' Library Web http://www.libraryweb.info Library Culture on the Web "For greater knowledge on more subjects - use your library often!" http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3f00000/3f05000/3f05200/3f05223v.jpg Library art. (Via <a href="http://twitter.com/walkyouhome/status/22995301305">@walkyouhome</a>.)
Library of Congress, Monday 6 September 2010 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 "Public library query - how many of you offering a range of browser software? We use IE as that's the corporate choice, but Firefox, Chrome?" http://twitter.com/GrahamDash/status/23007449661 Infomation request.
@GrahamDash, Monday 6 September 2010 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Playing by the book, 'Reviews of kids' books and the crazy, fun stuff they inspire us to do' http://www.playingbythebook.net/ (Via <a href="http://twitter.com/Booktrust/status/23130970077">@Booktrust</a>.)
Playing by the book, Monday 6 September 2010 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 In defence of the Public Lending Right http://www.cilip.org.uk/news-media/Pages/news100906.aspx?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter "Authors are so important to our lives, enriching our understanding of ourselves and the world about us"
CILIP, Monday 6 September 2010 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 The end of British Library Microfilming....... http://communities.cilip.org.uk/blogs/lsgblog/archive/2010/09/06/the-end-of-british-library-microfilming.aspx (Via <a href="http://twitter.com/MichaelStead/status/23149696939">@MichaelStead</a>.)
CILIP Communities, Monday 6 September 2010 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Visualisation for public library research http://communities.cilip.org.uk/blogs/lirg/archive/2010/09/06/visualisation-for-public-library-research.aspx?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter "LIRG conference that took place at University of East London in July" (Via <a href="http://twitter.com/CILIPinfo/status/23163171151">@CILIPinfo</a>.)
LIRG blog, Monday 6 September 2010 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Portsmouth launches BookFest http://www.thebookseller.com/news/127606-portsmouth-launches-bookfest.html.rss "We hope to rekindle people’s interest in reading both as borrowers and buyers as well as appealing to existing fans in the run-up to Christmas."
theBookseller.com, Monday 6 September 2010 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Fiction first for book borrowers http://www.thebookseller.com/news/127607-fiction-first-for-book-borrowers.html.rss "Library users favour fiction over non-fiction, with 50 percent of all loans being adult fiction titles while non-fiction accounts for just a fifth of loans"
theBookseller.com, Monday 6 September 2010 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Library Review, Volume 59 issue 9 - Latest Issue http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=0024-2535&show=latest Abstracts, open-source edition, articles include 'Open source in libraries : an introduction and overview'. (Via <a href="http://www.tictocs.ac.uk/">ticTOCs</a>.)
Emerald, Monday 6 September 2010 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 TWIL [hash]19: Dick van Tol (Schiphol Airport Library) and Kai Ekholm (National Librarian Finland) http://www.thisweekinlibraries.com/?p=129 This Week In Libraries, livestream.
TWIL, Monday 6 September 2010 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Reform and renew the public library 'profession' http://www.goodlibraryguide.com/blog/archives/2010/09/reform_and_rene.html "Librarianship is honourable work: they should have a good story to tell ... It is the view of this blog that confusion about the public library profession is one of the largest problems of the public library service. Unless it is tackled quickly it will contribute to the collapse of the service that we appear to be facing."
The Good Library Blog, Monday 6 September 2010 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 A librarian without a library card is like a life insurance agent without life insurance http://shinyforager.blogspot.com/2010/09/librarian-without-library-card-is-like.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+ShinyForager+(shiny+forager) "It's so important that we identify and eliminate all the barriers to using public libraries."
The Shiny Forager, Monday 6 September 2010 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 National Catalogue article in CILIP Gazette https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=lis-pub-libs;9b4a7760.1009 'What happens if and when the "virtual library", particularly digital books (including e-books and audio), becomes a national service? The same could so easily apply to enquiry and subscription database services, e.g. a full and single national version of Ask A Librarian / Enquire - (won't help too much with local enquiries). There are huge cost savings and reduction in duplication to be had here.'
