LISNews Librarian And Information Science News

International Herald Tribune - “[A]lmost five years into its expansion into Europe - where it has a headquarters in Dublin, large facilities in Zurich and London and smaller centers in Denmark, Russia and Poland, among other countries - Google is beginning to bump up against a web of privacy laws that threaten its growth and the positive image it has cultivated as a company dedicated to doing good - its unofficial motto.”

Refgrunting is alive and well.

I don’t use Twitter anymore, but I still want to know what’s going on with it. So, Twittermaven should do the trick.

CIO - “I love a good vendor war, especially when it’s in a region that’s been relatively peaceful for some time.”

NPR - “The Library of Congress may hold the nation’s collection of books, but those aren’t the only words in the building worth a visit.”

Times Union - “Today, though, the teens are playing Yu-Gi-Oh (pronounced You-Ge-O) at Schenectady’s Mont Pleasant library as part of National Gaming Day, a three-hour event where libraries across the country compete simultaneously. Video games are the program’s primary focus, but card and board varieties are also part of the day. Nearly all of the gamers at Mont Pleasant, one of about a half-dozen local participating libraries, opt for the games that don’t require a screen or a joystick. At the moment, the kids on computers care more about MySpace and YouTube than Sonic or games off of Nickelodeon.com.”

School Library Journal - “Starting next fall, thousands of Florida students will be able to roll out of bed and attend school in their very own homes as a result of a new law that requires every school district in the state to set up an online school for fulltime kids in grades K-8.”

Newsday.com - “Some books can be priceless at your neighborhood library!” (Thanks Ray, my boss, for sending this one in)

6abc.com - “Questions and frustration tell the story of a protest outside the Kingsessing Library today.” (w/ video)

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Daily Illini - “The University’s Undergraduate Library participated, offering both new video game systems such as a Wii, Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 and vintage systems such as Sega Genesis and Atari 2600. The event was centered on a nationwide online tournament.”

NYTimes.com - “WHEN it comes to protecting children on the Internet and keeping them safe from predators, law enforcement officials have vocally advocated one approach in particular. They want popular sites, like the social network MySpace, to confirm the identities and ages of minors and then allow the young Web surfers to talk only with other children, or with adults approved by parents.”

NYTimes.com - “Sorry, Mr. President. Please surrender your BlackBerry.”

The Distant Librarian - “holy cow, now the AL has shown up as the author of every article in a “special issue” of the Journal of Access Services! (volume 5, issue 4).”

Rats.  I have to pay to read the articles (going to check some online databases next).  This is going to be great.  We need some AL in library journals.

Speaking of library journals, the Michaels have their latest transparency column up.  Looks like they are going to stick with LJ for the time being.  This is great news too. There is room for everyone, IMO.

Discussion at FARK

Kotaku - “This is a story about a library issuing a partial ban on the playing of video games, but really, it makes sense. Actually, it’s good news, because it means that kids still choose to hang out at libraries. Of course, this is in Utah, so such wholesomeness is unsurprising.”

Evening News 24 - “Library bosses today told how they are successfully tackling anti-social behaviour despite concerns raised in a new report.”

Houston Game Examiner - “I guess “Shh! This is a library” is going to become a thing of the past.”

It’s National Gaming Day @ Your Library today.  Hopefully all stories and blog posts will be about building community and not how games make us more literate.

Sex offender found living in UI library - “Authorities at the University of Illinois are trying to find out how a convicted sex offender came to be living inside a campus library.”

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