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1. Closed EPA Libraries to Return in Lavatory-Sized Spaces (PEER) ep.4 and 24

2. Librarian Responds to Allegations Against Library (WFSB)

Libraries fight economic woes with information (Delaware Online)

re: the Hartford Library articles, is this a good alternative solution to some of the issues public libraries face? If patrons can be helped by a combination of library services and other public entities, would the incidences of bad behavior - nathan

3. San Jose Officials Revisit Filter Mandate (AL Online - October 2007)

San Jose Library’s Filter Report Not Enough for City Councilor (AL Online)

Internet Filtering: Software Tests (pdf)

POLICY OPTIONS AND STAFF REPORT RELATING TO INTERNET FILTERING PROPOSAL AND COMPUTER USE AT SAN JOSE PUBLIC LIBRARIES (pdf)

4. Book search winding down (Live Search Blog)

Microsoft To Shut Live Search Books (TechCrunch)

Why killing Live Book Search is good for the future of books (ars technica)

5. Hacker Leaves X-Rated Message On Library Dial-A-Story Line (KOLO)

6. Note to Web 2.0 Companies: Early Adopters are not the Mass Market (Dare Obasanjo)

This struck a chord with me - are we guilty of this in libraries? I think sometimes we are, assuming that the early adopters, who might be more visible, are all of our users. - ellbeecee

7. Steve Cisler, digital librarian, RIP (Boing Boing)

8. HSC students to get Wikipedia course (The Age)

A step in the right direction? How can we get other school institutions to consider Wikipedia in this light? Michelle McLean tango2

9. Saskatchewan Director Admits to Embezzling $500,000 (AL Online)

10. Library director's job in jeopardy (Leader-Telegram)

11. Student researching al-Qaida tactics held for six days (EducationGuardian) msauers

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