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"Is the modern city library engaging in activities outside its proper sphere, e.g. lectures,..."

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:09:46 -0400

“Is the modern city library engaging in activities outside its proper sphere, e.g. lectures, story-telling, art exhibits, victrola concerts, loan of pianola rolls, etc.?”

- Papers and Proceedings of the 35th annual conference of the American Library Association, 1913 (via thepinakes)

publicdomainreview: An illustration from Vaught’s Practical...

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:00:25 -0400

publicdomainreview:

An illustration from Vaught’s Practical Character Reader, a book on phrenology by L. A. Vaught published in 1902.

See many more images from the book ON THE MAIN SITE.

nprmusic: In the 21st century it’s harder than ever for young...

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 13:38:22 -0400

nprmusic:

In the 21st century it’s harder than ever for young artists to both honor tradition and distinguish themselves from their sources. Here are five that do, including Valerie June and Sam Amidon.

awesomepeoplereading: Nina Simone reads to her daughter.

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:19:21 -0400

awesomepeoplereading:

Nina Simone reads to her daughter.

"What is your favorite word?” “And. It is so hopeful."

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 20:39:16 -0500

““What is your favorite word?”
“And. It is so hopeful.””

- Margaret Atwood (via kateoplis)

How to Delete Accounts from Any Website Tips, Solutions & How Tos

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 20:36:40 -0500

How to Delete Accounts from Any Website Tips, Solutions & How Tos:

shrinkinglibrarian:

via LISnews

10 Haunted Libraries of the US | iLibrarian

Fri, 12 Oct 2012 15:15:37 -0400

10 Haunted Libraries of the US | iLibrarian

nprfreshair: Guaraldi was fascinated by boogie-woogie when he...

Sun, 23 Sep 2012 21:36:36 -0400

nprfreshair:

Guaraldi was fascinated by boogie-woogie when he was young, and that rumbling left-hand bass part is boogie modernized and streamlined. He wasn’t a super-virtuoso, but he was a great piano stylist who favored a pared-down, singing line, and loved to swing. His fingers were short, but they’d sprint up the keys. Guaraldi would also slip up to the good notes from below, like another great midcentury piano stylist, Nashville’s Floyd Cramer.

- Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead: Vince Guaraldi Didn’t Just Play For ‘Peanuts’

bookavore: The snacks at the Library of Congress shop, proving...

Sun, 23 Sep 2012 21:33:38 -0400

bookavore:

The snacks at the Library of Congress shop, proving no librarian anywhere can resist a pun.

Late August, by Margaret Atwood

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 12:31:48 -0400

Late August, by Margaret Atwood

Photo

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 12:14:04 -0400

Me: Tell me about more library science classes I can take this fall.

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 12:13:20 -0400

Me: Tell me about more library science classes I can take this fall.
Friend: Library Sciences 306: Looking concurrently repressed and sexy
Friend: Library Sciences 444: Card Catalogs and the Women who Love Them
Friend: Library Sciences 204: Proper Anthropromorphic Stuffed Animal Placement in the Children's Section
Friend: Library Sciences 211: Young Adult or Pornography? A Contrast with Case Studies
Me: Thank you.

By the way, everyone, Kevin/Knickerbacker is that friend. He'll continue to be dedicated to librarian humor through out his soon to be illustrious Tumblr career.

Understatement: I have been neglectful looking at the Music...

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 12:12:27 -0400

Understatement: I have been neglectful looking at the Music Library Association listserv emails (MLA-L).

"A collection of rare books, including an illustrated copy of Paradise Lost, has been discovered in a..."

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 08:30:05 -0400

“A collection of rare books, including an illustrated copy of Paradise Lost, has been discovered in a hidden cupboard in a Scottish library.

The literary haul was found in Greenock’s Watt Library by archivist Neil Dickson.

The collection includes a 1538 edition of letters by Roman philosopher Cicero and an 1827 illustrated  edition of John Milton’s Paradise Lost – one of only 50 copies.”

- “Rare books discovered in hidden cupboard” in the Scotsman (via libraryjournal)

libraryjournal: ex-tabulis: libraryjawn: Dolly Parton’s...

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 15:16:56 -0400

libraryjournal:

ex-tabulis:

libraryjawn:

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library

In 1996, Dolly Parton launched an exciting new effort, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, to benefit the children of her home county in East Tennessee, USA. Dolly’s vision was to foster a love of reading among her county’s preschool children and their families by providing them with the gift of a specially selected book each month. By mailing high quality, age-appropriate books directly to their homes, she wanted children to be excited about books and to feel the magic that books can create. Moreover, she could insure that every child would have books, regardless of their family’s income.

Dolly’s Imagination Library became so popular that in the year 2000 she announced that she would make the program available for replication to any community that was willing to partner with her to support it locally. Since the initial program launch in the United States, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library has gone from just a few dozen books to nearly 40,000,000 books mailed to children in the United States, into Canada and across the proverbial pond into the United Kingdom! Currently over 1600 local communities provide the Imagination Library to almost 700,000 children each and every month. Already statistics and independent reports have shown Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library drastically improves early childhood literacy for children enrolled in the program. Further studies have shown improved scores during early literacy testing.

So, Dolly Parton is legit one of the coolest ladies around. I’ve always thought the Imagination Library was such a great idea. Plus, she has the BEST theme park ever.

Auto Dolly Parton reblog.

theherbarium: Stoddard-Templeton Design: H.W. Batley...

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:54:26 -0400

theherbarium:

Stoddard-Templeton Design: H.W. Batley (STOD/DES/121/2/19) by University of Glasgow Library on Flickr.

libraryjournal: harperbooks: humansofnewyork: “I’m a...

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:48:11 -0400

libraryjournal:

harperbooks:

humansofnewyork:

“I’m a librarian.”
“What’s your favorite part about being a librarian?”
“…the books.”

Cool attitude.

And socks.

Hero among men, librarians.

nprmusic: RIP Kitty Wells. The Queen of Country Music was...

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:47:47 -0400

nprmusic:

RIP Kitty Wells. The Queen of Country Music was 92.

We have a proper obit coming soon, but in the mean time, Kitty Wells was one of NPR’s 50 Great Voices: “It’s like she’s very private and very intense, but at the same time very penetrating,” says Robert Oermann, co-author of Finding Her Voice: Women in Country Music.

nocureforcuriosity: ianbrooks: Quotable Arts by Evan Robertson...

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:46:33 -0400

nocureforcuriosity:

ianbrooks:

Quotable Arts by Evan Robertson / Obvious State

High quality giclée prints available at etsy. Distilling literary quotes from a handful of the masters down to a single graphic representation, Evan captures the raw concept of the sentence and makes it damn purty to look at as well.

(via: fab)

I know these have been around the block already - but they’re really cool.

"I spent about four hours in jail in 1956 for contempt of Congress, and while I was there I learned a..."

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:44:14 -0400

“I spent about four hours in jail in 1956 for contempt of Congress, and while I was there I learned a new folk song from a fellow prisoner.”

- Pete Seeger, speaking with Brian Lehrer this morning on WNYC. (via wnyc)