the nation's heart..."
Museums Libraries and Archives, Tuesday 23 November 2010

Future of MLA
"Responsibility for important work with regional museums and libraries is likely to transfer to Arts Council England (ACE) following the abolition of the MLA, Culture Minister Ed Vaizey announced today."
Museums Libraries and Archives, Tuesday 23 November 2010

Books 'Turn Up in Your Life When You Most Need Them'
Quotation of the Day.
Shelf Awareness, Tuesday 23 November 2010

"Former senior library staff call for DCMS review + answers from council leader on drastic plans for Glos Libraries"
"The proposed cuts reduce the current library service budget by 43 percent, a far greater cut than the overall county council target of 28 percent." (Via @Jo_Bo_Anderson.)
Friends of Gloucestershire Libraries, Friday 19 November 2010

'Privatisation' move agreed for local library service
(Via @CILIPinfo.)
Yorkshire Post, Friday 19 November 2010

New Commission on Public Services launched by First Minister
Scotland. (Via @cathysliccilips.)
The Scottish Government, Friday 19 November 2010

"In many ways, you have to be some sort of a radical to be a librarian..."
Jessamyn West quotation. (Via @walkyouhome.)
Walk You Home, Friday 19 November 2010

Library Workers For A Brighter Future
(Library advocacy in the face of cuts, via @walkyouhome.)
tmblr, Friday 19 November 2010

"He that loves reading has everything within his reach." ... William Godwin
@Somers_Library, Friday 19 November 2010

Libraries shelved in "vile" cuts plan
North Yorkshire. (Via @CILIPinfo.)
The Northern Echo, Friday 19 November 2010

"blog post by Julie Swierczek. ...cataloguers are like applied philosophers"
"If I remember correctly wasn’t ontology originally the study of existence (a subject for philosophers)." (Via @CILIPinfo.)
From the cataloger's desk, Friday 19 November 2010

Children borrow more titles, but library book spend plummets
theBookseller.com, Friday 19 November 2010

"Shutting libraries in London could ruin the reading skills of the capital's most disadvantaged young people"
(Via @martinjutenabs.)
London Evening Standard, Friday 19 November 2010

Volunteers to be asked to run libraries and youth clubs
"ONE THOUSAND jobs - a sixth of the workforce – are due to go..." (Via @UKpling.)
Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard, Friday 19 November 2010

Cuts to hit library's purchasing power
(Via @UKpling.)
WalesOnline, Friday 19 November 2010

Coates writes Good Library Manual
theBookseller.com, Friday 19 November 2010

Librarianship Triumphant Excerpt Video
"do not let technology overwhelm your commitment to democracy ... knowledge is change ... you're in the change business"
Virtual Dave...Real Blog, Friday 19 November 2010

Copia
Commercial service, "is definitely getting close to reading as a social experience".
Virtual Dave...Real Blog, Friday 19 November 2010

Public Libraries and Me
"I've tried to pinpoint why I don't use public libraries as much as I feel I should."
theatregrad, Friday 19 November 2010

Friday Fun
Why you shouldn’t go to library school, "It hurts so good."
Stephen's Lighthouse, Friday 19 November 2010

OCLC Research Launches YouTube Channel
"the world's largest online resource for finding library materials"
LISNews, Friday 19 November 2010

The Google Generation: challenges and changes for libraries, archives and museums
"Professor David Nicholas (University College London) visited the National Digital Library day in Helsinki, Finland. In his keynote..."
LISNews, Friday 19 November 2010

Amnesty on [pounds]500,000 in late fees on 47,000 late Kirklees Council library books and CDs
(Via Google News.)
Huddersfield Examiner, Friday 19 November 2010

My Dream Library
"tBkmag, asked school children and public library-based reading groups alike to draw and describe their dream library" (Via Google News.)
booktrade.info, Friday 19 November 2010

National library set to 'lose [pounds]1m' after draft budget
Wales.
BBC News, Friday 19 November 2010

Book fund
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Friday 19 November 2010

Small ads boards
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Friday 19 November 2010

Questionnaire
Information request, "Has anyone had to design a questionnaire to ascertain the requirements below..."
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Friday 19 November 2010

Request for info re. Library provision of audio downloads and e-books
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Friday 19 November 2010

Reserve stores
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Friday 19 November 2010

Guest blog: Building Library Services in Worcestershire
"WLHC [Worcester Library and History Centre] is the result of a partnership between the University of Worcester and Worcestershire County Council, aimed at delivering a fully integrated library facility and service"
Voices for the Library, Friday 19 November 2010

Report: Authentication Services for Public Libraries
"report to the MLA entitled Authentication Services for Public Libraries ... how single sign-on authentication would benefit public libraries"
UKOLN, Friday 19 November 2010

Library Usage Increases
2006 - 2010.
thoughts of a [wannabe] librarian..., Friday 19 November 2010

Practical Applications for QR Codes in the Library
"a QR (Quick Response) Code is a two-dimensional bar code (there are some examples below) in which you can create text (250 characters), a web link (URL), Phone Numbers or an SMS Message (160 characters). QR Codes can be scanned using any device with a camera and a QR Reading Application, which are available for most SMART Phones, NOKIA & Sony Phones."
Scott's eLearning Library, Friday 19 November 2010

Ineffective Consultation
Doncaster.
Save Doncaster Libraries, Friday 19 November 2010

