March 19, 2003

National Library Week
National Library Week is April 6th to 12th and ALA has some new promo stuff online for the occasion. ALA's new website launches in April and a preview of what we're in for is here. [Thanks B i b l i o l a t r y] 2:34:26 PM  [Permanent Link]    comment []

Barnes and Noble Book Clubs
The newest addition to the BN Site is a book clubs section complete with Reading Group Guides for each book. [Library Stuff] 2:32:50 PM  [Permanent Link]    comment []

Nice pic from library stuff
[Thanks Library Stuff] 2:31:42 PM  [Permanent Link]    comment []

What's This RSS Stuff?. Still new to RSS? Take a look at this article on the subject from Scripty Goddess, then go get yourself an aggregator. [Library Stuff] 2:31:02 PM  [Permanent Link]    comment []

International Children's Digital Library
ICDL is making 100s of books available online through its java based browser software. 6Mb download 2:30:19 PM  [Permanent Link]    comment []

Free Back Issues
The Free Back Issues program now has 150 journals participating (17 of these are entirely free), making over 500,000 full-text articles free to the community; two-thirds of all online full-text articles produced by publishers working with HighWire Press are now free [Thanks Peter Scott's Library Blog] 2:29:41 PM  [Permanent Link]    comment []

Canada Book Week
Canada Book Week runs from April 21 to 27, 2003 [Peter Scott's Library Blog] 2:29:13 PM  [Permanent Link]    comment []

Is this the library of the future?
- by Megan Lane, BBC - "The word library is set to fade from our vocabulary - but not because we've fallen out of love with books. Today's libraries are being made over as "idea stores", complete with cafés, crèches and multi-media offerings" [Peter Scott's Library Blog] 2:28:38 PM  [Permanent Link]    comment []

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