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Books Win! NYPL drops makeover, Freakonomics on Libraries
Books Win! Books Win! In what will be remembered as one of the biggest victories for the printed book in the digital age. The New York Public Library has reversed direction on the proposed renovation...
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Walker Evans visits the New York Public Library
In 1949 noted photographer Walker Evans visited the New York Library and began shooting. When he was done 68 images where in the bag. Now thanks to the recent release of a treasure trove of hundreds...
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POTUS in the White House Library
The Eisenhower family during the televised special celebrating the president’s birthday, 1958 It started as a laundry room. In 1935 it was turned into a library and in 1961 “a committee was appointed...
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The McSweeney’s Archive is open for business
Dave Eggers launched Timothy McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern from his Brooklyn apartment in 1998. When the the McSweeney’s archive was acquired by the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas a...
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Gay Fairy Tale Book in Public Libraries Irks the American Family Association
The book is called The Princes and the Treasure and features two handsome princes who go on a quest to save a princess, but ultimately fall in love with each other. The book is written by Jeffrey A....
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The Libraries of Chinguetti
It was once known as seventh holy city of Islam. It was also called the “City of Libraries” and home to the cultural elite of West Africa. Now Chinguetti is in the process of being swallowed up in...
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One for the father of library science
A visual homage to Dr. Shiyali Ranganathan from the folks at USC Marshall School Business
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Two sides of the Obama Presidential Library
While the battle for the bragging rights to host the Obama Presidential Library continues to heat up some folks in Newport, Nebraska had a different take on where it should be housed. The most popular...
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The 100th anniversary of the destruction of the University of Leuven Library
On August 19th, 1914 the Germans seized control of the Belgian town of Leuven and began bombarding it. One of the most notable targets was the University of Leuven (Louvain) Library which was soon...
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Minnesota: Land of 10,000 lakes and 1 floating library
There are lakes everywhere in Minnesota and now one of them has a floating library. Thanks to Sarah Peters the contraption above is open for business on Cedar Lake in Minneapolis. Designed by Molly...
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Reading Room for One
For the 2013 Lisbon Architecture Triennale artist Marta Wengorovius teamed with architect Francisco Aires Mateus to produce this little slice of paradise; a reading cabin for one. The simple wood...
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Need Help? There are 165,986 librarians across the U.S.: Checking Out...
Infographic courtesy of H&R Block (not sure what their relationship to libraries is) h/t Electric Literature
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Book Patrol is now offering social media services for the book set
Are you a bookseller who has been helplessly watching your online sales decline while still hoping for that early promise of selling books online to return? Are you a book or arts related...
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Little Free Library Love at the Seattle Design Festival
This year’s Seattle Design Festival included A Little Free Library Design/Build Competition called Libraries on the Loose! The challenge: To design, build and steward a Little Free Library (LFL)...
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Get Busy at the Library
September is National Library Card Sign-up Month, a national celebration of public libraries and time to make sure that students have the most important school supply of all — a free Library card. As...
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New technology looks to uncover hidden text on map that influenced...
The map is referred to as the Martellus map. It is named after its creator, the German cartographer Henricus Martellus, and is thought be have been produced in or around 1491. The only known surviving...
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Banned Books Week Warm Up: School Board in Oregon fighting over “Persepolis”
Why wait until Banned Books Week starts next week to start celebrating the madness. This time we go to Murphy, Oregon where things got a little heated at the Three Rivers School Board meeting. At...
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Books Left for Dead: The Horror of Abandoned Schools
Community at Work by Stephanie. Philadelphia, 2011. In an era when most schools and kids have glaring book needs it is an utter tragedy to witness these images. All taken within the last five years and...
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Scared Straight, 1990’s Style: Drug and Alcohol Posters from Uncle Sam
Here’s another offering courtesy of the new partnership between the Government Printing Office (GPO) and the Digital Public Library of America. A sampling of Government issued posters from the early...
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Calgary’s New Public Library will be one for the ages
The latest entry in the elite coolest libraries on the planet club comes from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The competition-winning design from Snøhetta and DIALOG rings in the new while melding into the...
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