This week's free Wellcome Library workshops are:

Using historical newspapers online
Discover the world of nineteenth century newspapers. In this workshop you can explore the Times Digital Archive, and learn how to search the text of newspapers from the British Library's newspaper archive online. A wealth of social history for all!
Tuesday 9th March, 2-3pm

Wellcome Images
Do you need a picture? Find what you need from the Wellcome Images catalogue: search 160 000 pictures online, covering the history of medicine and the history of human culture from the earliest periods of civilisation to the present day.
Thursday 11th March, 2-3pm

Choose Privacy Week is a new initiative that invites library users into a national conversation about privacy rights in a digital age. The campaign gives libraries the tools they need to educate and engage users, and gives citizens the resources to think critically and make more informed choices about their privacy - May 2-8, 2010

"The UK National Archives currently produces a family history magazine, Ancestors, in partnership with Wharncliffe Publishing Ltd. The current contract with Wharncliffe Publishing Ltd came to an end in early March. We decided to take this opportunity to look at the magazine and make sure that it is offering best value for money, both for its readers and for The UK National Archives. As a result of this review, 'Ancestors' will be discontinued and the last publication will be the April issue (no 94), available from Thursday 25 March"

"This is the twenty-fourth Security Service records release and contains 196 files, bringing the total number of its records in the public domain to more than 4,300. As with previous releases, around 80% of the records are personal files relating to individuals (KV 2), with a small number of subject files (KV 3), policy files (KV 4), organisation files (KV 5) and list files (KV 6). The files cover subjects from the pre-war period, the Second World War and the post-war period, dealing with a range of groups and subjects. We apologise for the poor sound quality during the first few minutes of the recording" - UK National Archives

The March 2010 batch of Early Reviewer books is now available at LibraryThing. There are 2477 copies of 82 books available this month

"Libraries and universities are protesting about plans to make them police users of wireless networks. The government's Digital Economy Bill includes plans to make them responsible for what is done over free wi-fi. The plans imply that libraries, universities and cafes offering free wireless will be responsible if people use it to pirate movies and music. Bodies representing universities want the law clarified so they are not hit with big bills for policing every user" - BBC

"In 1995, it took 35 students 70 days to develop what would become the world’s largest and most recognized free, online collection and reference service in the world: the Internet Public Library. This month, 91,982 reference questions and 40,000 vetted, searchable electronic resource items later, the Internet Public Library celebrates its 15th anniversary"

InSITE: A Current Awareness Service of Cornell Law Library - Vol. 15, No. 14, March 8, 2010 is now available. Contents:

# AEI Reg-Markets.org
# India Code
# National Sea Grant Law Center

The International Edible Book Festival is held annually around April 1st. To date, the following countries have held this festival: Australia, Brazil, Canada, England, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, United States of America, Russia

Booklist webinar: The Scoop on Series Nonfiction - What's New in 2010 - Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 2:00 Eastern / 1:00 Central / 11:00 Pacific

100 Free and Useful Web Apps for Writers - a list from OnlineUniversities.com

JELIS - Journal of Education in Library and Information Science - Volume 51 Number 1 is now available online

Zines 101 - Queens Library - March 9, 2010 - Presented by Jenna Freedman, Barnard Library, and Alycia Sellie, Brooklyn College Library:

"Modeled on similar projects at The British Library and the National Library of Medicine, our PictureIt site puts some of the most beautiful and sought‐after items in our collections into the hands of readers worldwide - virtually. The first of our treasures accessible in this way is volume one of John James Audubon's Birds of America. Our eight-volume, double-elephant folio edition of Audubon's magnificent work was the first purchase by the Regents for the University Library. The Regents paid $970 - an extraordinary expenditure in 1838 - for the set, a significant act of faith for a university that had yet to offer a single class or construct its first building"

"The Institute of Museum and Library Services invites you to help invent the future of museums and libraries through your participation in UpNext: The Future of Museums and Libraries Wiki. IMLS's first-ever wiki is a platform where individuals inside and outside of museums, libraries, and related fields can discuss, dissect, expand, and inform the issues outlined in the Future of Museums and Libraries: A Discussion Guide. IMLS will use the knowledge shared in the wiki to help shape the agency's strategic plan, research directions, publications, convenings, and grant making. The wiki officially launched March 3 and is an opportunity to share resources, examples of what works, and vexing questions. It's sure to be a thought-provoking five weeks for all participants and provide food for thought for your career, your institution and the choices you face"

Lesley Ellen Harris and ALA Editions have teamed up to offer Digital Licensing Online, a self-paced eCourse which is designed to teach librarians how to read and understand a contract as well as how to negotiate with vendors. Among the many topics addressed are

* industry standards in licensing
* determining when a licensing policy is necessary
* key dimensions of licensing agreements
* legal concepts in licensing agreements
* step-by-step analysis of the main clauses in a digital licensing agreement

The course includes short quizzes at the end of each of the 27 modules. Each module is designed to take approximately 30 minutes to complete and can be taken whenever convenient, making this eCourse feasible for even the busiest librarian. Also provided is a treasure trove of additional resources, such as sample agreements, an assortment of boiler plate clauses, and links to helpful Web sites

The 2010 SIBA Book Award "Long List" has just been released, containing a complete collection of all the eligible books nominated by Southern Independent Booksellers as favorites for 2009. The list features 101 different books in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, cooking, and children's/young adult that are either set in the South or by a southern author (or both!) and were published in 2009. The long list will be sent as a ballot to SIBA member stores, who will then vote to choose finalists in each of the four categories. A jury of SIBA booksellers will then choose winners in each category. Finalists are announced in April. Winners are announced July

"Jean Strouse, biographer and director of the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library, is the recipient of the first BIO Award, to be given each year by members of Biographers International Organization (BIO) to a colleague who has made a major contribution to the advancement of the art and craft of real-life depiction. Strouse will receive the honor during the 2010 Compleat Biographer Conference, on May 15 at the University of Massachusetts Boston, where she will deliver the keynote address"

"Music Theatre Online, based at the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities, is a digital archive of texts, images, video, and audio files relating to musical theater. The best printed editions of musical theater texts cannot fully provide the experience of simultaneous expression of verbal, musical, and terpsichorean languages so necessary to fully understand the art form. Using the multimedia capabilities of the modern web browser, we hope to create a better framework for studying these important works of drama"

A Guide to Music Theatre Online from MITH in MD on Vimeo

The Tectonics of Digital Curation - A Symposium on the Shifting Preservation and Access Landscape - May 25-26, 2010 - The Ray and Maria Stata Center at MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA