December 2011
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“I wear green, velvet knickers, a forest green velvet smock and a perky little...”
– Listen to David Sedaris reading “The Santaland Diaries”, an NPR holiday staple.
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“Deputy park superintendent Rae Emerson conducted a study on the book and...”
– Read on for more inaccuracies in Bill O’Reilly’s historical book on President Abraham Lincoln.
It has been banned by Ford’s Theatre.
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John Green's tumblr: The Leaking of The Fault in... →
fishingboatproceeds:
dreaminwriter:
fishingboatproceeds:
Early this morning, I learned that BN.com had accidentally shipped out The Fault in Our Stars, which will be published on January 10th, to many people who’d preordered the book. Although efforts are being made to stop shipments wherever possible, some of these people will likely receive the book…
I have been thinking about this a lot...
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5 Things Thursday: Self Archiving, Spaghetti Sauce...
modlibrarian:
Here are five things to ring in the holidays:
Why asking for self archiving shouldn’t be scary.
What is the spaghetti sauce moment for your library?
Google + now preserves copyright metadata.
Do you need to go on an information diet?
Want to read librarian online poll results?
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Letters to Santa, as written by Shakespearean... →
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Watchivelostmyalias:
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. December 2012. Already counting down the days.
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How far am I from Middle Earth? →
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Some Books Saved From Institut d'Egypt Fire →
Some good news about the massive fire at the Cairo Library.
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The Kindle Monologues: Transferring PDFs to... →
thelittlethingsarelove:
I know it can be done, but how… someone help?
Do you have to do the kindle e-mail thing? Or can I just put them on a flashdrive and use my micro connector and put them on that way?
And can they be PDFs or do I have to convert them into something else?
Thank you!
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“The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) released its annual salary survey...”
– ARL Salary Survey: U.S. Academic Librarians’ Salaries Up 1.5 Percent (via thelibrarianontherun)
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“Steadily, the room shrank, till the book thief could touch the shelves within a...”
– The Book Thief, Markus Zusak (via booklit)
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“This used to be funny, but now it’s really just terrifying. We’re dealing with...”
– Dear Congress, It’s No Longer OK To Not Know How The Internet Works | Motherboard (via infoneer-pulse)
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Jane Austen Walking Tours →
What is fantastic for Jane Austen fans is that Bath is now almost as it was when Jane Austen lived here.
The houses where she lived and the settings for the novels ‘Northanger Abbey’ and ‘Persuasion’ can all still be seen within a mile radius of the Jane Austen Centre. Bath is such a compact city where the primary way to get about is via a leisurely stroll on foot at a gently pace. You can see...
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“I often want to criticize Jane Austen, but her books madden me so that I can’t...”
– Mark Twain (via thelifeguardlibrarian)
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“Anything like warmth or enthusiasm, anything energetic, poignant, heartfelt, is...”
– Charlotte Brontë on Jane Austen.
You know what? I don’t think Charlotte was all that “passionate” either.
(via morerobots)
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“Jane Austen? Why I go so far as to say that any library is a good library that...”
– Mark Twain on Jane Austen.
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“Oh! write, write. Finish it at once. Let there be an end of this suspense. Fix,...”
– Jane Austen (via thelifeguardlibrarian)
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Remains of Austen's Steventon Home Unearthed →
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A Twopointopia Status Update →
LJ’s Annoyed Librarian has determined that Library 2.0 is so far pretty lacking & ineffective. I’m inclined to agree… it needs to work both ways. Some libraries utilize 2.0 to great effect - they post interesting and useful items on their twitters, tumblrs, or facebooks. Others create accounts only to let them go stagnant.
How about it, folks? How can libraries best utilize...
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Stieg Larsson's Millenium Trilogy to become very... →
Each title will be adapted into two graphic novels, with the Dragon Tattoo adaptation out in 2012 and the second and third novels to be adapted in 2013 and 2014. Dan DiDio, DC Entertainment co-publisher, has called the “intricate characters and stories” created by Larsson the “perfect match for the graphic novel format, where we can bring Lisbeth Salander to life in...
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E-Books, Shmee-Books: Readers Return to the Stores →
Barnes & Noble, the nation’s largest bookstore chain, said that comparable store sales this Thanksgiving weekend increased 10.9 percent from that period last year. The American Booksellers Association, a trade group for independents, said last week that members saw a sales jump of 16 percent in the week including Thanksgiving, compared with the same period a year ago.
At the R. J. Julia...
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“Books, interestingly enough, were excluded, but you could use your Amazon credit...”
– Richard Russo, “Amazon’s Jungle Logic”.
Read on to see what these fellows think of Amazon’s tactics. Or, read Farhad Manjoo’s angry tirade against independent bookstores and why purchasing from Amazon is a way better thing to do. One thing to note though - in...
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I Love You, Madame Librarian by Kurt Vonnegut
I, like probably most of you, have seen Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11. Its title is a parody of the title of Ray Bradbury’s great science fiction novel, Fahrenheit 451. This temperature 451° Fahrenheit, is the combustion point, incidentally, of paper, of which books are composed. The hero of Bradbury’s novel is a municipal worker whose job is burning books.
And on the subject of burning...
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Open Letter To My Students: No, You Cannot Be A... →
Ah, but you say, I am special. I am a 4.0 student (except in your class where you gave me that 3.8 and ruined my life). Every teacher since kindergarten has told me how delightfully clever I am. I have interesting ideas and I really really love history. I know how hard it is to become a professor, but I am willing to work hard, so those odds do not apply to me.
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“It is unclear whether the blogs are intended as pure irony or as a genuine...”
– Steve Kolowich, “Dissertation? I barely know her!”
Inside Higher Ed discusses the popularity of academic Ryan Goslings (extending to library science, feminist theory, biostatistics, and even medieval history).
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A.M. Homes reads Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery"... →
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Penguin joins push for short e-books →
Angry Birds on the way to work, or half an hour with Helen Dunmore, Julian Barnes or Emma Donoghue? A slew of short, digital-only reads is hitting the market this Christmas as publishers look to tempt the time-poor back to books.
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James Joyce Fellowship at University at Buffalo →
Wanted to throw this out there for any Joyce scholars!
The fellowships provide stipends of up to $4,000 ($5,000 for the James Joyce Fellowship) to cover the cost of fellows’ travel to Buffalo and accommodation and expenses during the time of their stay. In addition to the stipend, Fellows will receive library and parking privileges at UB and are invited to participate in any Humanities...
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The Kindle Monologues: [Untitled] →
llondonbound:
kindle users piss me off. why does everything have to be electronic? right down to even books? there’s nothing better than the pleasure of having a paperback book in your hand and a starbucks coffee in the other. having a kindle and coffee is just not as classy. plus…
thekindlemonologues’ response to this is a good read indeed. Print is print! Although we celebrate...
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Book swaps and book shares could be set up at tube... →
A neat-o idea, mate.
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Top 25 Largest Libraries in North America
cbsundance:
Excerpt from The Librarian’s Book of Lists, in terms of volume.
Library of Congress
Harvard University
Boston Public Library
Yale University
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Toronto
University of California, Berkeley
Columbia University
University of Texas at Austin
Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
University of Michigan
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