One of the most famous and beloved libraries in the world “ the New York Public Library, with the famous lion statues standing guard out front “ is getting a new name: The Stephen A. ... Read More »
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Slate has a regular slideshow column, and it's always interesting. This week it tackles the architecture of libraries, and how library design has had to change since computers defeated books by a score of 6 ... Read More »
Some book-related (but not Valentine's Day-themed, alas) links: Victoria library locks out workers, shuts down all branches (Victoria Times Colonist) California bookseller gets $500k MacArthur grant (MSNBC) The Coen Brothers to filmify Michael Chabon's The ... Read More »
February 14, 2008 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries
In literary circles, there is probably no author more loathed than the U.S. thriller writer James Patterson, who freely admits to writing his books “ which he pumps out at a rate of eight or ... Read More »
February 8, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news, Libraries
From the Calgary Herald: After a hiatus from library shelves, a controversial novel is being welcomed back into Calgary Catholic School District schools. The Golden Compass, a decade-old novel by Philip Pullman, was pulled from ... Read More »
From the Times Colonist: Unionized workers from the Greater Victoria Public Library were off the job yesterday to protest the suspension of a colleague, said union spokesman Ed Seedhouse. The job action closed all nine ... Read More »
Some library-related links: Libraries saved... outside of Chatham, Ontario, anyway (Chatham Daily News) Libraries doing okay... in Toronto, anyway (Toronto Star) Libraries doing better than ever! (Toronto Star) But there's porn in the library! (The ... Read More »
Libraries and the homeless go together like “ actually, it's hard to say, because the relationship between the two is constantly changing, and differs from city to city, system to system, and even branch to ... Read More »
This was announced last week, but it's worth mentioning. From the Toronto Star: Aiming for quality over quantity, Ontario Lieutenant- Governor David Onley is asking citizens to donate new children's books to help aboriginal kids ... Read More »
January 10, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news, Libraries
"Few people who spend much time in the literary world emerge without at least one paranoid conspiracy theory," writes Mark Lawson in The Guardian. Hard to disagree with that. His own theory as to what ... Read More »
January 7, 2008 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries, Opinion
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