https://vimeo.com/74616017 The Wire takes a tour of the British Library’s Sound Archive, deep below its London residences on the Euston Road, to talk about sound…
Category: Libraries
As part of its vast collection of literary and historic treasures (the Magna Carta, Leonardo da Vinci’s notebook), the British Library owns some six million…
I read copyright pages. (Don’t ask.) As a result, sometimes I read suprising things. Here’s something I found last night: Well, that’s interesting… A normal…
The ALA published a report investigating the use of filters and found they were disproportionately blocking out left-leaning views on issues such as gay marriage…
Once again, Jessamyn West nails it. Having a waiting list for library ebooks is really stupid, on the face of it. As a librarian I’m…
Scroobius Pip‘s animated poem ‘Library’ – commissioned by Chris Hawkins for BBC 6 Music’s celebration of libraries and performed live on his show in November…