Tag Archives: Libraries
Why libraries matter, cont’d: Help a library grow!
The public library of the town of Shutesbury, Mass. needs your help: From their YouTube page: We’re a small town in Massachusetts, population ~1800. Our cute little library was built 110 years ago, for a town of 400 people. Features … Continue reading
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Why libraries matter, cont’d: “Home. That’s it.”
A very inspiring video from the New York Public Library: Unlike critics of the Library’s plan to transform the central branch from a researcher’s storehouse into a vital hub of activity — a former curator sniffs that the Mid-Manhattan branch … Continue reading
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Voices from the 99%: the Occupy Wall Street Poetry Anthology
You must download this: a massive (and still-ongoing) compilation of poetry (and, it seems, a few prose pieces) submitted to the People’s Library by people from around the world, professional writers and amateurs alike, in support of the Occupy Wall … Continue reading
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Why libraries matter, cont’d: The library is the weapon of the people
The website of the People’s Library at Occupy Wall Street has a roundup of media coverage of the library’s destruction by the police on November 15. The sharpest and pithiest of the commentaries must surely be Salman Rushdie’s scathing remarks … Continue reading
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Coolest libraries, cont’d
For its wonderful facade, add the Kansas City Public Library to this list. (via Abe Books)
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Why libraries matter, cont’d: “Information is liberation”
The blog of The People’s Library at the Occupy Wall Street protest site fiercely and eloquently lays out its raison d’être: To reimagine who we are, to understand who have become, is a group activity. It requires public truth-telling and personal … Continue reading
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“The 12 coolest libraries”
The Calgary Herald offers a list. They’re all very visually striking, but I particularly like this one — Jay Walker’s massive personal “Library of the History of Human Imagination” is a wonder to behold: Love the fact that there’s an … Continue reading
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Why libraries matter, cont’d: “You feed the appetite for knowledge, and it creates more appetite for knowledge”
Craig Buthod, 2010 Librarian of the Year, talks to the hosts of The Takeaway about reinventing the Louisville library system for the digital age. An interesting, er, takeaway: the more new technologies the libraries embrace, the more people check out … Continue reading
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Miscellany
Here are a few items I haven’t had time to write about, but are still, I think, worth your attention. I may revisit and more fully discuss some of these in the future, but there’s no reason not to share … Continue reading
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Why libraries matter, cont’d
Charles Simic, in a heartbreaking article on the closing of many American libraries: I still can’t get over the generosity of the taxpayers of Oak Park. It’s not that I started out life being interested in everything; it was spending … Continue reading
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