Book Patrol:
Welcome to Book Patrol's inaugural list of our favorite books about books of the year. The list is in no particular order; for all of them are worth a read, and as you will see, in the year the e-book took off, books about books were very much alive.The Late Age of Print: Everyday Book Culture from Consumerism to Controlby (Read More)
Libraries & Life:
Anna Miller asked me to post her recent blog posting. Lots of great things to do at your local library!10 Things to do at a Library that Don’t Involve Renting Books Libraries have long stood as a cornerstone of neighborhoods across the world, offering access to books and other resources for entertainment in additio (Read More)
ResourceShelf:
From a District Dispatch Blog Post:…the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA), composed of the American Library Association, the Association of College and Research Libraries and the Association of Research Libraries, filed comments on behalf of LCA, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the Chief Officers of State Librar (Read More)
Book Patrol:
Have you always wanted a crazy, copacetic crib but your pad screams strictly squaresville? Are you a cool cat or a hot chick with style galore but not much bread in store? Well you're in luck. Indiana's Elkhart Public Library is having a furniture sale.Normally a library is about the last place you'd expect to find retro-co (Read More)
ResourceShelf:
From the Announcement:Figures showing everyday use of a university library are the unlikely stars of a JISC-funded competition showcasing innovative approaches to presenting library data.The winning entrant, an undergraduate computer scientist, created an imaginative ‘book galaxy’ showing books as stars in the galaxy of lib (Read More)
ResourceShelf:
From the News Release:The American Library Association (ALA) Office for Research & Statistics (ORS) is making available online the most recent data published in the Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study. The information provides up-to-date issues briefs related to public library technology and job-seeking, lifel (Read More)
ResourceShelf:
Yesterday, we posted about the new blog from the Science, Technology, and Business Division (ST&B) at the Library of Congress. Its name, “Inside Adams”. Once again, congrats to all involved. Today, in a post post on the Library of Congress blog, Matt Raymond points out a new weblog aggregation page. Great idea!The aggregati (Read More)
ResourceShelf:
The new blog is titled “Inside Adams.” LC’s Adams Building is the the Science, Technology, and Business Division (ST&B) is located. ResourceShelf welcome Inside Adams to the blogosphere. Kudos!From a News Release:The Science, Technology, and Business Division of the Library of Congress has launched a new blog, Inside Adams. (Read More)
Book Patrol:
Entrance to the Library HotelBibliophiles visiting New York City and in need of a space to check-into should check-out The Library Hotel, a beautiful luxury boutique hostelry conveniently located on Madison Avenue and 41st Street, also known as Library Way, just steps away from the majestic New York Public Library. Each fl (Read More)
Book Patrol:
Here is a 21 minute gem of an interview with Alexie at Big Think. From his literary influences to his place in both the current literary cannon and in the Native American Literature canon. From his thoughts on e-books and the printed book to readings and being a multi-genre writer and the role of drugs and alcohol in his li (Read More)
District Dispatch:
As one of the founding members of the Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband (SHLB) Coalition, the American Library Association’s (ALA) Washington Office has actively participated in communicating the role of anchor institutions in national broadband build-out to members of Congress, the National Telecommunications and Inf (Read More)
ResourceShelf:
Google Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, Vint Cerf, was the keynote “interview” at the Internet Librarian 2009 conference in Monterey, CA. The event took place on Monday, October 26, 2009. Cerf was interviewed by Paul Holdengräber, the Director of Public Programs at the New York Public Library.Access the Video v (Read More)
Knowbodies:
A proposal from Teleread.org founder David Rothman; How e-Books Could Smarten Up Kids and Stretch Library Dollars: A National Plan(excerpt)...But suppose a well-stocked national digital library system existed for Americans of different ages, along with the means to encourage schoolchildren and others to use it. Among thos (Read More)
ResourceShelf:
From the Story:IU [Indiana University] School of Library and Information Science assistant professor John Walsh will collaborate with researchers from the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities and the Digital Humanities Observatory in Belfast, Ireland, through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humani (Read More)
ResourceShelf:
From the Article:CSC will operate an online digital library for the Education Department under a new five-year contract worth up to $29 million, the company announced today. CSC will support the department’s Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) under the contract. The new agreement has one base year and four one-ye (Read More)