[Untitled post from Public Libraries News blog]
"121 Libraries to close - UK closures announced or proposed since 20th October included on Public Libraries News, plus two mobile library services. Number includes those where the authority has offered the branch to unidentified community groups/volunteers."
Public Libraries News, Friday 19 November 2010

Three b's of librarianship? I think not.
"Books ... Buildings ... Being open"
Phil Bradley's weblog, Friday 19 November 2010

PPRG Conference – Technology and Customer Data
"...the use of data and database marketing in an integrated marketing strategy, and provided live demos on some of the technology we use at Talis"
Panlibus, Friday 19 November 2010

Guest post [hash]8: What is '23 Things' and what could it do for a librarian with a life?
"self-directed learning programme designed to introduce library staff to Web 2.0 technologies"
Librarians with lives, Friday 19 November 2010

Public sector unions warn of co-ordinated strikes
(Via Alan Gibbons' Blog .)
The Independent, Friday 19 November 2010

The final Act
"does the 1964 Libraries and Museums Act, with its now infamous requirement on councils to provide a 'comprehensive and efficient' service, have any force?"
Alan Gibbons' Blog, Friday 19 November 2010

The campaigner's toolbox
"the grounds on which Sue Charteris stopped the Wirral closures..."
Alan Gibbons' Blog, Friday 19 November 2010

Coates writes Good Library Manual
"The Good Library Manual, offering advice on creating “a supremely successful, relevant, and modern 21st-century library” comes out from Berkshire Publishing this week, priced [pounds]14.95."
Alan Gibbons' Blog, Friday 19 November 2010

Continuing the Conversation: RDA Vocabularies in the Semantic Web
"Earlier today, we held the second session of our three-part workshop..."
ALA TechSource, Friday 19 November 2010

The Reference User Experience: Four Essays
"new (and evergreen) approaches to reference services. "
Library Journal, Friday 19 November 2010

How to Be Prepared in Case Violence Strikes
"Proactive security audits trump written policies"
American Libraries Association, Friday 19 November 2010

Quote Quartet: Four Booksellers Look to the Future
Quotation of the Day, "Even with all of the so-called new media out there, books still have the potential to be the most powerful medium of them all. Complex ideas are explored over hundreds of pages and over several days, giving the ideas time to sink in and take root, changing a person..."
Shelf Awareness, Friday 19 November 2010

British Library adds 12 million bibliographic records to WorldCat
"the world's largest online resource for finding library materials"
Information World Review, Friday 19 November 2010

Project DREaM to promote excellence in information and library services
"The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) has awarded a grant of [pounds]45,000 for the creation of a formal UK-wide network of library and information science (LIS) researchers."
Information World Review, Friday 19 November 2010

Tower Hamlets library staff made to reapply for own jobs
"Some 23 employees were put on the 'displaced' list and it is believed that the grade of the post was increased and they were told they no longer qualified for the role but were on the list to be redeployed to other jobs." (Via @martinjutenabs.)
East London Advertiser, Wednesday 17 November 2010

"Radio interview: Libraries encourage learning & reading & are free. @anniemauger ... (Interview starts 1:18, Annie at 1:21)"
"Libraries support skills development." (Via @UKpling.)
BBC iPlayer, Wednesday 17 November 2010

Library Book Loans Still Going Strong
"2007/8 – Library issues: 307,571,240 ... 2009/10 – Library issues: 309,350,755"
thoughts of a [wannabe] librarian..., Wednesday 17 November 2010

Unshelved - Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Humour, "That statistic is not available to me."
Unshelved, Wednesday 17 November 2010

Word of the Day: "diesel"
[Ed. Is there something (very, very :) sexy about a library - or am I missing something?]
HotStuff 2.0, Wednesday 17 November 2010

CIPFA
"And the endless gripe- why aren't they published free for the public to see?"
The Good Library Blog, Wednesday 17 November 2010

Simple Ain't Easy
"some of the generational changes in education and learning"
Stephen's Lighthouse, Wednesday 17 November 2010

Mobile Web: Over 40 Libraries Using Library Anywhere From LibraryThing
"more than 40 libraries around the world have made their catalogs mobile with Library Anywhere since we launched last month"
ResourceShelf, Wednesday 17 November 2010

Libraries, Archives and Information Services Apprenticeship Frameworks, England - last opportunity to have your say!
"future model for apprenticeships for the sector"
LIS-PROFESSION, Wednesday 17 November 2010

Croydon historians horror at proposals to close our library
"proposals to close Croydon's Local Studies Library" (Via Google News.)
Croydon Guardian, Wednesday 17 November 2010

Charging for posters and leaflets
Information request results.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Wednesday 17 November 2010

Demonstration over Leeds library closure plans
(Via Alan Gibbons' Blog .)
Yorkshire Evening Post, Wednesday 17 November 2010

Libraries in Barnsley at risk of closure
BBC News, Wednesday 17 November 2010

12 libraries face chop if volunteers do not step forward
Gloucestershire. (Via Alan Gibbons' Blog .)
Stroud News and Journal, Wednesday 17 November 2010

Miami Book Fair: 'Right Here, Right Now, People Still Like Print'
Quotation of the Day , "Writers are writing great things, and readers want to read them...."
Shelf Awareness, Wednesday 17 November 2010