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Monday 6 September 2010 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 'Desperate' Sir Tom Stoppard seeks death by bookcase http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/7981988/Desperate-Sir-Tom-Stoppard-seeks-death-by-bookcase.html '"A lot of people would say, 'I would rather have a heart attack at the height of sexual passion.' On the whole, I would prefer to be killed by a bookcase."' (Via <a href="http://news.google.co.uk/news?promo=houseads&amp;hl=en&amp;ned=uk&amp;q=library+location%3Auk&amp;btnG=Search">Google News</a>.)
Telegraph, Monday 6 September 2010 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Barnet councillor in charge of library review says it will respond to residents' needs http://www.times-series.co.uk/news/8374350._Nothing_ruled_out__says_library_review_supremo/ "Last week the Times Series revealed libraries could be sold off and rented back by the council as part of an estate management plan designed to reduce costs." (Via <a href="http://news.google.co.uk/news?promo=houseads&amp;hl=en&amp;ned=uk&amp;q=library+location%3Auk&amp;btnG=Search">Google News</a>.)
Times Series, Monday 6 September 2010 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Demise of e-gov register https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=lis-pub-libs;3ade5abd.1009 "register of software in use in local authorities"
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Monday 6 September 2010 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Voices for the Library http://laurensmith.wordpress.com/2010/09/06/voices-for-the-library/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+LaurenSmith+(Lauren+Smith) "Some Twitter-folk and I have set up a campaign website. It’s called Voices for the Library."
Walk You Home, Monday 6 September 2010 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Keep on Running http://swansealibraries.blogspot.com/2010/09/keep-on-running.html "longest running UK public library blog"
Paige Turner - Librarian, Monday 6 September 2010 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Reading Group - The Daughter of Time http://liberace.wordpress.com/2010/09/06/book-club-the-daughter-of-time/ College library reading group webpage.
LibeRaCe's Library Blog, Monday 6 September 2010 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Once more on volunteers http://alangibbons.net/?p=1236 Somerset.
Alan Gibbons' Blog, Monday 6 September 2010 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Germaine Greer sees reading rooms as 'an oasis' http://alangibbons.net/?p=1245 "Reports that library services will be cut have been met with orchestrated outcry."
Alan Gibbons' Blog, Monday 6 September 2010 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Pounds17,000 wasted on library consultants http://alangibbons.net/?p=1246 Cambridgeshire.
Alan Gibbons' Blog, Monday 6 September 2010 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 The future of libraries discussed in Parliament http://alangibbons.net/?p=1249 Tuesday 7 September 2010, 1.30pm - 2pm Future of public library provision - Justin Tomlinson.
Alan Gibbons' Blog, Monday 6 September 2010 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 "Losing Libraries ... Losing democracy ... Really interesting US site" http://www.losinglibraries.org/ (Via <a href="http://twitter.com/Philbradley/status/22826709995">@Philbradley</a>.)
Losing Libraries Losing democracy, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 'Reading Ruth Kneale's "You Don't Look Like a Librarian"...' http://twitter.com/brynolf/status/22866852174 @brynolf, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 "Just a fabulous use of the Keep Calm poster now for libraries ... (thanks to Stephen's Lighthouse). UK use perhaps?" http://stephenslighthouse.com/2010/09/02/keep-calm-and-carry-one/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=keep-calm-and-carry-one (Via <a href="http://twitter.com/AskALibrarianUK/status/22870021569">@AskALibrarianUK</a>.)
Stephen's Lighthouse, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 "The winners of the Booktrust Early Years Awards 2010 were announced last night." http://www.booktrust.org.uk/show/feature/Home/Booktrust-Early-Years-Awards "exemplify the remarkable creativity in words, design and illustration that encourage young children to read" (Via <a href="http://twitter.com/plymlibraries/status/22870168268">@plymlibraries</a>.)
booktrust, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 "Why can’t all UK libraries be part of a national library catalogue? Ken Chad investigates. Gazette article" http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/launch.aspx?referral=other&pnum=&refresh=x05PKc13t4R1&EID=0a9acd33-1deb-417f-83a1-1685d9fdc07e&skip=true (Via <a href="http://twitter.com/CILIPGazette/status/22872263364">@CILIPGazette</a>.)
