Worth Reading: “What If the Google Reader Readers Just Don’t Come Back?” (MC Siegler, TechCrunch) “A new candidate for “World’s Worst Index” — and some indexing advice” for self-publishers, from Michael N. Marcus. As an indexer, the indexes shown here make me both cringe and laugh hysterically. This is why… Read more »
Worth Reading: “Why does Magic Need So Many Rules?” Fantasy author N. K. Jemison (The Killing Moon) explores whether magic in fantasy really needs to make sense, have a price, and conform to an internally logical system. (io9) “Five reasons why stats don’t matter and you shouldn’t care” (Cuddlebuggery blog) … Read more »
This and six other quotes, all featuring pictures of gorgeous libraries, can be found at Daniel Dalton’s Tumblr blog. Enjoy! Twitter Facebook 0 Pinterest 0 StumbleUpon 0
A bonus issue of News & Notes this week! Heads up — The second annual Take Your Child to the Library Day is Feb. 2, 2013! If your library isn’t participating, let them know about it this event, and take your kids anyway. There’s more information and a link to… Read more »
artist’s conception of the interior of the BiblioTech Two interesting developments on the library front: In North Carolina State University’s new library, robots bring you the books you want; the stacks are closed to humans. (Flavorwire) And Bexar County, Texas, is about to open BiblioTech, the first all-ebook… Read more »
I’ve had a really busy week (with non-blog stuff), so I didn’t have a lot of time to read articles this week. But here are a few that caught my eye: Stefanie Cohen explains “Why Women Writers Still Take Men’s Names” (and occasionally vice versa.) (The New York Times)If you’re… Read more »
Remember Reading Rainbow, the PBS children’s show about books hosted by Geordi LaForge – excuse me, Levar Burton? Here’s a nice remix music video put together by John D. Boswell (aka melodysheep) for PBS Digital Studios, entitled “In Your Imagination.” Enjoy! Author Andrea K Höst shares “A Rough Guide to… Read more »
Here’s what I’ve been reading around the Internet this week: Big Books, Tiny Voices posted “What’s Next: Over 60 Upcoming Young Adult Book-to-Movie Adaptations.” Browse their list to see if your favorite YA fantasy book (plus a few that fall in the children’s or adult category) has a movie in… Read more »
This week I came across two wonderful posts about indexing (which happens to be my profession.) If you’ve ever wondered why indexes need to be prepared by human beings instead of computers, Carol Saller at The Chronicle of Higher Education’s Lingua Franca blog explains (“Book Indexing, Part 1: Is a… Read more »
Here are some articles I’ve found of interest this week: New research from Library Resource Services indicates that test scores are higher in schools with an endorsed librarian (as opposed to a library staffed solely by parent volunteers and/or a library aide.) — School Library Journal “No Surprise, E-reader Use… Read more »
