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With the expanding variety of formats required for effective storage and retrieval of information in libraries coupled with the rising level of expectations of patrons, the future of bibliographic control is of utmost concern for all types of libraries. The following material from the Library Journal Academic Newswire for November 15, 2007 discusses the work of one group, The Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control and its recommendations.

From the Library Journal Academic Newswire;

Some big changes may be coming from the Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control, convened by Deanna Marcum, associate librarian for library services at the Library of Congress (LC). The extent of those changes, however, remains unclear, as LC did not actually release its report on bibliographic control and how the library community and LC can move forward. That release is now expected on November 30. LC did give attendees at an in-house session Tuesday a copy of a PowerPoint presentation. Also, a webcast on the Working Group’s session was downed by a technological problem, frustrating many eager to watch it.

From an e:mail sent by Guy St. Clair. President and Consultation Specialist for Knowledge Services at SMR International:

Legal Division members will be interested in reading about Lois Ireland, who is the subject of the current SMR International e-Profile.

Ireland, Manager of the Corporate Information Resource Center (CIRC) at Freddie Mac in McLean, VA was selected because of her role in working with the company to develop a enterprise-wide knowledge hub, providing knowledge services for all Freddie Mac employees and stakeholders.

Source: LJExpress, Libraryjournal.com, October 30, 2007.

By Norman Oder — Library Journal, 11/1/2007 Don Borchert, a library assistant 1 and 12-year employee of the Torrance Public Library, CA, has written a memoir of his library life, Free for All: Oddballs, Geeks, and Gangstas in the Public Library, coming November 13 from Virgin Books. LJ’s Norman Oder asked how it came about.

DB: I’ve been writing since I was 16. I started out writing bad science fiction. I’ve written a couple of other books that didn’t get close to being published. [I thought] ‘I know the library.’ I’m not a professional, but I had all these anecdotes that I thought were kind of neat. Every night before I went to bed I’d sit and write a chapter. Some are anecdotes about people that come into the library, some are the events that occur, and other chapters are the bureaucratic goings on. I figured that wouldn’t see the light of day either but at least it was fun to write.

WSLL @ Your Service is the e-published Newsletter of the Wisconsin State Law Library. Among the items included in this issue are:

* What’s New: WSLL Welcomes New Part Time Staff

* This Just In…: In celebration of Professional Legal Management Week, this month’s column features new and updated materials related to Law Practice Management .

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