CILIP Gazette, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 "Where libraries sit in the ebook revolution. FutureBook ... Short, but excellent article." http://www.futurebook.net/content/rupert-colley-librarian-and-history-hour-digital-publisher-considers-where-libraries-sit-ebo (Via <a href="http://twitter.com/Philbradley/status/22878847146">@Philbradley</a>.)
FutureBook, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 "New badges. If you see someone wearing this they are definitely library staff. Or a thief with low aspirations" http://twitpic.com/2kssb6 (Via <a href="http://twitter.com/OrkneyLibrary/status/22880722515">@OrkneyLibrary</a>.)
twitpic, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 'I adopted "tortiloquy"; dishonest or immoral speech.' [Save the Words] http://savethewords.org/ (Via <a href="http://twitter.com/walkyouhome/status/22881894360">@walkyouhome</a>.)
Save the Words, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 "Just wanted to get some photocopies and came away with 5 books from my local library. What would I do without it?!" http://twitter.com/nicoleschu/status/22882954186 [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 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Lucy Mangan: Both a borrower and a lender I'll be http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/aug/28/libraries-politics-lucy-mangan '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 <a href="http://twitter.com/BookElfLeeds/status/22883567353">@BookElfLeeds</a>.)
guardian.co.uk, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 "Reading matter is given very extended shelf life" http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/news/Reading-matter-given-extended-shelf-life/article-2600472-detail/article.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter Devon, "a new library for Paignton".
this is South Devon, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 "Interesting current news library blog." [Public Library News] http://publiclibrarynews.blogspot.com/ (Via <a href="http://twitter.com/librarianchat/status/22889678447">@librarianchat</a>.)
Public Library News, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 "How do intelligent stamps work? (see earlier tweet) Could we have one on a library card?" http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2010/09/03/royal-mail-launches-the-worlds-first-intelligent-stamp/ (Via <a href="http://twitter.com/shedsue/status/22896144575">@shedsue</a>.)
postalnews blog, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 "New "Inventing" guide: The British Library has just produced a new guide, Inventing, which is available..." http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/patentsblog/2010/09/new-inventing-guide.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter (Via <a href="http://twitter.com/PATLIBUK/status/22898846580">@PATLIBUK</a>.)
British Library, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 PLANTS CAN'T READ http://www.roper.org.uk/tr/2010/09/plants-cant-read.html#tpe-action-posted-6a00d83451b79d69e20133f3ae913e970b "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 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 'will stop tweeting about awesome @ted_talks soon, but [hash]librarians! "People don't buy what you do, but why you do it"' http://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action.html '...he said "I have a dream", not "I have a plan"', Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action (Via <a href="http://twitter.com/sphericalfruit/status/22909018716">@sphericalfruit</a>.)
TED, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 An Innovation Even Bigger Than eBooks http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sammy-perlmutter/why-cant-ebooks-be-as-inn_b_697280.html 'Widely recognized as the "founder of the graphic novel,"...' (Via <a href="http://twitter.com/librarianchat/status/22915387049">@librarianchat</a>.)
The Huffington Post, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 How does your library distinguish new releases? http://answers.unshelved.com/questions/3770/how-does-your-library-distinguish-new-releases Information request.
Unshelved Answers, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Publisher launches with versatile wallbook http://www.thebookseller.com/news/127565-publisher-launches-with-versatile-wallbook--.html.rss "can be read like a book or unfolded and stuck on the wall"
theBookseller.com, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Up to pounds 500k spent on literary bets each year http://www.thebookseller.com/news/127564-up-to-500k-spent-on-literary-bets-each-year.html.rss 'genre of "novelty betting" that is growing every year'
theBookseller.com, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 BeBook launches "brilliantly affordable" new e-reader http://www.thebookseller.com/news/127573-bebook-launches-brilliantly-affordable-new-e-reader.html.rss "six-inch screen on which users can enlarge texts and apply bookmarks"
theBookseller.com, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Somerset libraries see cuts and closures http://www.thebookseller.com/news/127574-somerset-libraries-see-cuts-and-closures.html.rss theBookseller.com, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Library Supply http://www.goodlibraryguide.com/blog/archives/2010/09/library_supply_1.html "As a small publisher I can't understand why libraries can't deal with me direct."
