How do you make sure that the people who live in your dollhouse are (or seem to be) as well read as you are? You buy them dollhouse book covers, naturally. Legal, Egyptian, Mystery, these dolls read it all. I just tripped over these at Etsy.com but apparently there is a burgeoning market for mini book covers.
Category: books
Wikipedia vs. Britannica from a librarian perspective.
Good article in this month’s Searcher Magazine comparing and contrasting Wikipedia and Britannica with an eye towards castigating neither.
Let’s act like careful, reasonable people. Wikipedia is a great starting point. It’s a lesson in research methodology, a fun way to share expertise, and a groundbreaking new way of working. Its consensus model represents a shift in management styles and away from hierarchical organization. You might say that Wikipedia is Zen-like. Its ever-changing nature means that when you read it, you are completely in the moment. And its collective brain is like a conscious universe in which we are all one.
Britannica is a different animal. Flawed, yes. Behind the times with regard to non-Western and minority leadership, sure. Indispensable? You betcha.
the mystery of the wire loop – can you help?
Help a librarian solve a mystery. Why do these London-published books have a wire loop embedded in their binding? [dust]
to be literate is to possess the cow of plenty
How I wish there was a Creative Commons license on this book cover image of The Five Laws of Library Science posted to Flickr by the Tutt Library.
On the Road is on the road at SFPL
I rarely post about library exhibits any more, but if you’re in the San Francisco area, stop by the San Francisco Public Library and see 36 feet of the original 120 foot scrolled manuscript of On The Road as well as other Kerouaciana