“A coupla months in the laboratory can save a coupla hours in the library.” — Westheimer’s Discovery (via infoneernet)
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“These are not lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.” — Gilbert Arthur Highet on books (via infoneernet)
Frugal readers drive up library circulation 30% -
“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
spmorrissey: Librarian at work - Photo by Tom Sheehan
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“Libraries raised me. I don’t believe in colleges and universities. I believe in libraries” - Ray Bradbury (well said, Ray)
“Doing research on the Web is like using a library assembled piecemeal by pack rats and vandalized nightly.” — (Roger Ebert) (via dailycow) (via libraryland)