- The Value of Libraries: “Libraries are part of the economic development package presented as part of the “quality of life” of a community. A public library is definitely part of the “essential services” that a city provides, both educationally and economically”. How very true! (via LISNews)
- Books for Lending, Data for Tracking (Free registration required): A good article from the New York Times on how public and academic libraries in the US are learning from successful Internet companies to improve their web services. (via ResourceShelf)
- Email Is So Five Minutes Ago: The Business Week article says that email is now passe and that real-time virtual workspaces, such as blogs, private wikis, IM and RSS, will be the new medium of office communication. (via LibraryCrunch)
- Ask The Librarian: Is part of a much bigger web publication, Gapers Block, and is maintained by a Chicago librarian. They have a book club as well. (via Librarian.net)
- Powerpoint and Presentation Tips: (via Particle Tree)
- Never Too Early for Books: Seems quite similar to our “Born To Read, Read To Bond” programme where a pouch is given out to parents of newborns at participating hospitals. The pouch “contains booklists, a baby board book, reading and parenting tips”. However, you’ll still need to bring your newborn’s birth certificate together with your NRIC to register at any of the public libraries. (via LISNews)
- A digital world library: Google donated US$3 million to the Library of Congress to fund the building of a world digital library, a project that seeks to digitize and place on the Web significant primary materials from national libraries and other institutions across the globe.
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