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Apple has changed the way that ebooks are accessed on its devices
Publishing is living in a world not of its own making
http://www.idealog.com/blog/publishing-is-living-in-a-world-not-of-its-own-making

A Google a Day has been around for a few months now but here's an article about how it relates to libraries.
Teaching Search Engine Literacy with A Google A Day
http://dltj.org/article/introducing-agad4lib/

New York scheme for 143,000 kids to work off library fines: Read
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/25/us-library-fines-newyork-idUSTRE76O52520110725

Lots and lots of librarians are chronicling their week over at:
http://librarydayinthelife.pbworks.com/

And finally, this is a survey that the ALA is asking members of student chapters to take.

2011 ALA Student Chapters Survey
http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/student-member-blog/2011-ala-student-chapters-survey

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OCLC releases new membership research report: Seeking Synchronicity: Revelations and Recommendations for Virtual Reference
http://www.oclc.org/news/releases/2011/201144.htm

Library closures challenged in court
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/8647491/Library-closures-challenged-in-court.html

Open-Access Advocate Is Arrested for Huge Download
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/20/us/20compute.html?_r=1&ref=us

Textbook Rentals Come to the Kindle: Probably Not a Money-Saver
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/textbook_rentals_come_to_the_kindle_probably_not_a.php

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An overview of a report about how the Internet affects our brains.
Is the Internet Bad for Our Brains? The Answer Is Subtle and Complex, But Quite Reassuring
http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2011/07/06/is-the-internet-bad-for-our-brains-the-answer-is-subtle-and-complex-but-quite-reassuring/

Free As in Libraries, But Libraries Are Not Free
http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/07/07/free-as-in-libraries-but-libraries-are-not-free/

New e-book option!
Open Library offers libraries a third choice for eBooks
http://librarianinblack.net/librarianinblack/2011/07/open-library-offers-libraries-a-third-choice-for-ebooks.html

This could be a really great professional resource, once it gets going! We should all commit!
http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/07/02/reference-question-of-the-week-62611/

Here’s a nifty image ‘milkshake’ put together by a librarian. Lots of pretty books!
http://mlkshk.com/librarian

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This was a quiet news week (maybe everyone is recovering from the conference?) but here are a couple stories.

A man in Florida thinks the librarians in his county should be fired, which obviously got librarians riled up. There are comments at this link and Annoyed Librarian also wrote a response.

http://lisnews.org/save_our_libraries_fire_librarians

Since this week is so short, here is a collection of awesome librarian blogs for further reading, put together by Salem Press.

http://salempress.com/Store/blogs/blog_home.htm

Have a great Fourth of July!