The New York Review of Books has published a long essay by Robert Darnton entitled, The Library in the New Age:
“Students today still respect their libraries, but reading rooms are nearly empty on some campuses. In order to entice the students back, some librarians offer them armchairs for lounging and chatting, even drinks and snacks, [...]
Archive for May, 2008
The Library in the New Age
Posted in Books and reading, Libraries, tagged Books, Future of libraries, Library as place on May 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Creative Library Websites
Posted in Libraries on May 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am quickly becoming addicted to perusing library websites. This time I went to New England and had a look at the website of Salve Regina University in Rhode Island. Do you know the difference between a labyrinth and a maze? I didn’t, until I discovered a most delightful page of past library exhibits called, Library on Display. [...]
Where Were the Spell-Checkers?
Posted in Books and reading, Humor and lighter fare, News, Publishing, tagged Books, Editing on May 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Another find via Library Link of the Day; a very funny item about a book published by Princeton University Press and withdrawn because of numerous grammatical and spelling errors.
Google Book Search
Posted in News, tagged Google on May 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Book Search has the support of many publishers, authors and librarians, including Cambridge University Press and Wisdom Publications. But some publishers and authors have sued, claiming the service violates their copyrights. Google says Book Search is aboveboard because Web surfers can retrieve only snippets of copyright material through the service.”– an interesting article from CNN.com/Technology [...]
