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Wednesday 22 December 2010

7 days of library news:

12 Ways Libraries Are Good for the Country
"one dozen ideals toward which libraries strive" (Via @OverDriveLibs.)
American Libraries Magazine, Tuesday 21 December 2010

Booktrust schemes
"Booktrust is to lose all government funding for its bookgifting programmes in England from 1st April next year ... The book charity's bookgifting programmes, Bookstart, Booktime and Booked Up, received [pounds]13m from the Department for Education last year. This sum was used to generate a further [pounds]56m-worth of sponsorship from publishing partners and corporate sponsors." (Via @FalseEcon.)
False Economy, Tuesday 21 December 2010

"One question per person"
Unshelved cartoon, Sunday, December 19, 2010.
Unshelved, Tuesday 21 December 2010

"Efficient" library service means change, says Vaizey
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 21 December 2010

'Six weeks to save the library sector', campaigners warn
"It is estimated around 1,000 libraries will be threatened with closure next year, out of 4,500 nationally."
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 21 December 2010

Google will not enforce exclusivity over library scanning
"will not enforce exclusivity clauses in contracts to scan and index library book collection"
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 21 December 2010

Libraries of the Future
Presentation, "The best days of libraries are ahead of us."
Virtual Dave...Real Blog, Tuesday 21 December 2010

TWIL [hash]31: Hans van Velzen (Director Amsterdam Public Library)
"Amsterdam Public Library opened on 07-07-07 Hans van Velzen talks about the services the library offers on a daily basis."
This Week in Libraries, Tuesday 21 December 2010

BLANK: a novel
"Warning, real books were harmed in the making of this video."
TeleRead, Tuesday 21 December 2010

Newspapers and Magazines Coming To Amazon’s Buy Once, Read Everywhere Kindle Apps -- Starting With Kindle for Android
"update that enables users to buy, read, and sync over 100 Kindle newspapers and magazines"
TeleRead, Tuesday 21 December 2010

Amazon brings newspapers, magazines to Android Kindle app
"Up to now, only owners of Kindle hardware devices have been able to read the electronic newspapers and magazines Amazon makes available..."
TeleRead, Tuesday 21 December 2010

British Library project to map pronunciation seeks children’s book readers from around the world
TeleRead, Tuesday 21 December 2010

UK literacy program Booktrust to lose government funding in April, 2011
TeleRead, Tuesday 21 December 2010

Libraries and Ideas
"Is your library about ideas? Does it just store them? Does it work with folks to create new ideas? Does it help ideas become reality?"
Stephen's Lighthouse, Tuesday 21 December 2010

Library Poetry
"Overdue Charges from an Animated Patron"
Stephen's Lighthouse, Tuesday 21 December 2010

Data Visualization
"Libraries produce a ton of data and we have to turn it into information on the way to insight and decision making."
Stephen's Lighthouse, Tuesday 21 December 2010

New Pew Report on the Generations and Technology
US research.
Stephen's Lighthouse, Tuesday 21 December 2010

App Stores and Books
"there are over 50,000 apps for books in the app store"
Stephen's Lighthouse, Tuesday 21 December 2010

The Library Movie
'Here is the Trailer for the imaginary feature film "The Library"'
Stephen's Lighthouse, Tuesday 21 December 2010

Libraries and Book Trailers
"Now we're seeing book trailers on the web as a pretty common way to promote books and reading..."
Stephen's Lighthouse, Tuesday 21 December 2010

False and Misleading Information
"The study of misinformation is as important as the study of information to librarianship."
Stephen's Lighthouse, Tuesday 21 December 2010

China's National Digital Library After Five Years
'The project, "aims to ensure that every organization, every family and every person has their own digital library through new media, such as mobile phone, digital TV and internet."'
ResourceShelf, Tuesday 21 December 2010

Lists: Another New Tool from the Open Library
The Internet Archive's 'webpage for every book' project.
ResourceShelf, Tuesday 21 December 2010

Los Angeles Times Book Critic: "E-books are Good News for the Literary World"
'The great debate of the last several years -- whether readers would read book-length material onscreen -- appears to have been settled with a resounding "yes."'
ResourceShelf, Tuesday 21 December 2010

Reading Group with Dyslexic Reader
Information request.
READER-DEVELOPMENT, Tuesday 21 December 2010

The one with the new employee handbook
The essential glossary (humour).
obnoxious librarian from hades, Tuesday 21 December 2010

CILIP press release: Sweeping cuts to public libraries threaten a fair society, MPs warne
"CILIP has contacted all English MPs about public library closures and cuts"
LIS-PROFESSION, Tuesday 21 December 2010

"Library Design That'll Make You Go WOW: mecanoo architects: library of birmingham"
(Via LISNews.)
LISNews, Tuesday 21 December 2010

