Libraries and rural alienation
Libraries and rural alienation: Head librarian Barbara Clubb can quickly list the benefits of libraries. Columnist Joe Banks says that threatened closures of rural branches has...
View ArticleGeek girls do it with foxy librarian frames
Geek girls do it with foxy librarian frames: Good news, those glasses you’re wearing? They’re “FOXY!” I am a geek girl to the core, despite bubble...
View ArticleE-book readers by Sony, Amazon have their charms
The USA Today takes a look at the wireless Kindle and the non-wireless Sony Reader Portable Reader System. E-readers aren’t ideal for all kinds of works;...
View ArticleWhere the Wild Things Came From
Slate.com: By the end of the 19th century, the art in kids’ books had become madcap and zany and irreverent. From the postwar period, one can...
View ArticleDan Brown to unveil Washington’s Masonic past
A sequel to the blockbuster thriller “The Da Vinci Code” is set to lift the veil on mysterious Freemason symbols carved into the very fabric of...
View ArticleHow Much Do Book Blurbs Matter?
Over at the Freakonomics Blog, Stephen J. Dubner comments on whether or not book blurbs have any real value in helping potential customers decide whether or...
View ArticleWriter who sued over Da Vinci Code dies
Richard Leigh (Who apparently also looks like Lemmy from Motorhead), a writer of alternative history who unsuccessfully sued for plagiarism over themes in Dan Brown’s blockbuster...
View ArticleOn the Clock to Get Her MLS
The Winding Rivers Library System Board on Wednesday gave Tomah, WI librarian Irma Keller a second chance to get her state-required credentials. When hired in April,...
View Article‘The Future of the Internet–and How to Stop It’
Restrictive tools and rash approaches to security challenges are endangering the health of the online ecosystem, an Oxford University researcher warned Wednesday. You can call Zittrain’s...
View ArticlePublisher’s Weekly: Amazon’s Kindle: Very Cool, Really Easy
There’s a lot to like about Amazon’s new digital reading device, the Kindle. It’s a lightweight, slickly designed handheld device with a crystal clear black and...
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