' http://www.libraryweb.info Library Culture on the Web http://libraryweb.info <br /> Library Web is temporarily offline for the time being. I have for a number of months now had a problem with (I would guess) mainly two or three highly skilled hackers targeting my computer within a few hours of my going online. I haven't as yet been able to find a solution to this.<br /> <br /> The way forward I think with a site such as Library Web is for a community to take charge, providing a more distributed target for anyone whose interests were in bringing the site down. (There is also considerably more library culture to be found on the web nowadays than 4 years ago when I first began Library Web - a sort of 'social bookmarking but for communities' approach would solve this problem).<br /> <br /> Please please do not delete your Library Web <a href="http://libraryweb.info/rss.php">RRS</a> feeds as yet - I'm not completely sure what the outcome of the current situation will be, I will though post developments as they happen (see also Library Web's <a href="http://twitter.com/libraryweb">twitter</a> page.)<br/> <br /> (Library Web users may be interested to know that the site's stats for 2010 showed an average of approx. 581 unique visits per day.)<br />
Library Web, Tuesday 4 January 2011 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/features/12212010/12-ways-libraries-are-good-country?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=amlibraries "one dozen ideals toward which libraries strive" (Via <a href="http://twitter.com/OverDriveLibs/status/17246867259662336">@OverDriveLibs</a>.)
American Libraries Magazine, Tuesday 21 December 2010 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://falseeconomy.org.uk/cuts/item/booktrust "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 <a href="http://twitter.com/FalseEcon/status/17308866567999488">@FalseEcon</a>.)
False Economy, Tuesday 21 December 2010 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.unshelved.com/2010-12-19 Unshelved cartoon, Sunday, December 19, 2010.
Unshelved, Tuesday 21 December 2010 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.thebookseller.com/news/139218-efficient-library-service-means-change-says-vaizey.html.rss theBookseller.com, Tuesday 21 December 2010 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.thebookseller.com/news/139322-six-weeks-to-save-the-library-sector-campaigners-warn.html.rss "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 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.thebookseller.com/news/139773-google-will-not-enforce-exclusivity-over-library-scanning.html.rss "will not enforce exclusivity clauses in contracts to scan and index library book collection"
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 21 December 2010 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://quartz.syr.edu/rdlankes/blog/?p=1088 Presentation, "The best days of libraries are ahead of us."
Virtual Dave...Real Blog, Tuesday 21 December 2010 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.thisweekinlibraries.com/?p=162 "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 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/blank-a-novel/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+teleread/KHnj+(TeleRead:+Bring+the+E-Books+Home) "Warning, real books were harmed in the making of this video."
TeleRead, Tuesday 21 December 2010 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/newspapers-and-magazines-coming-to-amazon%E2%80%99s-buy-once-read-everywhere-kindle-apps-%E2%80%93starting-with-kindle-for-android/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+teleread/KHnj+(TeleRead:+Bring+t "update that enables users to buy, read, and sync over 100 Kindle newspapers and magazines"
TeleRead, Tuesday 21 December 2010 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/amazon-brings-newspapers-magazines-to-android-kindle-app/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+teleread/KHnj+(TeleRead:+Bring+the+E-Books+Home) "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 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/audiobooks/british-library-project-to-map-pronunciation-seeks-childrens-book-readers-from-around-the-world/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+teleread/KHnj+(TeleRead:+Bring+the+E-Books+Home) TeleRead, Tuesday 21 December 2010 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/uk-literacy-program-booktrust-to-lose-government-funding-in-april-2011/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+teleread/KHnj+(TeleRead:+Bring+the+E-Books+Home) TeleRead, Tuesday 21 December 2010 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://stephenslighthouse.com/2010/12/15/libraries-and-ideas/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=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 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://stephenslighthouse.com/2010/12/15/library-poetry/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=library-poetry "Overdue Charges from an Animated Patron"
Stephen's Lighthouse, Tuesday 21 December 2010 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://stephenslighthouse.com/2010/12/15/data-visualization/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=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 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://stephenslighthouse.com/2010/12/16/new-pew-report-on-the-generations-and-technology/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-pew-report-on-the-generations-and-technology US research.