The Good Library Blog, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Resources for Detecting and Preventing Plagiarism http://stephenslighthouse.com/2010/09/03/5364/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=5364 "Just in time for the new school year."
Stephen's Lighthouse, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 The 15 Biggest Bestsellers EVER After The Bible http://stephenslighthouse.com/2010/09/03/the-15-biggest-bestsellers-ever-after-the-bible/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-15-biggest-bestsellers-ever-after-the-bible Stephen's Lighthouse, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Would you work for free? Unpaid work in the information profession and how to make it count http://shinyforager.blogspot.com/2010/09/would-you-work-for-free-unpaid-work-in.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+ShinyForager+(shiny+forager)&utm_content=Google+Reader Paper.
The Shiny Forager, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 The one where we provide advice about open offices http://olfh.blogspot.com/2010/09/one-where-we-provide-advice-about-open.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+ObnoxiousLibrarianFromHades+(Obnoxious+Librarian+from+Hades)&utm_content=Google+Reader Humour, "new creative ways to cut costs, sorry, increase value".
obnoxious librarian from hades, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Eat the Director's Brain: Zombies Attack The Collingswood Public Library! http://lisnews.org/eat_director039s_brain_zombies_attack_collingswood_public_library "...Race to Raise Money for the Collingswood Public Library’s Teen Area"
LISNews, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 September 8 is International Literacy Day http://lisnews.org/september_8_international_literacy_day LISNews, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 It's Not Too Late...I Love My Librarian Award http://lisnews.org/it039s_not_too_latei_love_my_librarian_award "Nominations for 2010 stay open through September 20"
LISNews, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Forget Celebrity Books Lets Have Celebrity Book Clubs http://lisnews.org/forget_celebrity_books_have_celebrity_book_clubs "Do we now just believe a celebrity book endorsement is the difference between success and failure and forget the content?"
LISNews, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 JISC COLLECTIONS DRIVES THROUGH LIBRARY DEAL http://www.iwr.co.uk/professional-and-library/3010446/JISC-Collections-drives-through-library-deal "JISC Collections has procured an agreement that makes Theory Test Pro, the online study programme for the UK's driving theory test available to English public libraries at special subscription rates"
IWR, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Cotswold library figures bucks county trend http://www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk/news/8370833.Cotswold_library_figures_bucks_county_trend/ (Via <a href="http://news.google.co.uk/news?promo=houseads&amp;hl=en&amp;ned=uk&amp;q=library+location%3Auk&amp;btnG=Search">Google News</a>.)
Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Library's future 'is good' despite the threat of cuts http://www.knutsfordguardian.co.uk/news/8370542.Library___s_future__is_good__despite_the_threat_of_cuts/ "Some have described the report [DCMS Taking Part survey] as 'softening up the public' for the destruction of the library service." (Via <a href="http://news.google.co.uk/news?promo=houseads&amp;hl=en&amp;ned=uk&amp;q=library+location%3Auk&amp;btnG=Search">Google News</a>.)
Knutsford Guardian, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 FoI request results in release of Doncaster Public Library Service Report https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=lis-pub-libs;7ee68c10.1009 'Better Libraries, Better Lives/ A review and improvement plan for Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council'
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Librarians of the World united! A taste of IFLA 2010; (free) ILIG informal; CILIP HQ 8/9/10 https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=lis-pub-libs;9e8ab8ad.1009 "the next International Library and Information Group (ILIG) Informal"
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Re: Statistics https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=lis-pub-libs;87249277.1009 John User, '...Changing the nature and culture of how we run a library service is the bigger challenge....', "Indeed."
