Cites & Insights 12:8 (September 2012) available

The September 2012 Cites & Insights (12:8) is now available for downloading at http://citesnadinsights.info/civ12i8.pdf The issue is 36 pages long. The single-column 6x9 version, designed for online reading, is 67 pages long. The issue includes these articles (available as HTML separates from http://citesandinsights.info or via the article name links):

Libraries Public Library Closures: 2010 Update (pp. 1-2)

A brief look at reported library closures in the FY2010 IMLS tables, updating previous Public Library Closure articles.

Words Thinking About Blogging, Part 1 (pp. 2-34)

Catching up on a few interesting blogging-related items. (Part 2, next issue, focuses on libraries, liblogs and starting, stopping and pausing. Part 1 focuses on issues such as names, comments, science blogging, Brilliant Statements--or, if you prefer, Bewildering Stuff, gengen, technology and the philosophy of blogging, and the power of blogging. Note that this essay prints out as roughly 57 pages in HTML form; if you want it printed, save paper and download the whole issue.

The CD-ROM Project (pp. 34-36)

OK, so it's been a while... The theme: Music music music. four music-related CD-ROMs (or groups of CD-ROMs).