Stephen's Lighthouse, Tuesday 21 December 2010 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://stephenslighthouse.com/2010/12/16/app-stores-and-books/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=app-stores-and-books "there are over 50,000 apps for books in the app store"
Stephen's Lighthouse, Tuesday 21 December 2010 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://stephenslighthouse.com/2010/12/17/the-library-movie/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-library-movie 'Here is the Trailer for the imaginary feature film "The Library"'
Stephen's Lighthouse, Tuesday 21 December 2010 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://stephenslighthouse.com/2010/12/18/libraries-and-book-trailers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=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 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://stephenslighthouse.com/2010/12/18/false-and-misleading-information/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=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 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/62689 '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 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/62690 The Internet Archive's 'webpage for every book' project.
ResourceShelf, Tuesday 21 December 2010 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/62706 '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 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=READER-DEVELOPMENT;907a4e2a.1012 Information request.
READER-DEVELOPMENT, Tuesday 21 December 2010 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://olfh.blogspot.com/2010/12/one-with-new-employee-handbook.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+ObnoxiousLibrarianFromHades+(Obnoxious+Librarian+from+Hades) The essential glossary (humour).
obnoxious librarian from hades, Tuesday 21 December 2010 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=LIS-PROFESSION;681d2878.1012 "CILIP has contacted all English MPs about public library closures and cuts"
LIS-PROFESSION, Tuesday 21 December 2010 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/12492/mecanoo-architects-library-of-birmingham.html (Via <a href="http://lisnews.org/library_design_that039ll_make_you_go_wow_mecanoo_architects_library_birmingham">LISNews</a>.)
LISNews, Tuesday 21 December 2010 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://lisnews.org/better_togethercats_and_christmas_trees 'Vicki Myron's sequel about the beloved library feline "Dewey's Christmas at the Library"'
LISNews, Tuesday 21 December 2010 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://lisnews.org/librarians_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 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://lisnews.org/cycling_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 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://lisnews.org/remember_039the_kickass_librarian039_video_she039s_lost_her_library US story.
LISNews, Tuesday 21 December 2010 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://lisnews.org/amazon_deletes_items_kindles_again "deleting certain kinds of erotica from both the online store and users' devices"
LISNews, Tuesday 21 December 2010 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://lisnews.org/library_girl_video Original song.
LISNews, Tuesday 21 December 2010 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/dec/21/protest-library-closures "'Read-ins' timetabled for February, as councils draw up final cuts budgets"
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 21 December 2010 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=LIB-RFID-UK;a93d973c.1012 Research request.
LIB-RFID-UK, Tuesday 21 December 2010 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=LIS-WEB2;45d54a5a.1012 Edinburgh.
LIS-WEB2, Tuesday 21 December 2010 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=lis-pub-libs;72ee83ac.1012 Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Tuesday 21 December 2010 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://sharedspaces.googlelabs.com/gallery/app?app_id=95001 (Via <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-20026181-93.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Webware&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+webware+(Webware.com)">Create virtual work spaces with Google Shared Spaces</a>.)
Google Shared Space, Tuesday 21 December 2010 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-20025979-93.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Webware&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+webware+(Webware.com) "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 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://communities.cilip.org.uk/blogs/update/archive/2010/12/15/annie-s-message-to-mps-getting-through.aspx "Annie Mauger, CILIP's feisty Chief Executive..."
Libary and Information Update, Tuesday 21 December 2010 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://thoughtsofawannabelibrarian.wordpress.com/2010/12/17/free-library-books-on-your-iphone/ "If your library service provides ebooks via the Overdrive..."
thoughts of a [wannabe] librarian..., Tuesday 21 December 2010 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://publiclibrariesnews.blogspot.com/ Along with Alan Gibbons' Blog, the main source of news to do with the public library cuts.
Public Libraries News, Tuesday 21 December 2010 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://alangibbons.net/?p=2995 Alan Gibbons' Blog, Tuesday 21 December 2010 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://alangibbons.net/?p=3003 Reply to Ed Vaizey's reply to an open letter on libraries.
