I have heard Gov. Palin’s style referred to in the press as the “sexy librarian” look but dismissed it, as I do most such remarks. However, I discovered today, thanks to the Carleton Place Public Library blog, Tales from an Open Book, that an Italian design label, Marni has been inspired by us. The Wall [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Sexy Librarians: Is This an Improvement?
Posted in Humor and lighter fare, Librarians' image, News, Style, tagged High fashion, Librarians, Style on September 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Classics of Library Literature
Posted in Library history, tagged Classic books, Library literature on September 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Library History Round Table was alerted by a member some months ago that Google had scanned many library classics. A fellow member has followed up and made many of the titles available through his own Google ”My Library” page. My library for the Library History Buff brings together some amazing titles, e.g. The very first issue of Library Journal, [...]
More Interesting Library Sites
Posted in Cool ideas, Libraries on September 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Embry-Riddle library (Prescott, AZ) has developed a library toolbar. It is quite an interesting idea. If you look at the last page of the installation instructions you can get a good sense of what it looks like. I, however, downloaded it (it downloads very quickly) and tried it out. It allows you to link to the [...]
