You may have read recently that Kindle has implemented a lending “feature” which could really be barely called lending. I’m not sure what it’s good for, but people have pointed out that other ereaders have lending options too. Jane over at Dear Author, a romance review blog I had not previously read, compares the different e-reader lending features. [via]
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complex, but with multiple access points – Liquor for Librarians
Apropos. Pedantic: Liquor for Librarians. Happy New Year everyone. Year-end reading and library lists start tomorrow.
who hasn’t wanted to live in a library?
Here is the Trailer for the imaginary feature film “The Library”
policies aren’t really policies if you don’t enforce them
Ed Bilodeau has a few words about food/drink/trash policies. If you feel that you must have them, enforce them.
I am calling on librarians everywhere to pull yourself away from the Internet and take a few minutes every day at different times of the day to take a stroll around your library and ensure that your policies regarding food, drink, and general proper use of the library are being respected.
Why the Library of Congress Is Blocking Wikileaks
I’m not totally comfortable with Library of Congress specifically blocking access to Wikileaks for staff and patrons at the Library of Congress as confirmed on Talking Points Memo. Here is the LoC blog’s response which refers to the same statement they are giving to reporters and the press. The situation is, of course, quite complicated but I find this to be an odd precedent that makes me a little itchy.