tangognat writes “Richard C. Atkinson writes in the Chronicle of Higher Education about the problems that academic libraries face with current trends in academic publishing.
http://chronicle.com/free/v50/i11/11b01601.htm“
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Tokyo library van services to cease
Diesel-run library vans in Tokyo and the surrounding areas have been forced to cease operation, casualties of strict new clean-air standards that went into effect October 1. Some say that officials are using the new regulations as an excuse to cut services for budgetary reasons. It’s the end of an era for the mobile library system, which has been running since 1949. Read all about it at Asahi.com.
Is the Willard Library Haunted ?
Boo writes “Is Willard Library Haunted?
A fascinating, and at least somewhat credible, old legend exists within the ancient walls of Willard Library in Evansville, Ind.:
It’s a living, breathing haunted house.
The first reported sighting happened sixty years ago to a library employee who trekked through the snowy cold for his nightly duty. Since then, countless other employees and patrons have reported seeing the apparition, each giving an eerily similar description. Is the legend true? We’ll leave that for you to decide … =:-o
New edition of Children’s Choices annual booklist available
The “Children’s Choices for 2003” annotated booklist, the latest in the annual series compiled jointly by International Reading Association (IRA) and Children’s Book Council (CBC), is now available. A single copy for personal use may be downloaded for free from IRA. See the site for information on purchasing multiple copies, as well as guidelines for using the list.
Over 700 books published in 2002 were evaluated by approximately 10,000 school children, ages 5-13, across the United States. Votes were tabulated earlier this year, resulting in this list of the 103 top books according to the kids who read them. Annotations were provided by the members of the regional review teams: children’s literature specialists, teachers, and librarians.
Lists from previous years are also available on the IRA site. Coming next month: the Young Adults’ Choices and the Teachers’ Choices lists for 2003.
October 27: International School Library Day
Today is the fifth annual International School Library Day. This year’s theme is “Breaking Down Barriers.” Find out more on the ISLD 2003 page at the International Association of School Librarianship – School Libraries Online site.
Any school librarians out there participating in this? Please post a comment to report on your activities.
OCLC to test Google access to WorldCat records
OCLC has announced plans to open a subset of WorldCat records to Google access on an experimental basis. The 2 million record subset will represent the most popular and widely available books. The project is expected to go live in the latter half of November. Get the whole story from InfoToday.
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