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Library quotes

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

News & Notes — Extra mid-week edition! 1/30/2013

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 »

News and Notes — 1/26/13

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 »

News and Notes: 12/15/2012

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 »

News and Notes: 12/08/12

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 »

This Week’s Articles — 7/29 to 8/04/2012

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’s Articles (4/29-5/05/2012)

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 »

News & Notes – 3/04-3/10/2012

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 »

Libraries, E-books, and E-Publishing: Recommended Articles

The biggest e-book story of the past few weeks has to be the growing reluctance of large publishers to allow libraries to lend their e-books. The ALA’s meetings with top publishers, while reportedly amicable, did so little to relieve publishers’ concerns that library lending of e-books will reduce e-book sales… Read more »

Support Your Local Library

Central Rappahannock Regional Library Headquarters Libraries experience two things in an economic downturn: a reduction in funding and an increase in the number of patrons. The current recession is no exception. Libraries across the country are seeing more people come through their doors at the same time that they are… Read more »