June 2010
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“Moreover, one out of three Americans 14 years or older visit once a week or more...”
– The New York Public Library: Opportunity and Access: The Power of Today’s Public Libraries
“In other words, paying for information—if only indirectly by paying for...”
– The New York Public Library: Opportunity and Access: The Power of Today’s Public Libraries
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MICHIGAN: Funding for Michigan eLibrary in... →
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ya book recs
Ostrich Boys by Keith Gray
Fever Crumb by Philip Reeve
The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting
Ostrich Boys is a sweet, British novel about three boys who must learn to deal with their friend’s death. It sounds morbid, but it’s not. Fever Crumb is an interesting dystopian novel that I believe will be part of a series. It’s clever and doesn’t hold back, which makes it...
May 2010
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“Still, I sometimes wonder and marvel at the depth of compassion this nation...”
– Front Row at the White House - Helen Thomas
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“Librarian is a service occupation. Gas station attendant of the mind.”
– Richard Powers (via librarianista)
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John Scalzi's Science Fiction Film Birthday Wishes... →
I can pretty much support all of these. Also, I think I read Grass by Tepper. Or at least I read something by her that was awesome.
robin hood
This pretty much sums up why I won’t be seeing the new version. Probably ever.
Backstage with the Wikipedians: Inner Workings of... →
Wikipedia, the world’s largest encyclopedia, is a massive project, where human knowledge is collected and edited by ordinary users. But behind the scenes of the German-language version of this intellectual utopia is a group of small and dedicated volunteers. Their passion for truth at times leads to bitter disputes.
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How I Corrupted America's Youth: Getting angry... →
Excellent article.
April 2010
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Local And Metro Newspapers With Paywalls |... →
librarianista:
archivedigger:
paulbalcerak:
This chart lists a bunch of newspapers, their circulation, paywall rate and number of subscribers per site. It’s an absolutely fantastic reference for the next time someone asks you how feasible it would be to put up a paywall on your site.
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Library books end up in trash →
The Doylestown Township man wanted to reread a travelogue about an Englishman’s epic trek along the Continental Divide from New Mexico into Canada, but the book wasn’t on the shelf where it should have been, Everett said. He asked a librarian about the book who told him that it hadn’t been checked out since 2005 and might have been removed as part of the library’s...
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Publish or Perish: Can the iPad topple the Kindle,... →
“I know it sucks, but in a way, it’s good. Love and truth being tied together, I...”
– Will Grayson, Will Grayson (via merspers)
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“The first president of the United States of America borrowed two books from the...”
– BBC News - George Washington’s $300,000 library book fine
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“And so when you sometimes feel strange, when a pang tugs at your heart or it...”
– Galileo’s Dream, Kim Stanley Robinson
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“Yes,” he confirmed. “The world works by mathematical rules. This is...”
– Galileo’s Dream, Kim Stanley Robins
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“Any event in history that gets more crowded the longer you look at it —...”
– Galileo’s Dream, Kim Stanley Robinson
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“Will Grayson was recently a trending topic on Twitter. How does that make you...”
– Q&A: ‘Will Grayson, Will Grayson’ authors John Green and David Levithan | EW.com
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“We all have secret lives. The life of excretion; the world of inappropriate...”
– Galileo’s Dream, Kim Stanley Robinson
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February 2010
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ANDRE NORTON AWARD (young adult)
Hotel Under the Sand, Kage Baker (Tachyon, Jul 09)
Ice, Sarah Beth Durst (Simon and Schuster, Oct 09)
Ash, Malinda Lo (Little, Brown and Company, Sep 09)
Eyes Like Stars, Lisa Mantchev (Feiwel and Friends, Jul 09)
Zoe’s Tale, John Scalzi (Tor Aug 08)
When You Reach Me, by Rebecca Stead (Wendy Lamb Books, 2009)
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In A Ship Of Her Own Making,...
On Her Shelf: Word of the Day →
flexuous • \FLEK-shuh-wus\ • adjective
*1 : having curves, turns, or windings
2 : lithe or fluid in action or movement
Example Sentence: The last leg of the trail is a flexuous path leading up the mountain to a spectacular panoramic view of the valley.
Did you know? English author Thomas Hardy…
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Stolen library book that sparked 64-year love... →
libraryland:
(via chessieann)
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linger (ps, i fyou haven't read shiver, DO IT) →
In Maggie Stiefvater’s Shiver, Grace and Sam found each other. Now, in Linger, they must fight to be together. For Grace, this means defying her parents and keeping a very dangerous…
I cannot wait for this book. :D
In Maggie Stiefvater’s Shiver, Grace and Sam found each other. Now, in Linger, they must fight to be together. For Grace, this means defying her parents and keeping a very dangerous secret about her own well-being. For Sam, this means grappling with his werewolf past … and figuring out a way to survive into the future. Add into the mix a new wolf named Cole, whose own past has the...