“Phantom teachers” unable to be fired because they’re tenured, silently haunt New York’s libraries. While I can’t quite see working in a library as being in exile, it is a far cry from being a schoolteacher. [thakns brandon]
woo woo go carol!!
The Constant Reader is back with a small piece on bestsellers of yesteryear.
reviews of the Library of Congress
Did you know that epinions allows you to review locations, as long as they are nominally travel desitinations? See what vistors to the Library of Congress or the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library had to say about them. Maybe even add your own library…?
marylaine, is in my ears and in my eyes
Marylaine has a compendium of quotes on her site where she keeps all the old “cool quotes” that she uses. I discovered this well before I found out I was on it. Library Juice has this feature as well [links on the left side].
matthew battles, hunky
My quote for this week comes from the book Library: An Unquiet History which you should all drop everything right now and read. Matthew Battles has also written adorable libraryish pieces for Hermenaut.