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The Newly Renovated Boston Public Library
On one of my recent work jaunts to Boston, I checked out the nearly complete renovation of the Johnson Building of the Boston Public Library. First opened in 1972, the building was named after its...
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Library Tourism
I know I am not the only person who, on visiting a new city, checks out the library as a tourist attraction. An architecture blog has fueled the fire by proposing the 19 most beautiful libraries in the...
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Commonplace Books
A couple of nice bits encountered in recent reading: First the poet August Kleinzahler in a piece on poet Michael O’Brien. “But [George] Oppen taught O’Brien a great deal, lessons he took to heart....
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The Case Against Little Free Libraries
I always thought they were kind of cute, but a Toronto librarian makes a strong case to the contrary. https://www.citylab.com/navigator/2017/05/the-case-against-little-free-libraries/523533/ “[Little...
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Library Battles
Enjoying Part of Our Lives: A People’s History of the American Public Library, by Wayne A. Wiegand. In addition to documenting the value libraries have for their communities, Wiegand describes the...
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Library Words
A few words on librarians from writers and others. Bates Reading Room at the Boston Public Library. (Spot of many happy hours for me.) If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education,...
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Can you catalog this…?
…If so, you can be a librarian. Researching something for work, I came across the Prelinger Archive, a wealth of footage from educational, amateur and other sources, much of it public domain. Although...
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Turning Gamers into Readers?
The Guardian has a story on an effort to bridge literature and the wildly successful game Minecraft. Herewith the lede: The analog version, my preferred version. From...
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125 Books We Love from the NYPL
The New York Public Library has put together an enjoyable list of the 125 books they love to celebrate that anniversary of its founding. Several of my faves tucked in among a varied list, and glad...
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National Library Week!
Celebrate your local library during ALA’s National Library Week! It would seem pretty uncontroversial to cheer this long-lived human institution, but unfortunately it is. As somebody who owes much of...
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