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Strained Libraries Offer a Lifeline
Published on Sunday, March 22, 2009 by the Times Union (Albany, New York) by Donna Liquori A young Juanita Rarick found refuge at the Howe Library in Albany's South End during the Great Depression. There, the girl could escape the instability of the world outside. "I'd sit there and read quite a bit, maybe a couple of hours," an 88-year-old Rarick told me last year when I wrote about the Howe.Dream Library. Great Libraries
I always daydream about having a huge room of a library in my future home. Apart from miles of books and built-in shelves to the ceiling and possibly a second floor above the main one, my dream library would include the following and more:
-Large rectangular table or 2
-comfortable chair to sit at the tables
-comfortable lounge chairs or sofas
-atlas/dictionary stands
-at least one computer and desk set up to be able to access scanned documents or articles, and of course have access to my catalogue
-book carts (to take stuff off the shelves and wheel it to where I am sitting next to a computer or table)
-steps
-some sort of hidden door/room to be accessed from one of the bookshelves
here are a few things I love:
here are a few pictures of great libraries:
Some home libraries can be seen here: http://yourhomelibrary.wordpress.com/
We have 2 of these Norrebo shelves from IKEA that we use to store part of our library collection. Although they are 2 sided, which means we can put books on both sides, there's not nearly enough room for our books on them.
Overheard in the Library
Ok, I am so stealing from the great mind of my bestest friend. She works in a public library and OH the stories she can tell! She is super funny when she tells them, and since I too work in the public sector I know exactly where she is coming from.Children banned from libraries?
A new federal law may ban children from U.S libraries. The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act requires all children's products to be tested for lead. Since trace amounts of lead can be found in some printer's inks, especially in older booksl, the law may force libraries to exclude kids until every book is tested.The George W. Bush Presidential Library
The George W. Bush Presidential Library, now in the planning stages, is accepting donations. The Library will include: The Hurricane Katrina Room, which is still under construction.Download of the Day: Library Books
Whenever I sign out books at my local library (yes, I still do this), I always have to remember to record the due dates in my online calendar - or else I'm a late fees prime target. Thankfully there's a new Mac OS X application called library books that can track all the library books you've borrowed online.
Library Books connects to your library's cataloger and downloads the list of books you have checked out.
who knew a library could be so pretty?
We finally made our way to the Library of Congress this weekend. My husband has been bugging me to go. I had never expected it to look this beautiful...How to Back Up an iTunes Library to a DVD
Now, iTunes 7 offers a new way to back up your iTunes library, playlists, and iTunes Store purchases for safekeeping. The "Back Up to Disc" feature saves your media to a blank disc (CD or DVD) and once backed up, iTunes can use your backup disc(s) to automatically restore your iTunes library.- From the "File" menu, choose "Back Up to Disc".
At the Library
Hiii!!! Hm, right now im at the Jurong East Library from 1pm just now. Hm, well im not alone, im with my love one.A SCHOOL LIBRARY GETS A MAKEOVER
After a 2006 tornado ravaged her tiny Arkansas town, Marmaduke Elementary School librarian Lena Hood felt sick as she surveyed the debris-covered stacks. "It was so sad," links of londonLena, 63. Yet the damage to the rural school--where half the students are poor--made one thing clear: The school's library was a relic, Links of London Bracelettattered, outdated books, including a 1957 tome on the Soviet Union.
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