[LISNews] The LISNews For November 16th 2011

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It's Wednesday and time to highlight the most popular LISNews user blog posts from the past week. 
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And here's the latest from LISNews:


--Google Reader Is Not About Reading News It Is About Curation
- http://lisnews.org/node/39974/
Google Reader Is Not About Reading News It Is About Curation "The core of my concern is that curators need tools to find those stories that may not be as popular as others. Otherwise, all news comes from
a few select sites that are read by the masses. Obviously, this is not what we want to have happen. I hope Google finds a way to continue to provide tools for curators, or works with some other tools to
allow for easy integration with Google+."


--Librarian transforms branch auditorium into a gallery for local artists  
- http://lisnews.org/node/39973/
Gravesend librarian Boris Loselev is on a mission to give his neighborhood a culture shock.  For the past ten years, Loselev has quietly turned the Avenue X library branch’s auditorium into a high-class
gallery exhibiting emerging artists’ work.  “I want to raise the culture for everyone in the area,” said Loselev, 60. “Our goal isn’t selling art, it’s promoting art.”  Loselev said Gravesend is in
desperate need of a culture shock so he works overtime on his own dime to pull off the monthly art exhibits.  Full article


--Fire Aside, Other Kindles Also Shine
- http://lisnews.org/node/39972/
NYT article by David Pogue: Fire Aside, Other Kindles Also Shine  Anyone here own a Kindle Touch? What do you think about it?


--Novelist Fights the Tide by Opening a Bookstore
- http://lisnews.org/node/39971/
NASHVILLE — After a beloved local bookstore closed here last December and another store was lost to the Borders bankruptcy, this city once known as the Athens of the South, rich in cultural tradition and
home to Vanderbilt University, became nearly barren of bookstores.  A collective panic set in among Nashville’s reading faithful. But they have found a savior in Ann Patchett, the best-selling novelist
who grew up here. On Wednesday, Ms. Patchett, the acclaimed author of “Bel Canto” and “Truth and Beauty,” will open Parnassus Books, an independent bookstore that is the product of six months of breakneck
planning and a healthy infusion of cash from its owner.  Full article


--Roger McNamee: Six ways to save the internet
- http://lisnews.org/node/39970/
The next big shift is now, and it’s not what you think: Facebook is the new Windows; Google must be sacrificed. At TEDxSantaCruz, tech investor Roger McNamee presents 6 bold ways to prepare for the next
internet.  


--"We have the most awesome library. EVER."
- http://lisnews.org/node/39969/
 Awesome? Funny? What's going on? This is a library they're talking about, right? Well, it's not just any library. It's the Rizal Library, which apparently has figured out how to communicate with students
in the language they use. And so, even though the messages on the posters are essentially the eat-your-vegetables kind, the manner in which these are conveyed has caught the attention—and aroused the
interest—of the audience for which they were intended... something that not many library signs I've seen have ever done. More...


--Libraries must find way to draw teens
- http://lisnews.org/node/39967/
Libraries must find way to draw teens, she says "As a general rule, libraries focus on little children but don't offer teens that much in the way of programming," she said. "We usually think they're too
busy with gym, soccer, football and other activities," she said.  "They usually come back when they're older adults, but we usually miss serving those in their teen years." 


--What we learned from 5 million books
- http://lisnews.org/node/39966/
Blake posted a link to this video in early October. I missed it then so I wanted to repost for any others that may not have caught it the first time.              




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