LibVibe - 20 December 2007

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• Season's Greetings and Happy New Year!

Stories reported:
Gates Foundation awards ALA $950,000 to improve access to Internet resources in public libraries (interview, release); Ex-librarian leaves $300,000 for library; Verizon, Maier giving $500,000 each to library; Library cuts book budget by $200K; Two million people, only two libraries; Student finds surprise in library book; Columbia joins Google Book project; Library branch will move to former Barnes & Noble.
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LibVibe - 17 December 2007

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Stories reported:
Encouraging people to contribute knowledge; Students 'should use Wikipedia'; A librarian's worst nightmare; Woman claims man found masturbating at library; Johnston hunting for books to remove; Sewage for new-age library garden.
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LibVibe - 13 December 2007

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• Hear the voices of people in the news...
  
• Patrons and board president on new Indy central opening day
• CEO and union VP tell LibVibe - and you - about proposed cuts

Stories reported:
Central library opens to fanfare (1, 2, 3); Building main librray will require more donors; Library workers face deep cuts (interview, print); Three library leaders announce retirement; Broken water pipe floods, closes library; Library of libido.
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LibVibe - 10 December 2007

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Stories reported:
ARL publishes report on journals' transition from print to electronic formats; 'Golden Compass' controversy (interview, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); Police: Maine library's It's Perfectly Normal not obscene; Dolly Parton brings 'library' programme to UK (1, 2).
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LibVibe - 6 December 2007

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Stories reported:
Copper thieves shut down library (1, 2, 3, 4); Library system hires collection agency; New library brings fiscal tradeoffs; Controversial artist returns with new holiday creation; Library card offers free key to helpful databases.
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LibVibe - 3 December 2007

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• Hear the difference
  
• Please tell colleagues about us

Stories reported:
Draft Report on the Future of Bibliographic Control (1, 2, 3); NetLibrary and Recorded Books come to terms, as lawsuits are dismissed; NY Public Library displays controversial Bush, staff mug shots; Library management, union at odds over Food for Fines (1, 2); Ottawa council motion to safeguard libraries (1, 2); Chinese garden to open at library.