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Germaine Greer sees reading rooms as 'an oasis'
"Reports that library services will be cut have been met with orchestrated outcry."
Alan Gibbons' Blog, Monday 6 September 2010
Pounds17,000 wasted on library consultants
Cambridgeshire.
Alan Gibbons' Blog, Monday 6 September 2010
The future of libraries discussed in Parliament
Tuesday 7 September 2010, 1.30pm - 2pm
Future of public library provision - Justin Tomlinson.
Alan Gibbons' Blog, Monday 6 September 2010
"Losing Libraries ... Losing democracy ... Really interesting US site"
(Via @Philbradley.)
Losing Libraries Losing democracy, Friday 3 September 2010
'Reading Ruth Kneale's "You Don't Look Like a Librarian"...'
@brynolf, Friday 3 September 2010
"Just a fabulous use of the Keep Calm poster now for libraries ... (thanks to Stephen's Lighthouse). UK use perhaps?"
(Via @AskALibrarianUK.)
Stephen's Lighthouse, Friday 3 September 2010
"The winners of the Booktrust Early Years Awards 2010 were announced last night."
"exemplify the remarkable creativity in words, design and illustration that encourage young children to read" (Via @plymlibraries.)
booktrust, Friday 3 September 2010
"Why can’t all UK libraries be part of a national library catalogue? Ken Chad investigates. Gazette article"
(Via @CILIPGazette.)
CILIP Gazette, Friday 3 September 2010
"Where libraries sit in the ebook revolution. FutureBook ... Short, but excellent article."
(Via @Philbradley.)
FutureBook, Friday 3 September 2010
"New badges. If you see someone wearing this they are definitely library staff. Or a thief with low aspirations"
(Via @OrkneyLibrary.)
twitpic, Friday 3 September 2010
'I adopted "tortiloquy"; dishonest or immoral speech.' [Save the Words]
(Via @walkyouhome.)
Save the Words, Friday 3 September 2010
"Just wanted to get some photocopies and came away with 5 books from my local library. What would I do without it?!"
[Ed. Didn't someone say something about luck being preparation meeting opportunity? (Will this be one of the values we will lose in a digital age?)]
@nicoleschu, Friday 3 September 2010
Lucy Mangan: Both a borrower and a lender I'll be
'Such a state was thought to allow longer and deeper engagement with a task - here, "reading" – and we are attempting to resurrect the custom. We'd probably have more luck resurrecting Etruscan haruspicy, but you've got to try.' (Via @BookElfLeeds.)
guardian.co.uk, Friday 3 September 2010
"Reading matter is given very extended shelf life"
Devon, "a new library for Paignton".
this is South Devon, Friday 3 September 2010
"Interesting current news library blog." [Public Library News]
(Via @librarianchat.)
Public Library News, Friday 3 September 2010
"How do intelligent stamps work? (see earlier tweet) Could we have one on a library card?"
(Via @shedsue.)
postalnews blog, Friday 3 September 2010
"New "Inventing" guide: The British Library has just produced a new guide, Inventing, which is available..."
(Via @PATLIBUK.)
British Library, Friday 3 September 2010
PLANTS CAN'T READ
"Could there be a better example of the crazy lengths to which capitalism will go than to try to regulate a plant's propagation?"
Tom Roper's Weblog, Friday 3 September 2010
'will stop tweeting about awesome @ted_talks soon, but [hash]librarians! "People don't buy what you do, but why you do it"'
'...he said "I have a dream", not "I have a plan"', Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action (Via @sphericalfruit.)
TED, Friday 3 September 2010
An Innovation Even Bigger Than eBooks
'Widely recognized as the "founder of the graphic novel,"...' (Via @librarianchat.)
The Huffington Post, Friday 3 September 2010
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