January 2012
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Literary nail art →
If you’re a children’s literature fan, check out the nail art for Harry Potter (slide 2), The Hunger Games (slide 9), Tintin (slide 11), Where the Wild Things Are (slide 12), Alice in Wonderland (slide 13), and The Little Prince (slide 15).
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365: Make a Book a Day →
Donna Meyer’s Daily Journal of a Challenge: to make a book a day for a year.
[via January 10, 2012 Shelf Awareness]
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book & library crafts from papersnitch →
Library Card gift wrapping
Book wall art
Little library card notebooks
Book picture frames
[via the Craft zine blog in a kind of roundabout way]
December 2011
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November 2011
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Surprising fields in which a second language will... →
Library science is included in the list of nine fields. Is it really that “surprising”?
Working with research collections and books can be an obvious tie-in for those who want to use their multiple language skills. Anything from selecting to cataloging books can require knowledge of a non-English language. Additionally, libraries in immigrant neighborhoods have a need for ...
October 2011
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Reading Mummy
by Madame Souffle [via Craft zine blog]
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“A library is many things. It’s a place to go, to get in out of the rain. It’s a...”
– 26 years ago today, the world lost E. B. White – remember him with his poetic letter to children on the love of libraries. (via excessivebookshelf)
September 2011
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East Village bookshop owner busts library thief →
Book lovers have to stick together!
“There’s no other situation where I would do this. I was so angry that he was stealing from the library,” Davis said. “The library is just a very important piece of our community.”
[via Shelf Awareness]
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Family Man web comic →
I’m only on chapter one but I’m already enjoying it.
[via the Mary Sue]
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Help libraries recover from Hurricane Irene →
You may have already heard about the damage sustained by the Wells Memorial Library in New York after Hurricane Irene. They weren’t the only library to be hit with water damage: the West Hartford Public Library in Vermont lost 60% of its collection, including its entire children’s department. Please consider making a donation of books or money to help them rebuild.
For Wells...
August 2011
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Library's "Living Books" Program Will Loan Human... →
One of the most innovative new initiatives comes from the City Centre Library in Surrey, British Columbia, which is scheduled to open next month. Realizing that bound volumes are far from the only source of knowledge, librarians in Surrey will also lend out “living books”—in other words, people. Staff will maintain a list of local residents who have volunteered to share their...
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Unshelved greeting cards →
I can’t decide between these two cards … they’d be perfect for thank you cards to my students.
[sold at the Unshelved website]
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I Love Libraries: Supporting One of Our Nation's... →
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Neil Gaiman taking a picture of a picture of...
[via @AnnaNotKarenina yfrog]
[via Neil Gaiman on WhoSay]
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NYC Imagination Library →
A gift of free books for all NYC preschool children, sponsored by the NYC Department of Education and Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.
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Janis Ian Address to Metro Schools Librarians... →
Libraries are a hallmark of a civilized culture, and librarians represent that culture to all facets of society. We artists have a great affinity with you librarians, for many reasons, not the least of which is that we exist in large part to educate, and to protect. To make order out of chaos, and to teach others to do the same. To keep the dreams of a nation, of a people, safe for future...
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Turn a book into a gadget case →
[via Craft zine blog]
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How a Book is Made: AD 400 vs. 1947 vs. 1961 vs.... →
Four short videos on Brain Pickings
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Swear Like a Librarian →
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What People Don't Get About Working in a Library →
The Librarian #4 “I am not a babysitter for teachers’ planning periods.”
I am a librarian in a school setting. I am a professional with a Master’s degree and am a certified teacher in two states. I teach basic life skills, like how to find information, evaluate it critically, and use it in an ethical and creative way. I help children explore their passions and find...
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Letters to the Children of Troy →
In March 1970, Marguerite Hart became the first children’s librarian at the Troy Library. She was hired to plan children’s activities and to develop a children’s collection for the booming youth population in the City. […] In early 1971, Hart wrote to dozens of actors, authors, artists, musicians, playwrights, librarians, and politicians of the day. She asked them to write a letter...
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Librarians in the U.S. from 1880-2009 →
An analysis by Oxford University Press using 120 years of census data
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