Alan Gibbons' Blog, Tuesday 21 December 2010 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://alangibbons.net/?p=3008 Alan Gibbons' Blog, Tuesday 21 December 2010 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/home/888501-264/museum_and_library_services_act.html.csp US library funding (via <a href="http://alangibbons.net/?p=3036">Alan Gibbons' Blog</a>).
Library Journal, Tuesday 21 December 2010 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://alangibbons.net/?p=3142 "This is no time to cut library services."
Alan Gibbons' Blog, Tuesday 21 December 2010 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.sfs-group.co.uk/Ownedbookshelpchildrenmorethanthosefromlibrariesexpertsays/2966/?parent=11 (Via <a href="http://alangibbons.net/?p=3206">Alan Gibbons' Blog</a>, inc. comment.)
SFS Group, Tuesday 21 December 2010 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://alangibbons.net 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 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.alatechsource.org/blog/2010/12/why-netgalley-is-the-best-kept-e-book-secret-on-the-web.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+TechsourceBlog+(ALA+Techsource+Blog) "where publishers can connect with reviewers, librarians, and the media and exchange eAdvanced Reader's Copies"
ALA TechSource, Tuesday 21 December 2010 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.npr.org/2010/12/15/132057619/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 <a href="http://www.tk421.net/librarylink/">Library Link of the Day</a>.)
NPR, Tuesday 21 December 2010 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://unllib.unl.edu/LPP/koltay.htm " 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 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://unllib.unl.edu/LPP/barbakoff.htm "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 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1352#Quotation-of-the-Day 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 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1354#Quotation-of-the-Day Quotation of the Day, "The issue is not what we read on ... The issue is that we read".
Shelf Awareness, Tuesday 21 December 2010 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1355#Quotation-of-the-Day Quotation of the Day, "traditional distinctions between author and reader, and between publisher and consumer, will blur considerably".
Shelf Awareness, Tuesday 21 December 2010 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://lisnews.org/why_wikileaks_matters_libraryland "This is the biggest free speech battle of our lifetimes"
LISNews, Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://lisnews.org/forgery_theft_heartland "former library director ... accused of stealing city funds"
LISNews, Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-12-13-libraries13_ST_N.htm US library. (Via <a href="http://www.librarystuff.net/2010/12/13/libraries-welcome-homeless-to-community-living-rooms/">Information Today, Inc.</a>)
USATODAY.com, Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk/news/Mystery-library-plans-vanished-overnight/article-2999931-detail/article.html 'CONCERNS have been raised that plans for a multi-million pound library complex for Exeter are being "wiped from history".' (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>.)
this is Exeter, Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=lis-pub-libs;11d6baff.1012 Information request.
LIS-PUB-LIBS, Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.thebookseller.com/news/138552-axed-libraries-disproportionate-as-council-cuts-capped.html.rss "In a number of councils including Leeds and Oxfordshire up to 40[percent] or 50[percent] of libraries are being closed."
theBookseller.com, Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://bit.ly/f3EVjG Abstract (via <a href="http://www.journaltocs.hw.ac.uk/">JournalTOCs</a>). "In this paper, public library programs directed towards immigrants are explored as one possible mechanism for generating social capital."
Science Direct, Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a930995813~db=all~jumptype=rss Abstract (via <a href="http://www.journaltocs.hw.ac.uk/">JournalTOCs</a>). "This article summarizes published documents on metadata provided by Google for books scanned..."
informaworld, Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.thisweekinlibraries.com/?p=158 '"de Bibliotheek tweedaagse", the 2-day national library conference in the Netherlands'
This Week in Libraries, Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.thisweekinlibraries.com/?p=160 Podcast, "Discussing some great opportunities for libraries...".
This Week in Libraries, Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.goodlibraryguide.com/blog/archives/2010/12/there_is_no_nee.html "We could achieve all the budget reductions that are needed in the library service and not close one library."
The Good Library blog, Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.goodlibraryguide.com/blog/archives/2010/12/the_end_of_a_te.html MLA report, What the public wants from libraries – turning research into action.
