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How Much of the Literature Goes Uncited?

We read this post a few months ago and were intrigued. We wonder – just how much of the literature goes Uncited?

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This Book Will Change Your Life!

Read this great Huffington post article “This Book Will Change Your Life” about life changing books!

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Drowning in a Sea of Opinionated Information

Read this great Huffington Post article about challenges students face sifting through opinionated information!

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10 Classic High School Required Books That You Should Reread!

Read this huffingtonpost article on revisiting the classic books!

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Books As Muses!

Read this New Yorker article about the many ways artists use books!

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Libraries Open Doors, Data to Digital Art Displays

An amazing work of art blends with library technology at Teton County Library in Jackson Hole, WY! Read more!    

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A Book By Its Covers!

Francis Coradal-Cugat’s original cover art for “The Great Gatsby,” which Baz Luhrmann brings to the big screen next month, depicts a disembodied face floating in a night sky. It is one of the lasting...

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First US Printed Book Up for Auction!

The first book printed in America is expected to fetch up to $30m (£20m) when it goes under the hammer in New York later this year. Read more.

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The Digital Public Library of America – Pretty Cool Reading!

Read about the Digital Public Library of America!

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How To Become a 21st Century Librarian

Interested in Librarianship? Read this article on the challenging and rewarding aspects of this career!

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Letterology Blog Focuses on Letters, Design, and Typography

This blog is run by local artist and graphic designer Jennifer Kennard.  She focuses on  all aspects of letters, design and typography.  Her site has links to other resources and is always a feast for...

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Love Book Arts? Intriqued by the definition of what is a book? Then check out...

The Creative World of Book Arts Underground Playground (Where are the ants?) by Karen V. Chickadel April 18 – May 28 Opening Reception: April 18, 5-8pm What is a book? In the traditional sense a book...

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The Curious Tale of the Stolen Books

The story of a priceless collection of historic books and a theft that went undetected for decades until the death of the culprit. Read more!  

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Ebooks, Online Drive Trade Sales Growth

Ebooks and online growth are going strong!  Read more.

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23 of the most creatively designed Little Free Libraries

Photo: Paul VanDerWerf/Flickr Have you noticed a cute miniature library like the one above pop up in your neighborhood recently? You may or may not know that these adorable Little Free Libraries are...

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Being a Better Online Reader

Soon after Maryanne Wolf published “Proust and the Squid,” a history of the science and the development of the reading brain from antiquity to the twenty-first century, she began to receive letters...

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Book Term Glossary Defines Important Phrases For Book Lovers

I was reading this article on Huffington Post, and I thought you might be interested in reading it, too. - Jane Carlin, Library Director

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Posters and Theses and Symposia, Oh My!

Advice from Liz Roepke, Peer Research Advisor You may have noticed or even attended the Summer Research Symposia this last week, for the Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences or for Math &...

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Dewey Decimal and the Librarians

The year was 1963. The place was St. Paul, Minnesota. The band was Dewey Decimal and the Librarians. The rest they say is history.  What we do know is that they “produced a sensation at Macalester...

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You can’t believe everything you find on the Internet!

Read this article from the Washington Post: Popular on Amazon: Wildly misleading self-published books about Ebola, by random people without medical degrees. In the past 90 days, some 84 people have...

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