E.M. Forster on books on Frasier
Words in Niles’s library.
First!
Illinois bans book bans.
Books UnBanned
Books UnBanned offers readers between the ages of thirteen and twenty-one, anywhere in the United States, a year’s free access to the Brooklyn Public Library’s e-books and audiobooks.
Don’t like a library book?
From Take action for libraries, a handy step-by-step guide: “What do I do if I don't like a book at the library?”
Richard Macksey’s library
I recognized the name , but I’d never seen the library: 51,000 books.
A National Emergency Library
The Internet Archive has suspended waitlists for all books in its collection to create a National Emergency Library.
University libraries and their books
“University libraries around the world are seeing precipitous declines in the use of the books on their shelves”: Dan Cohen, Vice Provost for Information Collaboration at Northeastern University, writing in The Atlantic.
Weeding
An exceptionally good episode of the podcast 99% Invisible: “Weeding Is Fundamental,” on library deaccessioning gone wrong.
“Deaccessioning”
“Worse than a travesty, it’s a tragedy”: Bryan Garner writes about the trend of “deaccessioning” books from university libraries.
Library slip (1934–1992)
A long time.
The Card Catalog
An illustrated history of the card catalog, from cuneiform days onward.
Preventing discards
A tale of librarians seeking to prevent discards.
Libraries and the book
Alberto Manguel: “If we change the role of libraries and librarians without preserving the centrality of the book, we risk losing something irretrievable.”
Jack DeJohnette on Muhal Richard Abrams
“He was always telling us, ‘Go to the library.’”
A call-number surprise
The Book of the Courtier, and just two books away on the library shelf: Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.
The Wheel of Information
Five tiers, eight hundred books, forty-five years on the job.
Romney Wordsworth, obsolete
Fifty years ago, a world without librarians and libraries was the stuff of a totalitarian nightmare. Now it seems that we’re closer to living in The Twilight Zone.
Library slip (1941, 1992)
Due dates, 52 years apart
Library book returned after fifty-four years
To the Jersey City Free Public Library
Awful Library Books
A blog
"A lot out there is conspiring to distract you"
More on continuous partial attention and reading habits : I recently spoke with a junior who was stressed about her decreasing ability to f...
Homer rules
Homer in top 10 library books