Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Reading Rat
Sparky from St. Paul by John Updike, review of Schulz and Peanuts by David Michaelis, The New Yorker, October 22, 2007
Wanted: a national culture by Jonathan Sacks, The Times of London, October 20, 2007
World Digital Library
(via Joseph A. Komonchak at dotCommonweal)
On my recommended reading list, I've updated the entries for Martin Heidegger, James Joyce, Lin Yutang, Vladimir Nabakov, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, E. B. White, and Virginia Woolf.
Libraries to reopen for profit
Matthew Preusch reported in The Oregonian. "After voters rejected a library levy to make up the lost funds, the county opted for outsourcing to cut costs, and last week it approved a contract with Library Systems & Services, the country's largest private operator of public libraries."
(via WisBlawg)
On my recommended reading list, I've updated the entries for Kingsley Amis, Saul Bellow, Lawrence Durrell, Ralph Ellison, Thomas Kuhn, Flannery O'Connor, and Henry Roth.
The Library Story, City of Franklin, Wisconsin, newsletter October 2007 [8 pp. pdf]
Dr. Librarian: Physician adds literacy to health care mix
Katie Dean reports in The Capital Times. "Pediatric resident Dipesh Navsaria has a novel way of measuring his young patients' development during checkups: He puts a book in their hands and watches their reaction. ..."
(via WisBlawg)
My Library is Dukedom Enough, with "How to set up your library so that your reading flourishes", posted by TS @ 13:16 October 16, 2007 Video meliora, proboque; Deteriora sequor
Data on Demand, Watchdog blog, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
(via WisBlawg)
We cannot accept the following books: [pdf]
- Magazines (other than food[,] art, architecture or collectible magazines)
- Law Books
- Reader’s Digest Condensed Books
- Removed Library Books
- Romance Novels
- Damaged Books (mildew, water, fire, ripped ... .)
- Encyclopedias that are more than 10 years old
[Little City Used Book Sale.] ¶ 10/31/2007 08:01:00 PM
Wanted: a national culture by Jonathan Sacks, The Times of London, October 20, 2007
World Digital Library
(via Joseph A. Komonchak at dotCommonweal)
On my recommended reading list, I've updated the entries for Martin Heidegger, James Joyce, Lin Yutang, Vladimir Nabakov, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, E. B. White, and Virginia Woolf.
Libraries to reopen for profit
Matthew Preusch reported in The Oregonian. "After voters rejected a library levy to make up the lost funds, the county opted for outsourcing to cut costs, and last week it approved a contract with Library Systems & Services, the country's largest private operator of public libraries."
(via WisBlawg)
On my recommended reading list, I've updated the entries for Kingsley Amis, Saul Bellow, Lawrence Durrell, Ralph Ellison, Thomas Kuhn, Flannery O'Connor, and Henry Roth.
The Library Story, City of Franklin, Wisconsin, newsletter October 2007 [8 pp. pdf]
Dr. Librarian: Physician adds literacy to health care mix
Katie Dean reports in The Capital Times. "Pediatric resident Dipesh Navsaria has a novel way of measuring his young patients' development during checkups: He puts a book in their hands and watches their reaction. ..."
(via WisBlawg)
My Library is Dukedom Enough, with "How to set up your library so that your reading flourishes", posted by TS @ 13:16 October 16, 2007 Video meliora, proboque; Deteriora sequor
Data on Demand, Watchdog blog, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
(via WisBlawg)
We cannot accept the following books: [pdf]
- Magazines (other than food[,] art, architecture or collectible magazines)
- Law Books
- Reader’s Digest Condensed Books
- Removed Library Books
- Romance Novels
- Damaged Books (mildew, water, fire, ripped ... .)
- Encyclopedias that are more than 10 years old
[Little City Used Book Sale.] ¶ 10/31/2007 08:01:00 PM
