@LibraryWeb

Library Culture on the Web - libraries, literature, literary culture [currently offline, ref. Lists]

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“Official figures show £9,982 was spent per 1,000 people on libraries by central and local government in England, Scotland and Wales last year, down from £11,970 the year before” theguardian.com/books/2023/m…

Spending on British libraries falls 17% as in-person visits soar

Official figures show £9,982 was spent per 1,000 people on libraries by central and local government in England, Scotland and Wales last year, down from £11,970 the year before

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DAN KOE
@thedankoe9 Feb 2023
Reading without writing is like eating without lifting. The excess gets stored as fat and you have nothing to show for the precious time invested.
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Ramses Oudt@rroudt18 Feb 2023
To remember what you read: ⛔️ Don’t highlight. ✅ Write summaries.
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Crunch time for the Wirral library service: 10 out of 15 may close liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liv…

Ten libraries could close as council prepares for massive cuts

Councillors will debate the proposals in the coming weeks before preparing to pass next year's budget in February

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“The US can often be cruel to its citizens, but the public library is a sanctuary and a vision of what our country might one day be” theguardian.com/commentisfre…

This year I’m thankful for US public libraries – beautiful icons of a better civic era | Moira...

The US can often be cruel to its citizens, but the public library is a sanctuary and a vision of what our country might one day be

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The much awaited Single Digital Presence for public libraries now has a name - LibraryOn. Find out more at libraryon.org
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“Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee report says libraries are ‘an important part of a community’s infrastructure” theguardian.com/books/2022/n…

Parliamentary report calls for government to support and modernise libraries

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee report says libraries are ‘an important part of a community’s infrastructure’

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BIG NEWS! The Library of Congress is collaborating with @EBSCO to use @FOLIO_LSP to build their new Library Collections Access Platform. As part of this work, I get to help @librarycongress extend FOLIO to include #BIBFRAME functionality. infodocket.com/2022/09/21/li…

Library of Congress Awards Contract For New Library Collections Access Platform

From the Library of Congress: The Library of Congress has awarded a major contract to further develop and implement a new, open-source IT platform that will revolutionize how the Library’s vast...

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High-scoring, high-ranking public libraries boost their communities’ quality of life americancityandcounty.com/20… #libraries #communities #qualityoflife
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Ex Mail on Sunday journalist put in charge of developing new public libraries strategy. She worked there for 17 years. gov.uk/government/news/baron…
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Returns increase when fines dropped: “Just the basic concept that libraries are not going to pester you for a few bucks really seems to have encouraged usage of our resources,” cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener…
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“Central government should provide councils with additional funding this winter to meet rising energy costs, which would help ensure libraries stay open as vital warm refuges for their communities.” theguardian.com/business/202…
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“Libraries help us to think. That is why they are powerful, and that is why they are under attack. That is also why we must protect them.”
Kate Bunker@KateBunker1029 Jul 2022
Last paragraph The right in the US has a new bogeyman: libraries | Maeve Higgins theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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Ethan Mollick
@emollick8 Aug 2022
Google has scanned over 25M books, but you can’t read them Fears over cannibalization of print book sales led to legal fights that killed much of the project. And it was all based on a myth. This paper shows book digitalization INCREASED 📚sales by 35%! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
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Playing with robots at the @britishlibrary's National Newspaper Building in Yorkshire newscientist.com/video/23180…
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UKRAINE: "Far from being passive victims, the country’s libraries are involved in the fight for victory." Read Kate Thompson's frontline report on The Library Campaign website librarycampaign.com/librarie…
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artefacto@artefactors22 Apr 2022
If you're getting bored of Wordle, scrabble.com have launched a new website with a free to play online version of the classic game. comicbook.com/gaming/news/sc…
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The library doors opened all day, the public came in, used the library. But no staff. The only problem was one person couldn't work out how to issue a CD properly. theguardian.com/world/2022/m…
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#LibrariesAreEssential to combatting disinformation
CILIP@CILIPinfo11 Mar 2022
We've created this poster as #Librarians & #InformationProfessionals continue to play a crucial part in stemming the tide of disinformation. Download and print our free poster: 'Combatting Disinformation - the war in #Ukraine' now: cilip.org.uk/news/news.asp?i… Stop. Verify. Share.
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This may be curtains for CIPFA but, if it is, they’d only report about it in 2024 and get the number of windows wrong, charging £460 for the news: … Why CIPFA libraries data is no longer fit for purpose | Libraries Connected librariesconnected.org.uk/ne…
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