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December 2, 2008 - 7:03pm — StephenK The Wall Street Journal reports that the new economic stimulus package under consideration by the US Congress may contain funds for Internet access. This matter of stimulus for the economy appears to be proposed as a means of creating construction jobs to increase broadband infrastructure. The President of the Communications Workers of America union, Larry Cohen, was reported by the Journal as stating that this could result in a hundred thousand new jobs.The most recent installment of PCMag Radio noted that by their tests Nevada was the state with the fastest average Internet access speeds in the nation with New Mexico ranking lowest. The Journal's piece notes that this money for Internet infrastructure would also be joined by money to upgrade and improve the electrical infrastructure of the United States. It was also stated by the Journal that this would be a key thing to have in place before renewable energy initiatives can be started. InternetMoney Issues 1 comment Canned Libraries Open New Vistas To Readers (Aug, 1936) December 2, 2008 - 2:53pm — Pete In this 1936 Modern Mechanix article, a fantasy about shrinking the Library of Congress to fit "in a few small filing cabinets" on microfiche/film. Once this is done, copies of the great library will be distributed to worthy institutions all over the world. "Each volume so reduced in size is housed in a sealed cartridge not much larger than a 12-gauge shotgun shell. When desired for reading, it is inserted in a small cabinet, the light turned on, and the copy is projected upon a screen, enlarged to comfortable reading size and unaccompanied by glare." Information RetrievalTechnology Add new comment Save the Libraries – With Open Source December 2, 2008 - 10:07am — Blake Over on Linux Journal Glyn Moody takes a poke at OCLC:For some in the world of free software, libraries are things that you call, rather than visit. But the places where books are stored – especially those that make them freely available to the public – are important repositories of the world's knowledge, of relevance to all. So coders too should care about them alongside the other kind, and should be concerned that there is a threat to their ability to provide ready access to knowledge they have created themselves. The good news is that open source can save them. Cataloging 3 comments Get Tested for AIDS @ Your Library December 2, 2008 - 9:34am — birdie As the world focused on the AIDS crisis yesterday, officials said a large number of Iowans and UI students were tested for HIV so far this year. The Planned Parenthood sites across Iowa have issued 1,500 more tests so far in 2008 than in 2007.Daily Iowan reports: Though no exact reason was given for the substantial increase, one official attributed it to more sites offering rapid HIV tests, which only take 20 minutes to develop."We love to see the increase, and we hope to move all of our sites [to rapid testing] by January 2009," said Lindsay Eliason, the HIV integration project coordinator at Planned Parenthood for Greater Iowa. "It is really great."In 2006, the CDC said HIV tests should be a routine part of medical care for people age 13 to 64. Two local groups made that recommendation a little easier Monday by offering free HIV testing at the Iowa City Public Library. The Iowa Center for AIDS Resources and Education (ICARE) teamed up with the Johnson County Public Health to offer the testing on World AIDS Day."You hear about HIV in Africa, but HIV at home is still a concern," ICARE program manager Heidi Cuda said. "It is out there [in Iowa], and we want people to get tested - it just takes that one time." Academic LibrariesPublic Libraries 2 comments 'But I Want Encyclopedias' Says British Library Patron in Letter to the Editor December 2, 2008 - 8:34am — birdie "I couldn’t believe it. Oswestry Library (UK) no longer stocks encyclopedias. Before the refurbishment, it had both the Encyclopedia Britannia and the World Encyclopedia, the latter beautifully printed and in some respects the better of the two.The librarian told me that encyclopedias were “old fashioned” (tantamount to saying that books were passe, old hat) and I’d have to go online. Well call me a Luddite if you like (I had an IT bypass yonks ago) but at 68 I’ve no desire to tangle with new technology." More from the Shropshire Star. Collection DevelopmentDocument ManagementInternational Add new comment A Library in Senegal, A Valuable Commodity December 2, 2008 - 8:30am — birdie Fatima Ndoye has just finished “L’enfant noir,” a novel based on the childhood of Guinean author Camara Laye. She could hardly put it down – except that she hardly had the chance to pick it up, either. She has been reading it in borrowed snatches of time when she races across the street from her school to the Pikine Library during her lunch break.This crude library – a 15-by-65 foot room in a concrete cultural center – is a treasure trove for the 14-year-old, who says she tries to read a novel a week here during hour-long visits. The daughter of a construction worker who earns $10 a day, she can’t afford the $2 library card nor the two passport-sized photos required to get one, so she reads the books in installments, a little every day.Fatima, her blue school vest covering jeans and T-shirt, knows every corner of the library: She walks to a shelf that’s three-quarters full and tells a visitor, “these are the novels.” The shelf below, she says, are books about business. She wanders a few more steps, and indicates the children’s section, picking up a picture book and rifling through the pages.