A European view of Google, more on library 2.0, some advice on distance learner support, and a little stress and violence.

Google and the myth of universal search. By Jean-Noel Jeanneney. 025.04
The President of the Biblioteque nationale de France on how Google is organising the world's information and whether efforts should be made to develop a European search engine.

Library 2.0 and beyond. Edited by Nancy Courtney, 025.02
Explores some of the tools and, more importantly, the attitudes that contribute to xcreating a library 2.0 environment.

Going the distance : library instruction for remote learners. Edited by Susan J. Clayton. 025.5
Librarians share their experience of designing, delivering, collaborating and assessing instruction for distance learners.

Managing stress and conflict in libraries. By Sheila Pantry. 023.9
A guide to risk assessment and how to deal with violence and aggression in the library. (A book I thought we should have, but hope we won't need!)

E-journals, learning skills, Casanova and journal metrics all in the same post. Phew!

E-journal invasion: a cataloguer's guide to survival. By Helen Heinrich.

How the internet has changed the lives of cataloguers.

Learning to learn: a guide to becoming information literate in the 21st century. By Ann Marlow Riedling.

A practical approach, with exercises.

Casanova was a librarian: a light-hearted look at the profession. By Kathleen Low.

Librarians in politics, porn, movies, books and more.

Aslib Proceedings. Vol.59 No.3 2007

'The missing link: journal usage metrics'. This article looks at how we can measure the quality of journals and suggests a move from author to reader centered metrics.