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…
Category: Libraries
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…
Presented with Laura Johnson for the Northeast Florida Library Information Network (NEFLIN) on 13 November 2014. Thanks to all the attendees for the wonderful comments…
This is an artist’s conception of a proposal to make the card catalog viewable from divisional libraries elsewhere on campus through a closed-circuit TV system.…