Interesting links in feeds

I started subscribing to Librarian.net, the Shifted Librarian, and to Library Stuff. Librarian.net was updated four times on Saturday the 20th. So far, there hasn't been anything too interesting posted. There were a couple links to librarian t-shirts and games. I was already familiar with Library Stuff, so I decided to subscribe to it. I like it because of its variety of posts. Right now it has up a scene from the t.v. show "The Office," information about the Montana State Library closings and a couple of book reviews.

There was also a story about research libraries refusing offers from Google and Microsoft to allow them to scan their books into computer databases. This topic is especially interesting, and there was a related feed on the Shifted Librarian about it. This person wondered whether or not libraries should just give in to Google (and allow them to provide books online), so that libraries may be freed up for other reasons, such as becoming cultural centers and focusing more on classes/instruction. Another Shifted Librarian post pertains to a presentation on gaming and libraries that she recently gave in Calgary. One interesting bit was how she loves presenting for Canadian librarians, for they do a much better job (in her opinion) of working together and allocating resources than we do in the U.S. I've actually been curious about living and working in Canada...

I visited the following news sites, all of which offer RSS.
www.npr.com, www.news.bbc.co.uk/, www.washingtonpost.com