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The Transparent Library: Embracing Service to Teens (Tame The Web: Libraries and Technol)

Thu, 15 May 2008 21:55:52 GMT

MS: Comments on my blog ranged from the forward-thinking, right-up-Ranganathan's alley and the “Anonymous” who said, “Of course that crap should be banned” to the thoughtful critique and commentary of Ian McKinney from cutting-edge Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, IN. He reminds us the problem was specific kids, not technology. Indeed, I worry the [...]

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Wales: ’21st Century’ library strategy (Resource Shelf)

Thu, 15 May 2008 18:21:22 GMT

From the BBC: A three-year strategy to modernise libraries across Wales will be launched by the Welsh Assembly Government later. £10.5m funding for the Libraries for Life programme had already been announced in March. It aims to improve facilities and allow more than 20% of libraries to open at least 10 hours a week by the [...]

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Digital Collections - Brooklyn Public Library (A Guide to Digital Collections)

Thu, 15 May 2008 16:10:50 GMT

http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/digital/ The Brooklyn Public Library has digitized selections from some of their most popular archival collections. Offering access to historic newspapers, photographs, sheet music, advertisements, playbills, and children's books, the collections showcase the history of culture of the borough.

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A Prison Library: Literature and Black Identity (GreeneSpace)

Thu, 15 May 2008 13:22:00 GMT

The recent news that the FBI asked for information from the internet archive is further evidence that books are both important ways of transmitting ideas and important signifiers of which ideas readers find important. It is not just law enforcement that is interested in reading habits, however. We are hearing a great deal about the project of “the history of the Book” these days. It aims to understand...

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Soirée at the Boston Public Library (mitali's fire escape)

noreply@blogger.com (Mitali Perkins) — Thu, 15 May 2008 11:34:00 GMT

Seems like we're talking a lot about awards on the Fire Escape lately, doesn't it? Well, I'm not complaining. Today I'll be at the Boston Public Library where the Boston Authors Club is hosting the 11th Annual Boston Authors Club Award Luncheon. The 2008 Young Reader Award Recipients are: Brian Selznick , THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET Elizabeth Alexander and Marilynn Nelson , MISS CRANDALL'S...

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CURIOUSER: Brooklyn Public Library (No Land Grab)

Thu, 15 May 2008 09:24:15 GMT

This week, there's a raging debate at Gowanus Lounge over the suitability and propriety of adults viewing online porn at the Brooklyn Public Library. Some claim that public viewing of porn is creepy and shouldn't be condoned in a public institution frequented by children, others champion citizens First Amendment right to access all available media. The Brooklyn Public...

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Grand jury urges library chief's ouster over alleged billing scheme (Sacramento Bee)

rlillis@sacbee.com (Ryan Lillis and Deb Kollars) — Thu, 15 May 2008 07:30:22 GMT

A grand jury report recommends the ouster of the Sacramento Public Library director over an alleged overbilling and kickback scheme involving two former employees. Read the grand jury report on the Sacramento Public Library Authority Sacramento library chief Anne Marie Gold ignored employees who warned of the alleged billing scam, the grand jury said.

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Library of Congress Receives Papers of American Composer Charles Strouse (Art Knowledge News)

Thu, 15 May 2008 06:45:45 GMT

Wasington,DC - Celebrated American composer Charles Strouse presented his papers to the Library of Congress in a private ceremony. Librarian of Congress James H. Billington formally accepted the gift on behalf of the Library and the American people and honored Strouse, perhaps best known for such musical-theater smashes as “Annie,” “Bye Bye Birdie,” “Applause” and “Golden...

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US Army Library Helps in Burma Relief Planning (LisNews)

Thu, 15 May 2008 06:03:23 GMT

The Engineer Research and Development Center and the Topographic Engineering Center (TEC) Library has prepared a Web page at: http://www.tec.army.mil/Burma in support of the U.S. Navy/U.S. Marines/U.S. Department of State relief efforts in Myanmar, the Southeast Asian country formerly known as Burma. Flooding in the Irrawaddy delta caused by Cyclone Nargis with winds of 120 miles per hour, hit Yagon,...

