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?
View ArticleThis Book Will Change Your Life!
Read this great Huffington post article “This Book Will Change Your Life” about life changing books!
View ArticleDrowning in a Sea of Opinionated Information
Read this great Huffington Post article about challenges students face sifting through opinionated information!
View Article10 Classic High School Required Books That You Should Reread!
Read this huffingtonpost article on revisiting the classic books!
View ArticleLibraries 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!
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleFirst 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.
View ArticleThe Digital Public Library of America – Pretty Cool Reading!
Read about the Digital Public Library of America!
View ArticleHow To Become a 21st Century Librarian
Interested in Librarianship? Read this article on the challenging and rewarding aspects of this career!
View ArticleLetterology 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...
View ArticleLove 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...
View ArticleThe 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!
View ArticleEbooks, Online Drive Trade Sales Growth
Ebooks and online growth are going strong! Read more.
View Article23 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...
View ArticleBeing 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...
View ArticleBook 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
View ArticlePosters 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 &...
View ArticleDewey 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...
View ArticleYou 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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