Wednesday, December 15, 2004

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Richard and Judy: Book Club Choices

Richard and Judy announce the new bookclub titles.

The Guardian and The Independent comment.

Virtual Reference

This new service from The People's Network is now available for librarians to test. We are taking a full part in its rollout and got top marks for our afternoon session on Monday 13th. Staff delivering the service for North Yorkshire are Chris Pearson , Karen Thornton, David Tanner and the co-ordinator and organiser for North Yorkshire Elizabeth Melrose.

School Library Association gets a blog

From Phil Bradleys librarian blog I see that the SLA have now started their own blog.


Consumer book reviews

An article discussing the influence of webshop book reviews.

Google to scan famous libraries
Another new initiative from Google. BBC News item here. Googles own view here. And a good analysis at ResourceShelf.

Things you didn’t know Google does
Yet more Googling!

1881 and 1891 Census records for England and Wales go online

A major development for family historians, login page here.

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