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 The Skinny on Sheepskin http://www.libology.com/blog/2010/09/03/the-skinny-on-sheepskin.html "the story does have a terrific guide to why books have traditionally been their various sizes... and it does have a lot to do with sheep"
Libology Blog, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 The 12 Best Ways To Customize Your Facebook Pages http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2010/the-12-best-ways-to-customize-your-facebook-pages/ "twelve third-party tab applications"
iLibrarian, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 A Beginner's Guide to Facebook Insights http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2010/a-beginner%E2%80%99s-guide-to-facebook-insights/ 'Facebook Insights dashboard allows Page owners to access detailed analytics on user demographics, "Likes," shares, and reshares'
iLibrarian, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Culture sector plays key part in lifelong learning http://www.mla.gov.uk/news_and_views/press_releases/2010/Culture_key_to_lifelong_learning "Museums, libraries and archives play a crucial part in opening up learning opportunities for adults, but there are still many more ways that they can continue to contribute to healthier and happier communities. Two publications outlining their contribution and examining ways of enhancing it have been published today"
Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 WIN an all-expenses paid trip to London to meet DAVID VANN! http://www.readingagency.org.uk/calendar/2010/09/win-an-all-expenses-paid-trip.html "Penguin will pay for the reading group to come to London, to the Penguin office, to sit and talk with David over lunch"
The Reading Agency, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Should these books have been banned? http://community.newcastle.gov.uk/libraries/?p=1702 "Banned Books Week launches in the UK on 25 September"
Newcastle Libraries, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Lisnews post on the need for a masters degree http://librarytwopointzero.blogspot.com/2010/09/lisnews-post-on-need-for-masters-degree.html "I'd like to imagine that I got an advanced degree so that checking out books would be a once in a while thing, not a regular gig."
librarytwopointzero, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 The LIS Masters is a qualification of convenience http://thewikiman.org/blog/?p=925&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+thewikiman+(thewikiman.org)&utm_content=Google+Reader "Disclaimer: this is just my view, based on my own experiences of the degree I completed."
thewikiman, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Campaign for the Book September newsletter http://alangibbons.net/?p=1226 (Roundup of recent library politics.)
Alan Gibbons' Blog, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Bad news from Somerset http://alangibbons.net/?p=1227 "Bruton Library is set to close and opening hours will be reduced at six further libraries"
Alan Gibbons' Blog, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Library boom! http://alangibbons.net/?p=1228 "And to prove libraries can work with a little care and attention..." (Manchester).
Alan Gibbons' Blog, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Northwich friends rally to back library http://alangibbons.net/?p=1229 "SUPPORTERS are writing to the Government in a bid to keep libraries safe."
Alan Gibbons' Blog, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Reading 'catastrophe' as book closed on libraries http://alangibbons.net/?p=1232 "Kent County Council has told its schools they will have to borrow books from their local libraries instead"
Alan Gibbons' Blog, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Everyone is an expert http://communities.cilip.org.uk/blogs/biddy/archive/2010/09/03/everyone-is-an-expert.aspx CILIP president, "Trying to provide a persuasive overall view of how to save libraries or any other part of our public services and to create a 'unified campaigning voice' is like getting a unanimously acceptable result in 'Strictly come dancing'. Failure to establish one clear voice happens through a lack of appreciation of the necessary differences between organisations and most usually a failure to unite over the interpretation of available evidence to be used in the act of persuasion."
Biddy's Blog, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Turning Off Auto-Pilot http://blog.libraryjournal.com/tennantdigitallibraries/2010/09/02/turning-off-auto-pilot/ 'how many of our technology purchase "decisions" are on auto-pilot? How often do we continue to do something the same way because that’s the way we’ve always done it?'
Library Journal, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 MLA Transition update http://www.mla.gov.uk/news_and_views/press_releases/2010/transition-update_sept "We aim to ensure that the functions we deliver are maintained for the future in the best way possible."
Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Does Taxonomy Matter in a New World of Search and Discovery http://www.infotoday.com/online/sep10/BeDell-Trudell.shtml Information Today, Inc., Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Facebook vs. Twitter: Battle of the Social Network Stars http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/sep10/Tagtmeier.shtml "This article will seek to answer the question of whether a library should choose Facebook or Twitter in a battle of the social network stars."
Information Today, Inc., Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Love and Magic: Trends in Romance Fiction http://link.ixs1.net/s/ve?eli=x904928&si=t223018075&cfc=3html Free webinar.
