The digital age!

So, a 'paperless' library:  Digital Libraries

I can definitely see the advantages.  As someone who loves 'proper' paper books, but also loves her kindle (and kindle app for iPad!) it's great to see how many people with no access to a public library can get something to improve reading at home - whether it be for pleasure, or as an aid to literacy, it's bound to be worth it.  I don't think I could see public libraries based in towns / villages etc. going paperless though, as that's a whole different style of service.

In my opinion, anything that gets people reading has got to be good!  What does everyone else think?

I do hope they have enough shelf space!

I was really interested to read this article about the items reclaimed by Lambeth Palace Library.  The sheer amount of stolen volumes that were recovered was incredible!  It's good to hear that they have been able to restore some of them enough to be added back into the Library catalogue, and I hope they can continue the good work and restore as many as possible.  It's bound to be a positive treasure trove for information that hasn't been seen for years.

Onwards we go...

So, as one project draws to a close (I finished the music score cataloguing!) another arises to take its place. This time: more labeling.  We need to match our DVD and CD cases on the shelves with the discs which we keep in media cabinets.  So, we need to make up labels to match the barcodes and stick them onto the boxes.  I won't be doing this one all by myself though, as one of the other staff will be helping.  It'll keep me occupied over the easter holidays anyway!

Personal / work milestone...

So yesterday, I hit a personal milestone in work - I catalogued my 7000th music score!

This was part of a project which has taken place over a number of years.  In our library, we bring in books which are a compilation of different musical scores.  Students often would come in and ask if we had had the score for a particular song they were looking at, and we would have to send them to the shelves to look through all these compilations.  So, in a moment of madness (and trying to be helpful!) I suggested that we catalogue each score individually so the title would come up in a simple search, telling us which book we had it in.

The majority of the scores were completed years ago, except for those in one book - the complete mission praise - a book which contained over 1000 scores all by itself!  I've been keeping this on as an ongoing project - something to do when other projects got a bit quiet.  I'm almost finished it now (only about 100 scores left to go!) and yesterday we hit the heady heights of over 7000 scores on catalogue.  So, a personal milestone, but it makes me happy in a little library geeky way  :)

Looking for a book?

Fancy something to read, but not sure what?  Want some recommendations?  Or do you just like a good book review?  Well, why not try out this site:  Nerdy Book Club

With a huge archive of book reviews, this is certainly one enjoyable way to find something you may like to read!

Hooray!

My blog has had over 1000 page views  :)  This may not seem like a lot to some people, but is an achievement for me.  So thank you to everyone who reads this  :D

A life of Crime?

Well, the polls are in: and it seems that Crime is the topic of choice in the public library world!

Get Borrowing!

Looking through the list of the most borrowed books of 2012, it's interesting to see so many crime novels in the top 20.  James Patterson has certainly been very busy!

(I also love that the most borrowed childrens fiction book is the Gruffalo.  A brilliant book).  Its nice to see that the classics are still popular, with Roald Dahl still featuring heavily on the borrowing figures.

What does anyone else think of the list?  Anything you think should be there but isn't?