Better Together...Cats and Christmas Trees
'Vicki Myron's sequel about the beloved library feline "Dewey's Christmas at the Library"'
LISNews, Tuesday 21 December 2010

Librarians As Lifesavers
"Libraries have long been about more than books, but in the city they now deliver life support in the shape of information."
LISNews, Tuesday 21 December 2010

Cycling for Libraries
"Our aim is also to bring libraries, their highly proactive staff and the work all librarians do more to publicity and media."
LISNews, Tuesday 21 December 2010

Remember 'The Kickass Librarian' Video? She's Lost Her Library
US story.
LISNews, Tuesday 21 December 2010

Amazon Deletes Items from Kindles... Again
"deleting certain kinds of erotica from both the online store and users' devices"
LISNews, Tuesday 21 December 2010

Library Girl Video
Original song.
LISNews, Tuesday 21 December 2010

Day of protest planned against library closures
"'Read-ins' timetabled for February, as councils draw up final cuts budgets"
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 21 December 2010

Annual Survey of RFID usage in UK Libraries
Research request.
LIB-RFID-UK, Tuesday 21 December 2010

Open Edge - Open Source in Libraries (free!) event
Edinburgh.
LIS-WEB2, Tuesday 21 December 2010

Adult Non-fction supplier selection document
Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Tuesday 21 December 2010

Google Shared Spaces - ConceptDraw MindWave
(Via Create virtual work spaces with Google Shared Spaces.)
Google Shared Space, Tuesday 21 December 2010

Google's Ngram Viewer: A time machine for wordplay
"trace the usage of a word or phrase during the past five centuries ... by seeing how often it's appeared in books over that time span"
CNET News, Tuesday 21 December 2010

Annie's message to MPs getting through
"Annie Mauger, CILIP's feisty Chief Executive..."
Libary and Information Update, Tuesday 21 December 2010

Free library books on your iPhone
"If your library service provides ebooks via the Overdrive..."
thoughts of a [wannabe] librarian..., Tuesday 21 December 2010

Public Libraries News - 14 Dec. to 21 Dec. 2010, 6 posts
Along with Alan Gibbons' Blog, the main source of news to do with the public library cuts.
Public Libraries News, Tuesday 21 December 2010

Reply to Open Letter on Libraries from Culture Minister Ed Vaizey MP
Alan Gibbons' Blog, Tuesday 21 December 2010

Reply to Culture Minister Ed Vaizey MP
Reply to Ed Vaizey's reply to an open letter on libraries.
Alan Gibbons' Blog, Tuesday 21 December 2010

Report of Philip Pullman and Kate Mosse’s meeting with Culture Minister Ed Vaizey
Alan Gibbons' Blog, Tuesday 21 December 2010

Museum and Library Services Act Passed by House
US library funding (via Alan Gibbons' Blog).
Library Journal, Tuesday 21 December 2010

Concern at poor reading of eleven year old boys
"This is no time to cut library services."
Alan Gibbons' Blog, Tuesday 21 December 2010

Owned books help children more than those from libraries, expert says
(Via Alan Gibbons' Blog, inc. comment.)
SFS Group, Tuesday 21 December 2010

Alan Gibbons' Blog - 14 Dec. - 21 Dec. 2010
Alan reports widely on cuts as they are reported across the nation (1000 closures of 4500 public libraries total does not seem unlikely by next year at this point).
Alan Gibbons, Tuesday 21 December 2010

Why NetGalley is the Best Kept e-book Secret on the Web
"where publishers can connect with reviewers, librarians, and the media and exchange eAdvanced Reader's Copies"
ALA TechSource, Tuesday 21 December 2010

Kids' Books Make The Leap Off The Page And Online
"children's books publishers are enticing young readers with books that include web-based games and interactive websites" (Via Library Link of the Day.)
NPR, Tuesday 21 December 2010

The Web 2.0 Contradiction: Commercial and Library Use
" the main motives of the Web 2.0 that contributed to its commercial success ... library use of Web 2.0"
Library Philosophy and Practice, Tuesday 21 December 2010

Libraries Build Autonomy: A Philosophical Perspective on the Social Role of Libraries and Librarians
"the moral significance of library services as autonomy-building activities" ["Self-government; The capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision;" wiktionary]
Library Philosophy and Practice, Tuesday 21 December 2010

'I Am Not a Luddite' for Resisting E-Books
Quotation of the Day, "why would I elect to read in a format that requires additional inputs of energy?"
Shelf Awareness, Tuesday 21 December 2010

'The Promise of E-Books'
Quotation of the Day, "The issue is not what we read on ... The issue is that we read".
Shelf Awareness, Tuesday 21 December 2010

Books 'Will Become Living Digital Objects'
Quotation of the Day, "traditional distinctions between author and reader, and between publisher and consumer, will blur considerably".
Shelf Awareness, Tuesday 21 December 2010