#uklibchat, Summary - Thursday 4th August 2011 eBooks Discussion (I've been finding the fortnightly Twitter chats very interesting and fun to take part in. Every other Thursday, 6-8pm!)
Aaron Saenz, Pixar Ex-Designer Creates Stunning Interactive Book for iPad. Blurs Lines Between Books, Film, Games
William Skidelsky, The True Price of Publishing
Library Marketing
Andy Woodworth, Marketing & The Donated Book
Save Libraries
Francis Bennion, Public Libraries are Protected by Law (Full letter to The Times from the man who drafted the Bill which later became the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964)
Johanna Bo Anderson, Activism, Advocacy and Professional Identity
Social Media
Jill Walker Rettberg, Blogging (Cambridge: Polity, 2008) (Really interesting book on the history and culture of blogging)
Phil Bradley, Twitter for Librarians (A very long list of Twitter resources that could be of use to librarians)
Robert Sharp, Always link, even to your enemies
Jez Cope and Geraldine Jones, Connecting Researchers at the University of Bath
Nathan Jurgenson, Augmented Mobs: Riots and Cleanup On and Offline
Technology
Mike Ellis, QR isn't an end, it's a means (I found the final four paragraphs particularly interesting)
Mary Mallery, Tales of Technology Innovation Gone Wrong (or rather, how to learn from mistakes, plan ahead and fit the right technology to the job in hand)
Relationships with Library Users
Social Justice Librarian, How Academic Libraries Annoy Academics (Some of the comments on this are pretty astounding, and not in the good way)
Katie Birkwood, Doing It Wrong (Excellent commentary on the above post)
Rebecca Halpern, Ethics in LIS
Information Literacy
Lauren Smith, The Three Rs: Reading, wRiting and Rioting
Steve Kolowich, What Students Don't Know
Library School
Hack Library School, Best of the Summer Semester
Job Applications
Laura Wilkinson, Tips for Applying for Library Jobs
Misc.
#uklibchat, Summary: Thursday 18th Aug 2011: Breaking down barriers within the profession
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