February 2012
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“A bookshelf is as particular to its owner as are his or her clothes; a...”
– Alan Bennett (via crazylilcuban)
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minor arcana: A library is always expanding →
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“The fact is that a library, indeed, is always expanding; from the “big bang” of one’s first book, up until its owner dies. A library cannot really dwindle, or be emptied of a part of its substance, then start growing again. At least, not without mortal danger. Each one of the books it…
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“The majority opinion leaves Congress as the sole venue for fighting draconian...”
– A sad, but true, summary of the recent Golan decision, prepared for the Library Copyright Alliance by Jonathan Band. (via arlpolicynotes)
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Seattle Public Library - Environmental Design →
themortalcity:
Bruce Mau Design
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(An Incomplete) List of Ridiculous Names in... →
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January 2012
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Book and Library Quotations →
leftinthelibrary:
Just found a great source of quotations about books, reading and libraries. I shall definately use some of them for work. Click the title above to go to the website.
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ALA Midwinter 2012: Panel Tells Librarians to Go... →
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exhaustive lists of library interview questions
thecardiganlibrarian:
But look them over in small chunks or you might (like me) fall victim to Interview Dread.
aggregated list of interview questions from across the web
one SLIS program’s list of interview questions
101 common library interview questions
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Google, Wikipedia, and reddit are going dark (or...
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Academic publishers have become the enemies of... →
This is the moment academic publishers gave up all pretence of being on the side of scientists. Their rhetoric has traditionally been of partnering with scientists, but the truth is that for some time now scientific publishers have been anti-science and anti-publication. The Research Works Act, introduced in the US Congress on 16 December, amounts to a declaration of war by the publishers.
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“Books are for use.
Every reader his[her] book.
Every book its reader.
Save...”
– S. R. Ranganathan, “The Five Laws of Library Science”
(HathiTrust link to original full-text)
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“Sharing is under siege. It is the sworn enemy of the global market - which is...”
– Naomi Klein, “Why Being a Librarian is a Radical Choice.” An address to the Joint American Library Association/Canadian Library Association Conference (via agrinchwithoutacause)
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