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New Pasadena library opens in mall (Houston Chronicle)

Thu, 15 May 2008 05:48:11 GMT

The Pasadena Public Library announces that the new satellite locations at the Pasadena Town Square Mall will be open for business at 10 a.m. on May 19. The library will have two locations: One for youth and teen materials and one for references services. The Youth and Teen annex will provide a wide selection of books, DVDs, and other materials.

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God, Politics, and Rock 'n' Roll: Library Of Congress To Preserve "Thriller" (BlogNetNews.com/Iowa)

Thu, 15 May 2008 05:30:00 GMT

The Library of Congress has announced twenty-five new additions to the National Recording Registry...where archived recordings are preserved for their cultural, historic or aesthetically significance. Among the items: Michael Jackson's "Thriller"...the best-selling pop album in history. It occurs to me that Jackson's seminal album will [...]

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Witness: Teen Was At Library (Tampa Bay Online)

Thu, 15 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

A witness can place 16-year-old Kendrick Morris at the Bloomingdale Regional Public Library about the time a teenage girl was beaten and sexually assaulted after arriving to return books, investigators said in a search warrant made public Wednesday.

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Medford library supporter touts benefits of book sale (Boston Globe)

Thu, 15 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Every time she sees an advertisement for a used-book business, Medford resident Judy Marcella worries about the future of her library. That's because the Medford Public Library's semiannual book sale has seen a decrease in donations over the years from people who turn to the likes of Got Books, a for-profit, used-book seller.

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Library Of Congress Adds Thriller, 24 Other Recordings To Archive (ArtsJournal)

Thu, 15 May 2008 01:44:45 GMT

Twenty-five selections were added to the National Recording Registry on Wednesday, part of the library's attempt to save America's aural history by archiving recordings deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant."...

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Picture Post: The British Library reveals a collection of 17th-century manuscripts of a Sanskrit epic (The Independent)

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:00:01 GMT

One of the world's most enduring stories, The Ramayana has been told and retold throughout India and South East Asia for more than 2,000 years. Today, a collection of lavishly illustrated 17th-century manuscripts of the Sanskrit epic, hidden away in the archives of the British Library since 1844, goes on public display for the first time.

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Call for all libraries to stop supporting digital rights management (LibrarianInBlack)

Wed, 14 May 2008 20:07:23 GMT

DefectiveByDesign.org, a campaign from the Free Software Foundation, protested outside of the Boston Public Library for offering digital content with digital rights management attached to it. They then expanded that complaint to all libraries, asking library users to sign letters...

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Brooklyn Public Library Comments on the Porn Debate (The Gowanus Lounge)

Wed, 14 May 2008 19:15:22 GMT

The Brooklyn Public Library weighs in on the internet porn issue with a post on its own blog today. Here’s what they have to say as a follow up to a number of posts quoting what some residents have been saying about the issue: …since we’ve been a topic of discussion over the past few days, [...]

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Grand jury urges library board to consider firing director (Sacramento Bee)

rlillis@sacbee.com (Ryan Lillis) — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:32:18 GMT

The director of the Sacramento public library system ignored accusations of an alleged billing and kickback scheme involving two former library employees and contributed to an atmosphere of misuse of public funds within the system, according to a Sacramento grand jury report released Wednesday. A grand jury report says library director Anne Marie Gold did not think...

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A new chapter on the fuel oil leak at the library (Fort Wayne Observed)

Wed, 14 May 2008 18:14:50 GMT

The loud whirring from this truck was greeting travelers on Wayne Street Tuesday afternoon. The truck is remediating the underground oil leakage that occurred during construction and renovation of the Allen County Public Library. The oil escaped from a new...

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The Great Library Online Porn Debate, Part III (The Gowanus Lounge)

Wed, 14 May 2008 17:15:43 GMT

Every now and then an online back-and-forth comes up that is compelling. So it is with the Library Porn Debate, which started with the subject of children seeing some adult images that adults were viewing online at the Pacific Branch Library in Boerum Hill. The public library does not filter adult content on First Amendment [...]

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