The Good Library blog, Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/marketers-ponder-advertising-in-e-books/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+teleread%2FKHnj+%28TeleRead%3A+Bring+the+E-Books+Home%29 "It's unclear whether advertising in e-books will ever be able to overcome the annoyance factor"
TeleRead, Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/microsofts-predictions-for-ebooks-in-2010-made-in-the-year-2000/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+teleread%2FKHnj+%28TeleRead%3A+Bring+the+E-Books+Home%29 "The prediction for 2010 was: Popular eBook devices weigh eight ounces..."
TeleRead, Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/underwhelmed-by-googles-ebookstore/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+teleread%2FKHnj+%28TeleRead%3A+Bring+the+E-Books+Home%29 [Ed. For anyone including myself who hasn't had a chance to look at Google's ebookstore yet - not as many features as the Kindle store.]
TeleRead, Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://stephenslighthouse.com/2010/12/11/understanding-influencers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=understanding-influencers "Libraries are a very misunderstood 'brand'. In some respects we are that 'book, books and nothing but books' image and positioning. How do we make the library brand broader in our users' consciousness?"
Stephen's Lighthouse, Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://stephenslighthouse.com/2010/12/12/information-overload-print/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=information-overload-print "From the time of the Greeks and Romans through Gutenberg and today, people have always whined about too much information!"
Stephen's Lighthouse, Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://stephenslighthouse.com/2010/12/12/understanding-cloud-computing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=understanding-cloud-computing "3 Infographics About Cloud Computing"
Stephen's Lighthouse, Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://stephenslighthouse.com/2010/12/13/privacy-and-freedom-of-information-in-21st-century-libraries/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=privacy-and-freedom-of-information-in-21st-century-libraries "The latest ALA Library Technology Report ... the beachfront of major issues with filtering and intellectual freedom in libraries."
Stephen's Lighthouse, Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://stephenslighthouse.com/2010/12/13/e-book-privacy-buyers-guide/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=e-book-privacy-buyers-guide "One of the tenets of librarianship is that we try to maintain the confidentiality of patron records and their reading habits. We have enshrined this principle in many ways..."
Stephen's Lighthouse, Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://stephenslighthouse.com/2010/12/14/tv-versus-we-cage-match-a-draw/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tv-versus-we-cage-match-a-draw "A new survey by Forrester tracking U.S. consumer activity has revealed that the Net has caught up with TV as a pastime"
Stephen's Lighthouse, Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://stephenslighthouse.com/2010/12/14/survey-of-library-and-museum-digitization-projects/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=survey-of-library-and-museum-digitization-projects "facets of digitization projects from nearly 100 libraries and museums in the United States, the UK, continental Europe, Canada, and Australia"
Stephen's Lighthouse, Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/62593 ResourceShelf, Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/62565 Online Information in London on Wednesday 1st December.
ResourceShelf, Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://olfh.blogspot.com/2010/12/one-where-we-leverage-outsourcing.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ObnoxiousLibrarianFromHades+%28Obnoxious+Librarian+from+Hades%29 Humour, "Outsourcing ... Yes. The word that librarians fear a little less than Google, but more than publishers"
obnoxious librarian from hades, Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://stephenslighthouse.com/2010/12/13/computers-and-libraries/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=computers-and-libraries Library history - 1971.
Stephen's Lighthouse, Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://lisnews.org/kick_ass_librarian_funniest_video_about_librarians_you039ll_see_today Humour, "If knowledge is power then I am in charge of an arsenal."
LISNews, Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.voicesforthelibrary.org.uk/wordpress/?p=752 Emeritus Professor, The University of Sheffield.
Voices for the Library, Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.voicesforthelibrary.org.uk/wordpress/?p=748 Children's author Julie Day.
Voices for the Library, Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/news/get/2010/12/14/free-event-on-linked-data-january-2011/ "includes free accommodation"
UKOLN, Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://publiclibrariesnews.blogspot.com/2010/12/croydon-to-close-half-of-libraries.html Current list of cuts by authority with reports on each.
