Sort Friends by Tags, originally uploaded by Amanda the Librarian. I’m at the lake but if I wasn’t, I’d be in Mississippi at the Library 2.0 Summit! http://blogs.library.msstate.edu/web2summit/index.php Last year was great. This year promises more of the same. Kudos to all planners and participants at the summit. (Source: Tame The Web: Libraries and Technology)

Mediamatic will give away all its books. We will cancel our library in protest to skimpy Dutch art funding policy making practices. All members of the mediamatic.net community (and other book lovers) can pick up their favorite books for free. You just have to publish the ownership on your profile. And promise that you will always honor a lending request from an other community member. Et voilá, a distributed library. Saturday 28 June, 16.00 - 21.00 Sunday 29 June, 12.00 - 17.00 http://www.mediamatic.net/page/39326/nl?lang=en (Source: Tame The Web: Libraries and Technology)

This afternoon I'm at a meeting of 'TILE' ('Towards Implementation of Library 2.0 and the E-framework'). This is a JISC and SCONUL funded project, t (Source: pligg - all)

How many people seek out libraries as bibliotherapy centers I wonder. How many people know about the other uses of libraries? This is old news to a lot of you I am sure. Personally, I engaged in my own type of bibliotherapy over the years. Like finding the library every time I move. It’s like centering on the community I live in. Every time I’m on vacation, I find a library. I sure do. Does the heart good. Contributor: Lee (Source: Tame The Web: Libraries and Technology)