Librarians

The New Yorker Editor Who Became a Comic Book Hero

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This article By Eleanor Davis; Interview by Jeff MacGregor is off of the Smithsonian Magazine website, on November 12, 2015. ~ * ~ Comic books? Educational? The very idea is comical to anyone familiar with the 1954 Senate subcommittee investigation that linked juvenile delinquency to horror and crime comics. The politicians dealt the industry a staggering … Read more

What would it be like to be raised by Feral Librarians? In the House of the Seven Librarians by Ellen Klages explores that idea.

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Here is a story from Ellen Klages from the Uncanny A Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy website. I think I would love to be raised by feral librarians but I don’t think I would want to leave. ~ * ~ In the House of the Seven Librarians by Ellen Klages Once upon a time, the … Read more

Google may be copying your book without your permission. Here’s why that is a good thing.

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Today’s post comes from my other site Publetariat.com, a place for authors. ~ * ~ Similar to web searches, Google is trying to create an online searchable library through Google Books and the Google Library Project. Approximately 30 million books have been scanned. The only larger collection is the Library of Congress, which has 37 … Read more

So this is the scariest thing I can think of, when is the last time you read a book?

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According to Pew Research 28% of American Adults did not read one single book last year. Overall reading has gone down 4% in the same time frame, eBook reading remained flat. The article, Slightly fewer Americans are reading print books, breaks down the demographics further, and is part of a much larger report on Libraries … Read more

Ever returned a late library book? Don’t feel guilty, you could be this guy…

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What is the latest you have ever returned a library book? I think mine was a whole summer when I was in Jr. High School, because it took that long for me to clean my room and find it. But one mysterious person that checked a couple of books out of the Portland State University … Read more

No more library catalog cards…..

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If you are a reader of a certain age you will remember going to the library and going through stacks of catalog cards looking for a book. You might have learned the dewy decimal system at the same time. Well the bell has tolled, those days are over. Online Computer Library Center, the last company … Read more

This librarian banned a book

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As a follow up and final post from this year’s banned books week I offer you this article from Rawstory I’m a librarian who banned a book — here’s why. “In the library world, access to information is a human right, not to be tampered with or controlled in any way.” You may not realize … Read more