National Library Week theme announced.
Love its emphasis on libraries as not just about books, but also about community and hobbies.
(via teachingliteracy)
Source: ala.org
I LOVE this book, it’s excellent. Spoilers-the end will probably make you cry.
Kathleen Krull is an excellent children’s biographer. Her “and what the neighbors thought” series has some especially cool books.
Click through picture to Amazon link.
Every day of my life someone comes up to me and tells me about the impact the show had on them growing up,” Burton says. “it’s no secret that our educational system is no longer the platinum standard on the world stage that it once was. This is simply my way of continuing to do what I’ve always done, just in a different medium.
Just finished putting away some books on my new bookshelves. Some are new, some are old, some I’ve read, and some I haven’t. Some belong to the library. And there’s still books piled up all over my room that won’t fit.
Source: mylittlehousee
Attempting to live life the way they’ve always lived it — by preserving check-outs, throttling supply, and creating queues for e-books — publishers and libraries are only cementing their place in the past. One idea toward a different outcome? Perhaps instead of a library simply telling a patron that a book isn’t available, work with Amazon to create a consignment approach. The patron could have the book on their device for a week without charge and read up to 50% of the book in that time. If the e-book is returned to the library in that time, they can pick up where they stopped and it’s all still free. If not, they can buy the book (and the library gets a percentage of the sale), or they can wait it out. Libraries have a great potential role in marketing e-books, but if they continue to think of themselves as the preservationists of physical artifacts, the emerging e-book platforms will leapfrog them. Publishers would also find a natural alignment here.
Outdoor bookstore in Ojai
Source: la-dolcefarniente
If I’m honest I have to tell you I still read fairy tales and I like them best of all.
Source: Flickr / holliwithani
Yay for Pittsburgh! I’m going to go ahead and say that my obsessive Amazon book ordering contributed to that.
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Source: Mashable
