Archive for the 'library' Category
A New Fight Over Nixon and Watergate
June 15th, 2009Newsweek – “The war over Watergate never ends. The latest battle is over a decision by the Nixon Presidential Library to commemorate this week's 37th anniversary of the Watergate break-in by inviting an especially provocative speaker: John Dean, the former White House lawyer who pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice after testifying about his boss's [...]
Congress revives bill that may force disclosure of Bush library donor names
April 30th, 2009Guardian – “If bill becomes law, library foundation would have to disclose four times a year all donors of $200 or more.”
From the Philadelphia news leader: Hundreds protest library closures
November 22nd, 20086abc.com – “Across Philadelphia this Saturday hundreds turned out to protest Mayor Nutter’s planned closing of 11 library branches. Residents say they are much more than places to check out books and they’re calling the mayor to task.”
‘Wi-Fi library’ finally gets a toilet
November 21st, 2008telegram.com – “I used to say ‘We’re the Wi-Fi library without a pot to piss in,’ ” said library Director Susan D’Amico.”
From the Philadelphia news leader: Residents protest library closure
November 15th, 20086abc.com – “Questions and frustration tell the story of a protest outside the Kingsessing Library today.” (w/ video)
Neil Armstrong Gives Papers To Purdue Libraries
November 3rd, 2008Space Travel – “The personal story of the first person to land a craft on the moon and to step on its surface will live forever – in the Purdue University Libraries.”
Salinas libraries to open seven days a week
October 12th, 2008Remember when the library system was barely saved by the community? Now they are open 7 days a week. Huzzah!
Ray Bradbury joins fight to save Long Beach library
September 2nd, 2008L.A. Now – “He showed up at Acres of Books (pictured) in Long Beach when the venerable bookstore announced its closing, and now author Ray Bradbury is rallying to the rescue of the Long Beach Main Library, the latest bastion of reading to be rocked by the tanking economy.”
Darien Library launches new Web site today:
September 1st, 2008DarienTimes – “We’re of the mind that the success of this project will be reflected in the improved quality of online customer service we provide,” said Blyberg. “When approaching this project, we did not consider it in terms of how we would measure its success; we based our decision to proceed on whether there was [...]
New York’s performance library offers more than just reading –
August 30th, 2008St. Petersburg Times – “You never know who you might run into at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.”
The Ghost Hunters Visit the Library
March 19th, 2008Michael Lieberman – “Jacques J. Benoit, the library custodian at the Clapp Memorial Library in Belchertown, Massachusetts , has being seeing some “strange, unexplained happenings at the library for the past nine years.”
What Digital Media Can Learn From Books
March 2nd, 2008Arvin Dang – “Libraries, where books can be borrowed completely free seems completely unconventional right? If video content were offered on a public level similar to libraries, who’s losing out?”
Drive-through window at Decatur library?
January 5th, 2008Not exactly…
More on Bush Sr. Library
November 18th, 2007Michael Landauer – “In the 10 years since the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum opened in College Station, its eponym has traveled the world a few times over and experienced dozens of other museums. And he has taken notes.”
Short Books
September 3rd, 2007“Welcome to the lazylibrary, where you can find books on any topic without having to worry about high page counts. If it’s over 200 pages, you won’t even see it. Read all about anything, in less time, for (usually) less money. Search away.” (via)
Long Tail?
September 3rd, 2007New Yorker in London – “The library may not have much—a more limited selection than a giant bookstore, and books that aren’t as shiny and smooth to hold— but it always has something. A source of small treasure and just around the corner. And even better: you don’t need money.”
Library Myths
August 21st, 2007Judith Flanders – “The popular notion that people don’t want to borrow books any more is well overdue for revision.”
Lovin’ Libraries
August 12th, 2007C.W. Nevius – “To the surprise of nearly everyone, libraries are hot. The city’s Main Library has such a rush of visitors every morning when they open that one staffer jokingly refers to it as, “the running of the bulls.”
How About This For a First Sentence?
August 9th, 2007WIBW – “Wichita police say a security guard tasered a man who had been masturbating in the downtown Wichita library on Tuesday. The guard and a librarian say the man threatened them with a straight-edged knife.”
Welcoming Libraries
August 3rd, 2007Chanel Polk – “I go there all year but I read like crazy anyway. I’ve been of the opinion that if I couldn’t read I would have shot myself a long time ago. Of course I don’t mean that seriously, but I don’t know what else I would do,” he said.
Heck No, We Won’t Go
August 2nd, 2007Boston Globe – “Library directors remember the talk, not long ago, of technology rendering libraries obsolete. But statistics show that the opposite has occurred.” (via)
Michigan Supreme Court Ruling
July 26th, 2007AP – “Residents NOT living in a community have no constitutional right to borrow books from its library, a divided Michigan Supreme Court has ruled.”
Good Librar* PR
July 23rd, 2007Candace Lombardi – “Chances are you are buying, subscribing to, or stealing something you can get for free with a library card.”
Also: Gary Price is all over the Web today.
