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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!

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Summer stole me away for a week, but I'm (almost) back on schedule!

Librarians in the U.S. from 1880-2009
Click through to see the whole study!
http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2011/06/21/librarians-in-the-u-s-from-1880-2009/

A local example of innovative librarianship.
Meet Meg, our new coworking librarian
http://cocomsp.com/2011/06/meet-meg-our-new-coworking-librarian/
Check out her blog too:
http://workwithmeg.com/

More social networking statistics:
Social Networking Sites and Our Lives
http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/64511

I’m interested in this because I use Goodreads. Do you?
Reader Ratings and Book Reviews from Goodreads Being Added to NoveList Products
http://www.prweb.com/releases/NoveList/Goodreads/prweb8586334.htm

And for something a little less serious:
5 Reasons Why Lady Gaga is NOT a Librarian
http://www.mandikaye.com/2011/05/18/5-reasons-why-lady-gaga-is-not-a-librarian/

Finally, this isn’t really library related but I know quite a few of us like Neil Gaiman and Public Radio. Here’s a link to a recent show involving both!
http://www.livestream.com/minnesotapublicradio/video?clipId=pla_cb848b78-e077-416b-83bb-c8aeabaf368e

As always, please let me know if you find any interesting library news articles. Also, if you have any feedback about these posts, or if you have a certain area of library news you would like me to include more, email me at naeierman@stkate.edu