Public Libraries News, Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/2010/12/google-adds-reading-level.html "choose from different reading levels for your results"
Phil Bradley's weblog, Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/2010/12/my-5-favourite-apps-of-the-year.html Flipboard, iPad Dracula, Kindle app...
Phil Bradley's weblog, Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://mmitblog.wordpress.com/2010/12/14/technology-and-the-librarian-skillset-%E2%80%93-from-the-journals/ '...rather than usurping the role of the librarian, technology "exponentially increased the librarian's ability to provide library services" including technical, circulation and reference services.'
mmit blog, Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://alangibbons.net/ Library authorities linked to in articles related to library cuts, Alan Gibbons blog between Sat. 12th Dec. and Tue. 14th Dec.: Buckinghamshire, Gloucestershire (3 articles), Lewisham (2 articles), Doncaster, Staffordshire, Henley, Wigan, Worcestershire, Croydon, Somerset, Leicestershire, North Yorkshire, Hounslow, Yorkshire councils (Leeds being the largest), Wandsworth, Northampton, Dundee, Conwy, Oxford.
Alan Gibbons' Blog, Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/2010/12/14/condem-s-localism-bill-raises-pitfalls-of-diy-government-115875-22782395/ "in poorer areas people struggle to run their own lives together, let alone local services" (Via <a href="http://alangibbons.net/?p=2909">Alan Gibbons' Blog </a>.)
mirror.co.uk, Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1337597/Locals-new-rights-save-pub-post-office-closure.html?ito=feeds-newsxml (Via <a href="Alan Gibbons' Blog ">http://alangibbons.net/?p=2745</a>.)
Mail Online, Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/local-west-yorkshire-news/2010/12/10/minister-wants-residents-to-bid-to-takeover-shop-pubs-and-libraries-86081-27806426/ "The bill, which will be presented in the House of Commons on Monday, will give residents the right to nominate shops, pubs, libraries and leisure centres to be registered on a most wanted list ... If a listed asset was due to go on the market, the sale would be delayed triggering a ‘community countdown’ giving people time to prepare a business plan and raise funds to bid." (Via <a href="http://alangibbons.net/?p=2772">Alan Gibbons' Blog </a>.)
Huddersfield Examiner , Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/council-jobs-under-threat-rises-to-70000-2158371.html "The number of council jobs cut or threatened with the axe in recent weeks has now topped 70,000, with unions fearing the pace of redundancies will quicken in the New Year". (Via <a href="http://alangibbons.net/?p=2779">Alan Gibbons' Blog </a>.)
The Independent, Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://alangibbons.net/?p=2819 Times.
Alan Gibbons' Blog, Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.publicservice.co.uk/news_story.asp?id=14994 Former British Army Colonel Richard Kemp [Ed. I think.]. (Via <a href="http://alangibbons.net/?p=2841">Alan Gibbons' Blog </a>.)
Public Service, Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wned/news.newsmain/article/1/0/1736782/WNED-AM.970.NEWS/Restoration.of.Library.Funding.Expected "It was clear to us they (libraries) couldn't get much done with one or two million dollars" (Via <a href="http://alangibbons.net/?p=2851">Alan Gibbons' Blog </a>).
WNED, Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://alangibbons.net/?p=2873 "According to one blog, Staffordshire, Wirral and Hillingdon have pledged not to close any libraries. Any decent council should make the same pledge."
Alan Gibbons' Blog, Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1338398/Communities-charge-libraries-housing-people-power-biill.html (Via <a href="http://alangibbons.net/?p=2887">Alan Gibbons' Blog</a>.)
Mail Online, Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE6BC48720101213 [Ed. I think about the only item of information that this article does not include is the <a href="http://www.econstats.com/uk/uk_pse___.htm">total number of people employed in local government</a>, currently standing at just under 3 million.] (Via <a href="http://alangibbons.net/?p=2893">Alan Gibbons' Blog</a>.)
REUTERS, Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mla.gov.uk/news_and_views/press_releases/2010/public_want_from_libraries "A guide to help council leaders and library practitioners act on the latest research..."
Musemus Libraries and Archives, Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.oclc.org/uk/en/nextspace/016/default.htm OCLC, Tuesday 14 December 2010 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000