“When I was little,” she muses, “I liked these books. But now I’m bigger and I’ve changed. Because you progress. You progress all the time. I’m 14 now, and I read much bigger books.” More from The Christian Science Monitor. BooksInternationalPeoplePublic Libraries Add new comment Ask Here PA is the Fastest Growing Digital Ref Service in the Country December 1, 2008 - 7:33pm — birdie With 125,000 users in fewer than two years, an online chat called "Ask Here PA" is the fastest-growing digital reference service in the country, state officials said today."In less than two years, the program is on target to compete for that coveted title -- most used virtual reference program in the nation," said Mary Clare Zales, Pennsylvania's state librarian and deputy secretary for libraries.Pittsburgh Tribune Review has the story. State LibrariesTechnology Add new comment Bouncing Pickles and Other Bits of Information Win a Prize December 1, 2008 - 7:04pm — birdie Did you know....that according to (Connecticut) state law, for a pickle to be qualified as a pickle it must bounce when held 1 foot above an oak table?Well, Martin Elementary School media specialist Lisa Plavin (Manchester, CT) knew that, plus nine other fascinating facts about her state. As a result, she has won for her school a 52-volume set of children’s books about the United States from Scholastic Library Publishing.Other interesting tidbits can be found in this Journal Inquirer article. LibrariansSchool Libraries 2 comments Social network site Pownce to close on December 15th December 1, 2008 - 5:16pm — StephenK Leah Culver wrote at the Pownce blog that the Pownce service will be shut down on December 15th. Prior to that date users will be able to export their data from Pownce to another system like Wordpress by visiting http://pownce.com/settings/export/. The blog of services provider Six Apart notes that two of the developers of Pownce will be joining the team there on Vox and that Kevin Rose as well as Daniel Burka will be advisers to Six Apart.{UPDATE@2200UTC: The developer behind Identi.ca has a blog post up mentioning migration possibilities and Identi.ca possibly accelerating its growth in response. RSS inventor Dave Winer also has some thoughts} Information ArchitectureInternet Add new comment Jon Scieszka, A Seriously Funny 'Knucklehead' December 1, 2008 - 4:22pm — Blake As the Library of Congress' first national ambassador to children's literature, Scieszka is on a mission to connect kids with books they like. He says the key to getting kids to read is not to force-feed them literature, but to let them read what they want — be it comic books, magazines or graphic novels — and eventually they'll move on to some great writing and great reading Authors Add new comment Holiday Cybercrime Warning December 1, 2008 - 4:00pm — StephenK The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation issued a release from their National Press Office warning about holiday cybercrime. The release highlighted greeting card scams as well as avoiding them. Links were also provided to the Internet Crime Complaint Center as well as to their page listing scams.In the holiday season, this may be helpful to front-line library staff where public access computer labs are found. InternetWho Dunnit? Add new comment Long live the library revolution December 1, 2008 - 3:28pm — StephenK In the Books Blog at The Guardian, Adam O'Riordan writes about the evolution of libraries and librarians. Not only is the Annoyed Librarian referenced but also K.G. Schneider and Lipstick Librarian. Books Add new comment Book Publisher Suspends New Acquisitions December 1, 2008 - 12:25pm — Blake Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, the publisher of authors including Philip Roth, Jonathan Safran Foer, Günter Grass and J. R. R. Tolkien, has temporarily suspended acquisitions of new manuscripts, a company spokesman said last Monday.The company, which was formed by Houghton Mifflin Riverdeep’s $4 billion takeover of Harcourt in July 2007, has undergone staff layoffs and other turbulence during its consolidation period. But just a month ago, the company held a party in its downtown Manhattan offices to celebrate the completion of the union. Books Add new comment LA Parents Protest Over Lack of School Library December 1, 2008 - 12:22pm — Blake Castelar Elementary in Los Angeles has been without a library since 2002, forcing students to walk to the nearest public library every time they need to use one. The district was supposed to replace the school's library, but the project has been tied up in the design phase, and now the budget has doubled. Parents have been organizing a protest for the next LAUSD Board meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 25. The district heard about the planned protest and scheduled a last-minute meeting at the school on Friday, Nov. 21. Parents who are not satisfied planned to attend the Nov. 25 school board meeting. School Libraries Add new comment Indie Bookshops are... Just Like Your Local Pub December 1, 2008 - 10:35am — birdie Independent bookstores are the sober equivalent of your local bar: Not only does everyone know your name, they know what you like. Furthermore, they benefit the publishing business: “Independent stores are where innovation lies,” says Kent Carroll of Europa Editions. “They can still make best sellers. The chains didn’t come onboard until after the fact.” Here is New York Magazine's listing of fourteen great NYC bookstores. Tell us about a favorite store near you and why you like them... Remember to buy local during the holidays and support a business in your community. Book StoresBooks 4 comments School bans book on Laura Bush's list of 10 best for all ages December 1, 2008 - 9:15am — Blake A book that some call profane and anti-Catholic is causing a stir at Orestimba High School in this central valley town southwest of Turlock. Teachers argue the work, "Bless Me, Ultima," is a powerful story that connects with teenagers. Newman-Crows Landing Unified School District Superintendent Rick Fauss decided the book is not suitable for teenagers and banned it for the rest of the school year. "I think there's room for exposing students to other experiences, but do we have to sacrifice the values of our families and our community to do that?" asked Fauss, a former high school English teacher.He hasn't read the entire book but said he's "read enough." BooksCensorshipSchool Libraries Add new comment Book publishers no longer starstruck by celebrity memoirs December 1, 2008 - 9:12am — Blake It's the literary genre which has proved a cash cow for publishers and another vehicle to superstardom for their authors.But celebrity memoirs are being left on the shelf because of falling sales caused by the credit crunch. As well as a more cautious public, publishers can no longer afford fees reaching into seven figures for authors. Books 2 comments As the Economy Plunges, These Books Soar December 1, 2008 - 9:08am — Blake In dire times, consumers turn to books -- at least certain kinds of books.Guides to living simply, do-it-yourself projects such as making clothes, and affordable hobbies such as gardening are flying off the shelves, says Jed Lyons, chief executive of the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group. In fact, the topics are so popular that he’s also reissuing books that are decades old because they reflect current mood.One of those old books enjoying new life is The Guide to Good Cheap Hunting, first published in 1978. Books 2 comments LISTen: The LISNews.org Podcast -- Episode #50 December 1, 2008 - 12:51am — StephenK In this week's episode we hear from Rob Lopresti not only about music but also about stolen books at Western Washington University. An analysis of a perhaps overlooked part of media coverage of the Mumbai incident is also presented.As for the list mentioned by Mr. Lopresti in the interview, the address to write to is:Rob LoprestiWilson LibraryWestern Washington UniversityBellingham, WA 98225-9103United States of AmericaA self-addressed envelope with USD$0.59 postage is requested from libraries located within the United States. While listeners outside the United States are advised to check with their respective postal authorities, it appears that enclosing a single Universal Postal Union International Reply Coupon may be sufficient to cover postage costs.Related links:Alexander Wolfe's blog post at Information WeekReport by Murad Ahmed at the Times of LondonReport on Twitter in Mumbai at the site of the Courier MailBloomberg News reporting on response by the Indian governmentMindanao Examiner talking about the Mumbai attackForbes on the use of Twitter in MumbaiA Twitter user calling for no panic creationGlobal Voices looking at Twitter in MumbaiPotential Christmas gift for art loversPotential Christmas gift for lovers of information policyPotential Christmas gift for those seeking to archive podcasts 22:05 minutes (17.69 MB) LISNews FeaturesLISNews Podcast Download audio file68 downloads4 playsAdd new comment Philly's Oldest Independent Book Seller Calls It Quits November 30, 2008 - 2:29pm — stevenj Robin’s Book Store, a favorite haunt of the Philadelphia’s literati, announced last week that this will be its last holiday season. It will be closing up shop at the end of January. The city’s oldest independent book seller, Robin’s has long hosted poetry readings and autograph signings at 108 S. 13th Street. “Operating a book store was always a better hobby than a way to make a living, but now it’s impossible” writes Larry Robin in a news release. “Blame it on the Economy. Blame it on the Chain Stores. Blame it on the Internet. Blame it on Reading Habits.” With the Free Library branch closings and now this the city might become known as the City of Brotherly Illiteracy. 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