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<title>LISZEN: Trends | Published News</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 02:00:38 PDT</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Follow a library on twitter day - Library 2.0]]></title>
	<link>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Follow_a_library_on_twitter_day_-_Library_2-0</link>
	<source url="http://www.library20.org/xn/detail/515108:Event:126417?xg_source=activity"><![CDATA[Follow a library on twitter day - Library 2.0]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[And for this reason October 1 2010 has been declared the follow a library on twitter day. Well respected names from the international library community, such as Michael Stephens and David Lee King have ackowledged their participation in ... ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 01:00:38 PDT</pubDate>
	<author>garretth</author>
	<category>Library 2.0</category>
	<votes>17</votes>
	<guid>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Follow_a_library_on_twitter_day_-_Library_2-0</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Ellz Readz: Speak Loudly]]></title>
	<link>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Ellz_Readz_Speak_Loudly</link>
	<source url="http://ellzreadz.blogspot.com/2010/09/censorship-use-of-state-and-other-legal.html"><![CDATA[Ellz Readz: Speak Loudly]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Censorship is happening in our schools, churches, libraries, and within our community. The book SPEAK by Laure Halse Anderson is being attacked saying the rape scenes are pornographic. The author of the article in trying to get SPEAK and several other titles removed from the school library's reading lists. Books that address these tough issues should not be taken lightly, but they  should be read. Books like these give a voice to those who can't find theirs. ... ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2010 23:00:39 PDT</pubDate>
	<author>garretth</author>
	<category>Censorship</category>
	<votes>15</votes>
	<guid>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Ellz_Readz_Speak_Loudly</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Geographic Research, Inc.]]></title>
	<link>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=geographic-research-inc-</link>
	<source url="http://www.geographicresearch.com/2009/12/07/simplymap-deemed-essential-in-ala-choice-review/"><![CDATA[Geographic Research, Inc.]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[ALA's Choice Magazine, publisher of independent reviews of products and services for academic libraries, released a new review of SimplyMap in the December 2009 edition. The reviewer, Carol E. Smith from the University of Central ... ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:00:36 PST</pubDate>
	<author>garretth</author>
	<category>Academic Libraries</category>
	<votes>52</votes>
	<guid>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=geographic-research-inc-</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Public Records Wire]]></title>
	<link>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Public_Records_Wire</link>
	<source url="http://www.lisnews.org/node/28722"><![CDATA[Public Records Wire]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[www.publicrecordswire.com : Tag, rate and share public records databases. Keep track of information sources. Tag, review, rate and share the best!  â€œAn open system for cataloging, sharing and discovering new public records databases. The system promotes the databases that are most used and voted upon with the goal of enhancing overall quality of public records databases.â€<br />Spotted on Library Stuff. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 02:00:36 PST</pubDate>
	<author>garretth</author>
	<category>Current Events</category>
	<votes>80</votes>
	<guid>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Public_Records_Wire</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Custom Zen: Enlightened Information Retrieval]]></title>
	<link>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Custom-Zen-Enlightened-Information-Retrieval</link>
	<source url="http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/2006/12/custom-zen-enlightened-information-retrieval.html"><![CDATA[Custom Zen: Enlightened Information Retrieval]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Article on LISZEN and Library Zen.  Touches on LISZEN: Trends and the future plans for LISZEN. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2006 20:26:00 PST</pubDate>
	<author>garretth</author>
	<category>Technology</category>
	<votes>87</votes>
	<guid>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Custom-Zen-Enlightened-Information-Retrieval</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Do we want a perfectly filtered world?]]></title>
	<link>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Do-we-want-perfectly-filtered-world-1</link>
	<source url="http://informatics.buffalo.edu/org/lsj/articles/cooke_2006_11_do.php"><![CDATA[Do we want a perfectly filtered world?]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[Great article on filtering, with a great analogy: "Swimming pools pose some threat to the safety and well-being of children...Technology- in the form of fences around pools, pool alarms, and locks- can help protect children from drowning in swimming pools. However, teaching a child to swim- and when to avoid pools- is a far safer approach than relying on locks, fences, and alarms to prevent him or her from drowning" ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2006 22:52:57 PST</pubDate>
	<author>garretth</author>
	<category>Censorship</category>
	<votes>73</votes>
	<guid>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Do-we-want-perfectly-filtered-world-1</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Is your OPAC fun?]]></title>
	<link>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Is-your-OPAC-fun-1</link>
	<source url="http://www.librarything.com/thingology/2006/12/is-your-opac-fun-manifesto-of-sorts.php"><![CDATA[Is your OPAC fun?]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[LibraryThing discusses how to make your OPAC fun for the user. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2006 22:36:50 PST</pubDate>
	<author>garretth</author>
	<category>Technology</category>
	<votes>83</votes>
	<guid>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Is-your-OPAC-fun-1</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Best Books 2006]]></title>
	<link>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Best-Books-2006</link>
	<source url="http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6392368.html"><![CDATA[Best Books 2006]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[68 of the best titles for 2006 from SLJ. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 20:12:02 PST</pubDate>
	<author>garretth</author>
	<category>Other</category>
	<votes>11</votes>
	<guid>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Best-Books-2006</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Library Tools Wiki]]></title>
	<link>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Library-Tools-Wiki</link>
	<source url="http://www.ambientlibrarian.org/index.php?title=Main_Page"><![CDATA[Library Tools Wiki]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[A new wiki is dedicated to helping information professionals (librarians, MLIS students, and others) learn more about available web technologies. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 03:26:42 PST</pubDate>
	<author>garretth</author>
	<category>Technology</category>
	<votes>9</votes>
	<guid>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Library-Tools-Wiki</guid>
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	<title><![CDATA[Will Web resources be the death of the Library?]]></title>
	<link>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Will-Web-resources-be-death--Library</link>
	<source url="http://www.bupipedream.com/pipeline_web/display_article.php?id=3461"><![CDATA[Will Web resources be the death of the Library?]]></source>
	<description><![CDATA[With the prevalence of online resources in today's academic world, students and faculty alike are wondering what's in store for public libraries... ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 02:33:49 PST</pubDate>
	<author>garretth</author>
	<category>Technology</category>
	<votes>9</votes>
	<guid>http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Will-Web-resources-be-death--Library</guid>
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