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Category Archives: Libraries
Who Can Forget Their First Bookmobile
Yikes ! I nearly forgot that today is National Bookmobile Day. Although they’ve been disappearing at an alarming rate lately due to heavyhanded budget cutting, nearly 1,000 bookmobiles still range wild and free throughout the United States bringing essential library … Continue reading
Churchill in NYC
Winston Churchill is considered by many historians to be among the finest orators and writers of the twentieth century. His speeches galvanized Great Britain at its darkest hour during World War II, and his letters to President Franklin D. Roosevelt … Continue reading
Is Your Library Mysterious
Well-timed to coincide with the National Archives’ release of the 1940 Census, the Milstein Division of the New York Public Library has posted this charming video teaser about the library’s research facilities. The Milstein Division collects materials documenting American History … Continue reading
We Love Margaret Atwood (even more)
The prophetic, bestselling author Margaret Atwood is galvanizing public support for striking library workers in Toronto, Canada, while challenging shortsighted proposed cuts to library budgets. This week, Ms. Atwood said that “People support libraries, but sometimes don’t understand that it … Continue reading
In March, Read Books You’ve Always Meant To Read
In 1935, President Roosevelt initiated the Works Progress Administration to both create jobs and to encourage community spirit. The much respected New Deal agency recruited millions of Americans from all walks of life and launched thousands of valuable public service … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, History, Libraries, USA, Writing
Tagged Franklin D. Roosevelt, Works Progress Administration, WPA
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Found Libraries
Even though there are still more than 13,000 public payphones on New York City sidewalks, they are seen by most residents as dead technology, if they are noticed at all. But NY architect and civil society activist John Locke, the … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Books, Libraries, USA
Tagged New York, New York City, Payphone
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Lost Libraries
In an age of data retrieval, when just about anything ever printed can be seen online and is eternally preserved there, and when modern anxiety is fuelled by too much information, we would do well to remember that the loss … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, History, Libraries
Tagged Batrachomyomachia, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Crispin, John Evelyn, Musaeum Clausum, Public Domain Review, Thomas Browne
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Lincoln in Books
The brand new Center for Education and Leadership at Washington DC’s Ford’s Theater Museum sports a ten meter-tall tower of 6,800 books all about President Abraham Lincoln. The books are all histories or biographies about the 16th President, along with … Continue reading
Posted in Books, History, Libraries, Museums, Tourism, USA
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Ford's Theatre, Washington DC
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What’s a Rare Bookman
The exhibition “Ray Safford, Rare Bookman,” which opened yesterday at the Grolier Club, New York City, offers a look into the famed New York firm of Charles Scribner’s Sons and the literary, publishing, and rare book worlds in turn-of-the-century New York. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, History, Libraries, Museums, USA, Writing
Tagged Edward W. Bok, Grolier Club, Lewis Carroll, New York City, Rudyard Kipling, Uncle Remus
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