As London Public Library in southwestern Ontario commits to adding a full-time addiction and mental health specialist to its staff, experts say more social work training and support is exactly what urban libraries need. Continue reading >> [ Source: CBC | 2022-03-16 19:33:18 UTC ]
In March 2020, I happened to be working at a library for the first time (shoutout to my friends at BPL), and got to witness up-close how quickly the staff pivoted their services to respond to the pandemic: shifting programming online and expanding their virtual presence; starting a delivery... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-03-09 19:43:39 UTC ]
Prone to flooding, by the 1970s Brisbane’s South Bank was largely undeveloped open space. It is now home to Queensland’s major cultural institutions. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Conversation | 2022-03-02 05:39:40 UTC ]
Andrew Pettegree, co-author of “The Library: A Fragile History,” discusses the centuries-long development of libraries as a civic necessity. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2022-02-24 18:26:27 UTC ]
Valve’s portable PC gaming machine, the Steam Deck, is gaining a lot of attention as its official release date draws near. But between its Linux-based Steam OS operating system and its power-efficient AMD parts, players could be forgiven for wondering which high-powered games can actually run... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2022-02-23 17:14:15 UTC ]
A look at secretive libraries and hidden repositories of books around the world, and how people came to discover them. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-02-21 11:30:00 UTC ]
As both the Chrome and Firefox browsers approach their 100th versions, what should be a reason for the developers to celebrate could turn into a bit of a mess. It turns out that much like the Y2K bug, the triple-digit release numbers coded in the browsers' User-Agents (UAs) could cause issues... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2022-02-17 08:54:22 UTC ]
Neal and Sullivan have been recognized with honorary membership, the ALA’s highest honor, for their "outstanding contributions of lasting importance to libraries and librarianship." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
“She was a renaissance woman in the most exemplary sense.” Morgan Jerkins on the underread Jessie Redmon Fauset. | Lit Hub History Ilan Stevens in praise of the American library, an “essential ingredient” of democracy. | Lit Hub Bookstores & Libraries “Few others so relentlessly place the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-02-16 11:30:27 UTC ]
In ruling for the AAP, judge Deborah L. Boardman held that "striking the balance between the critical functions of libraries and the importance of preserving the exclusive rights of copyright holders" is "squarely in the province of Congress and not this Court or a state legislature." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-16 05:00:00 UTC ]
We once again have to point out that you cannot actually “steal” from a little free library. And you should definitely not get the cops involved if you think someone is “stealing” the explicitly free things you’ve put out. Little free libraries do NOT come with means tests. But is it possible... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-02-11 15:43:09 UTC ]
The programs first went into effect in March of 2020 in response to the Covid-19 crisis, and will have been in force for over two years by the time they expire if they are not extended further. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
Because you can never have enough gorgeous libraries to imagine yourself visiting: Condition_Lab’s new Pingtan Book House library in Pingtan, China, built by working closely with local carpenters and CUHK architecture students, is a luminous, organic structure with a matrix of bookshelves in the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-02-10 19:05:38 UTC ]
Books in schools and libraries increasingly have targets on their spines. The more partisan the battle has become, the more it manifests as a power struggle, rather than an effort to best serve children. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2022-02-09 18:11:00 UTC ]
The Steam Deck, Valve’s take on a Switch-style portable PC gaming machine, is perhaps the most anticipated piece of portable hardware since…well, since the Nintendo Switch. So it’s understandable that the technology press is champing at the bit to devour every detail about it, even well before... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2022-02-09 18:09:04 UTC ]
The Steam Deck, Valve’s take on a Switch-style portable PC gaming machine, is perhaps the most anticipated piece of portable hardware since…well, since the Nintendo Switch. So it’s understandable that the technology press is champing at the bit to devour every detail about it, even well before... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2022-02-08 14:47:24 UTC ]
Annual investment doubles as production industry races to replenish libraries depleted by the pandemicThe UK film and TV industry has bounced back spectacularly from the pandemic with a record £5.6bn spent making blockbusters such as Mission: Impossible 7 and big-budget dramas including... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-02-04 13:52:58 UTC ]
Libraries can celebrate BHM with displays, events, and more — but it won't mean much if the library isn't a safe place for Black people. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-02-03 11:31:00 UTC ]
Robert Dawson’s The Public Library: A Photographic Essay is a visual love letter to libraries and a testament to the power of reading. The post Our Love for Libraries Told in Photographs appeared first on The Millions. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Millions | 2022-01-28 21:30:33 UTC ]
A new, highly concerning entry in the wave of classroom book bans sweeping the nation: Gene McGee, mayor of Ridgeland, Mississippi, is withholding $110,000 of funding from the Madison County Library System—funding already approved by the board of aldermen—until librarians remove “homosexual... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-01-28 17:52:29 UTC ]