Booklist Webinar, Friday 3 September 2010 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 "Some fab public library advocacy going on in USA..." [e.g. check the Quick Survey] http://geekthelibrary.org/?cid=202 (Via <a href="http://twitter.com/UKpling/status/22697473306">@UKpling</a>.)
geekthelibrary.org, Thursday 2 September 2010 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 "Certainly is! ... Applicable to teens: gaming 4 reading ... report from @readingagency" http://www.readingagency.org.uk/adults/gaming_for_reading_report.pdf (Via <a href="http://twitter.com/readingagency/status/22699130171">@readingagency</a>.)
The Reading Agency, Thursday 2 September 2010 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Library invites you to choose Large Print books http://www.aboutmyarea.co.uk/Northamptonshire/Northampton/NN4/News/Local-News/173906-Library-invites-you-to-choose-Large-Print-books?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter "For a number of days in September, people will be able to look through book catalogues and mark which books they are interested in. From this, the results will be collated by library staff and books will be ordered." (Via <a href="http://twitter.com/UKpling/status/22751455225">@UKpling</a>.)
AboutMyArea, Thursday 2 September 2010 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 "Optimism for Middlewich library despite damning Government report" http://www.middlewichguardian.co.uk/news/8364019.Optimism_for_Middlewich_library_despite_damning_Government_report/ Cheshire, "Libraries in Cheshire East cost each Council Tax payer less than 5p per day [approx. pounds 18 per year]." (Via <a href="http://twitter.com/UKpling/status/22778266266">@UKpling</a>.)
Middlewich Guardian, Thursday 2 September 2010 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 "Our campaign made p11 of the Doncaster Free Press today." http://twitpic.com/2kg69d Doncaster. (Via <a href="http://twitter.com/walkyouhome/status/22778101621">@walkyouhome</a>.)
twitpic, Thursday 2 September 2010 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 "JISC projects for enhancing Library Management Systems" http://code.google.com/p/jisclms/w/list (Via <a href="http://twitter.com/garygre/status/22779419332">@garygre</a>.)
jiscLMS, Thursday 2 September 2010 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 "Providing LMS services as standardised interfaces to be accessed from social media widgets." http://code.google.com/p/jisclms/wiki/ueawolfie "Framework for deploying services (e.g. renew books) via Facebook, iGoogle, etc." (Via <a href="http://twitter.com/garygre/status/22779552123">@garygre</a>.)
jiscLMS, Thursday 2 September 2010 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Who Else writes like ... ? http://www.whoelsewriteslike.com/ Subscription service (pounds 5 per ann. individual). (Via Rotherham <a href="">Libraries - Readers Board</a> - <a href="http://twitter.com/RMBCLibraries/status/22780498336">@RMBCLibraries</a>.)
LISU, Thursday 2 September 2010 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 "A town with its own library could feel confident that its citizens had a reason to stick around ... & help the town grow, that a source of knowledge was there, that the library added value to the town" http://lisnews.org/node/37526 Comment, Radio 4, What is the point of the public library? (Via <a href="http://twitter.com/garygre/status/22784987519">@garygre</a>.)
LISNews, Thursday 2 September 2010 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 "The value of literacy & its link to learning & skills..." http://twitter.com/walkyouhome/status/22785439846 "Have received Doncaster Libraries Review! ... Awesome quote from the report..."
@walkyouhome, Thursday 2 September 2010 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 "Looking for examples of UK public libraries operated outside of or non traditional council control e.g. trust status. Know of Wigan - more?" http://twitter.com/PaigeLibrarian/status/22788606484 Information request.
@PaigeLibrarian, Thursday 2 September 2010 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 "how to link to specific pages in [CILIP] Gazette guide" http://communities.cilip.org.uk/blogs/informationadvice/archive/2010/06/04/how-to-link-to-specific-pages-in-cilip-library-information-gazette.aspx CILIP Gazette. (Via <a href="http://twitter.com/CILIPinfo/status/22788744131">@CILIPinfo</a>.)
