July 2009
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“A coupla months in the laboratory can save a coupla hours in the library.”
– Westheimer’s Discovery (via infoneernet)
Jul 2nd
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Jul 1st
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“These are not lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.”
– Gilbert Arthur Highet on books (via infoneernet)
Jul 1st
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June 2009
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Frugal readers drive up library circulation 30% →
infoneernet: “People are realizing, ‘Why should I buy my books, my CDs — I can get it free at the library,’ ” Library Commissioner Mary Dempsey said Saturday, speaking at the dedication of a new library in Beverly. Dempsey said the use of online holds — reserving books online to pick up at a local library — has increased 100 percent in the last year. Seen at Chicago Sun-Times
Jun 29th
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Jun 28th
Jun 27th
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Jun 26th
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Jun 23rd
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mavergames: “Libraries raised me. I don’t believe in colleges and universities. I believe in libraries” - Ray Bradbury (well said, Ray)
Jun 22nd
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“Doing research on the Web is like using a library assembled piecemeal by pack...”
– (Roger Ebert) (via dailycow) (via libraryland)
Jun 22nd
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You Don't Look Like a Librarian →
Jun 12th
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“If anything, [libraries may be] less necessary for certain things, but that has...”
– Kristin Czubkowsk’s article for Madison’s Capital Times. She summarizes the library’s new role as a place for specialized (as opposed to basic) research, a source for pleasure reading, and a center of community activity.
Jun 12th
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Jun 10th
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“They probably don’t even know what a library card looks like, much less have...”
– John Palfrey and Urs Gasser on “digital natives” in Born Digital.
Jun 10th