School Library Journal

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When you are growing up, there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you. The public library is a great equalizer.

Keith Richards, as quoted in “Rolling Stone Gathers Library Fines”

05/23/13

“Librii fills me with almost a giddy anticipation for the future,” she tells Metropolis. “I can’t wait to see the creativity that flows out of Accra when young people are able to share their art and ideas with the rest of the world. Because I’ve backed the Kickstarter project, I’m a subscriber to the first connected library. I’ll get a digital copy of whatever gets created first—a book of advice or a collection of children’s stories. The library will encourage and inspire all kinds of creation.” —TED speaker Jane McGonigal “A library revolution, started in part by Jane McGonigal’s TED Talk”

05/22/13

Who didn’t fall in love with the Beast a little when he showed Belle the library?

Check out 19 other amazing movie libraries here: “The 20 Most Beautiful Libraries on Film and TV” (via Flavorwire)

05/22/13

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The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man.

T.S. Eliot (via yourathenaeum)

(via andersoncountylibrary)

05/15/13

Top 10 Circulated Books of 2013: 3rd-4th grade at Travis Jonker’s Library

10. Friends by Catherine Thimmesh
9. The LEGO Ideas Book
8. 3-D Human Body
7. Dolphin Tale: A Tale of True Friendship by Emma Ryan
6. WWE Head to Head by Jake Black
5. Guinness World Records 2012

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05/15/13

Loving Lovecraft: Nebraska Teens Host Life-Size ‘Arkham Horror’ Game

05/15/13

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At this year’s TEDxAustin—an annual event that brings together leaders in technology, science, and design—the theme was ‘Fear Less.’ For librarians and educators, this might be our motto. Fear limits possibilities. It keeps us from venturing out on that limb, experimenting, and pushing the boundaries. In a fearful state, we focus on our limitations and the judgment of others, which hampers our ability to do what’s best for kids.

Carolyn Foote, “What Are You Afraid Of? We Can’t Afford to Hesitate | Project Advocacy”

05/14/13

05/8/13

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Critics of the report, such as Jeri Hurd, a high school library media specialist at the Western Academy of Beijing, and Buffy Hamilton, a learning strategist at the Cleveland Public Library, say that the sample is skewed toward parents that are white, relatively young, and well-educated, and so do not represent the general population.
“I am interested in the literate practices of many families of diverse backgrounds, not just those who have the cultural/school capital,” Hamilton tweeted, taking the discussion to social media.

Librarians Take Aim at Pew Study on Parents and Libraries | The Digital Shift (via libraryjournal)

(via libraryjournal)

05/7/13

“‘It has become more like a cultural space, which is about gathering people, giving people the opportunity to encounter each other…It’s not really about just being a repository of books.’” -architect Enrique Norten in “A Place to Hang Out (Read, Too)”

The Donnell Library Center in New York City is being replaced with a $20 million library that is much smaller and has the digital age in mind.
(the rendering above is from The New York Time’s story.)

“‘It has become more like a cultural space, which is about gathering people, giving people the opportunity to encounter each other…It’s not really about just being a repository of books.’” -architect Enrique Norten in “A Place to Hang Out (Read, Too)”

The Donnell Library Center in New York City is being replaced with a $20 million library that is much smaller and has the digital age in mind.

(the rendering above is from The New York Time’s story.)

05/7/13