the shrinking librarian

Jan 28

fybooksandwine:

Prairie Lights
Prairie Lights sprang to life in May 1978 as a small, intimate bookstore. Gradually we have spread to three and a half floors, the half being an 1100 square foot coffee house/wine bar located in the same space that the local literary society met throughout the 1930’s, hosting writers Carl Sandburg, Robert Frost, Sherwood Anderson, Langston Hughes, E. E. Cummings and others.
Bookstores&Winebars (BSWB)

Prairie Lights

Prairie Lights sprang to life in May 1978 as a small, intimate bookstore. Gradually we have spread to three and a half floors, the half being an 1100 square foot coffee house/wine bar located in the same space that the local literary society met throughout the 1930’s, hosting writers Carl Sandburg, Robert Frost, Sherwood Anderson, Langston Hughes, E. E. Cummings and others.

Bookstores&Winebars (BSWB)

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heyitsmejudith:

277 of 365 by Morphicx on Flickr.

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twloha:

In 2006, actor Stephen Fry received a letter from a girl struggling with depression. This was his response.

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Jan 27

magnolius:

Phonebook carvings by Cuban artist Alex Queral. Finally, somebody put phonebooks to good use.

Taking an ordinary phone book, Alex Queral carves a face into this object of so many faceless names. With the book, a very sharp X-ACTO® knife, a little pot of acrylic medium to set detail areas and a great deal of talent, Queral literally peels away the pages like the skin of an onion to reveal the portrait within.

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ARL Policy Notes: What If We Asked the Librarians? Or, How The Librarians' Code Is Different

arlpolicynotes:

Today, with help from our partners at the Center for Social Media at American University, and the Law School at AU, and with support from a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, ARL is proud to unveil the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries. Based on 36 hours of focus group deliberation with 90 academic and research librarians representing 64 institutions in meetings held all over the country, the Code is comprised of eight Principles that describe general circumstances where the groups found library uses to be fair, followed by Limitations that describe the outer bounds of the consensus and Enhancements that the groups thought represented salutary but not necessary steps to protect the interests of other stakeholders…

Future of reading? 'Active fiction' lets readers make the call

“What if Romeo and Juliet lived happily ever after, or Van Helsing decided Dracula wasn’t worth the trouble? In a high-tech twist on Choose Your Own Adventure, ‘active fiction’ imbues readers with precisely that kind of power.

Launching this month in Amazon’s Kindle Store, Coliloquy e-books are peppered with ‘choice points’ that allow readers to take the story in the direction most appealing to them — whether it’s experiencing a critical moment through another character’s eyes, setting the protagonist on a new path, or seeing what a sex scene would look like with a different partner.”

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myimaginarybrooklyn:

Book Art By Jonathan Wiley, A Tree Grows In Brooklyn.

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Jan 26

Audiobooks.com creates unlimited Netflix-like streaming

“Several companies have been specializing in the downloadable content of audio books that fit easily on any mobile device that music is stored on. One such company, Audiobook.com, is setting up an all-you-can stream option starting Wednesday for a flat fee of $25 per month.

… Audiobooks.com’s major competitor Audible, which is integrated into iTunes, has similar monthly plans, but you are limited to a set number of books — one title for $15 a month, two titles for $23 a month.”

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the shrinking librarian

A shy violet keeps a library & information science scrapbook.

ARL Policy Notes: What If We Asked the Librarians? Or, How The Librarians' Code Is Different

Future of reading? 'Active fiction' lets readers make the call

Audiobooks.com creates unlimited Netflix-like streaming