CILIP, Thursday 2 September 2010 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 "Digital Gazette is out ... (NB. requires Flash)" http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/Launch.aspx?referral=other&refresh=Li71p20T0sW4&PBID=67e16ede-f815-4e79-bad3-8ee3a5af29c2&skip= CILIP Gazette. (Via <a href="http://twitter.com/CILIPinfo/status/22788744131">@CILIPinfo</a>.)
CILIP, Thursday 2 September 2010 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 "If you're a Library and Info Science researcher then you might want to add yourself to the LIRG researcher directory" http://www.cilip.org.uk/get-involved/special-interest-groups/research/publications/pages/publications.aspx (Via <a href="http://twitter.com/CILIPinfo/status/22793943870">@CILIPinfo</a>.)
CILIP, Thursday 2 September 2010 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 "A dating website that matches people based on the books they like - allegedly" http://alikewise.com/ (Via <a href="http://twitter.com/MancLibraries/status/22795761226">@MancLibraries</a>.)
alikewise, Thursday 2 September 2010 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 "Of Two Minds About Books: book business tries to serve 2 readers, one who loves the tactile page and..." http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/02/technology/02couples.html?partner=rss&emc=rss "There is much more emotional attachment to the paper book than there is to the CD or the DVD" (Via <a href="http://twitter.com/ALALibrary/status/22798683181">@ALALibrary</a>.)
The New York Times, Thursday 2 September 2010 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 "New sector stats: Use of the Internet to look at museum, library and archive websites in the previous 12 months" http://www.mla.gov.uk/what/research/sector_statistics (Via <a href="http://twitter.com/MLA_gov/status/22804062470">@MLA_gov</a>.)
Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, Thursday 2 September 2010 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 "Manchester's libraries set the bar for the UK" http://insidethem60.journallocal.co.uk/2010/09/manchesters-libraries-set-the-bar-for-the-uk/ "Manchester has also successfully opened two new, modern libraries this year." (Via <a href="http://twitter.com/walkyouhome/status/22804872402">@walkyouhome</a>.)
Inside The M60, Thursday 2 September 2010 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Macmillan Dictionaries launches apps http://www.thebookseller.com/news/127553-macmillan-dictionaries-launches-apps.html.rss "iPhone, iPod Touch and the iPad and prices start at pounds 3.99"
theBookseller.com, Thursday 2 September 2010 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Webb wins TV Book Club vote http://www.thebookseller.com/news/127530-webb-wins-tv-book-club-vote.html.rss "Debut novelist Katherine Webb's The Legacy"
theBookseller.com, Thursday 2 September 2010 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 The 288,945 Most Popular Sites on the Internet http://stephenslighthouse.com/2010/09/02/the-288945-most-popular-sites-on-the-internet/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-288945-most-popular-sites-on-the-internet Infographic.
Stephen's Lighthouse, Thursday 2 September 2010 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Now Through October 15, 2010: Free Access to SAGE Journals Online (560 plus Titles, 1999-Current) http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/60270 ResourceShelf, Thursday 2 September 2010 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 How To Open a New Book http://lisnews.org/how_open_new_book "Even a well bound book may be easily ruined at the first opening."
LISNews, Thursday 2 September 2010 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 A lifeline has been thrown to Deganwy Library http://www.northwalesweeklynews.co.uk/conwy-county-news/local-conwy-news/2010/09/02/a-lifeline-has-been-thrown-to-deganwy-library-55243-27180835/ Conwy, "SUPPORTERS of Deganwy Library have a month to prove its hours should not be reduced." (Via <a href="http://news.google.co.uk/news?promo=houseads&amp;hl=en&amp;ned=uk&amp;q=library+location%3Auk&amp;btnG=Search">Google News</a>.)
North Wales Weekly News, Thursday 2 September 2010 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Re: Urgent need for better research https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=lis-pub-libs;b159a3f.1009 Roy Clare, "This is what MLA did with the Community Libraries evaluation...".
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Thursday 2 September 2010 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 My Library, My Lifeline http://www.libology.com/blog/2010/09/01/my-library-my-lifeline.html "logo available to members of the library community"
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