Category Archives: Libraries

Hot Bagels for Breakfast

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

Who doesn’t love a hot bagel? Never had a bagel? So sad for you. This wonderful short film is from the Brooklyn Public Library film archives. Filmed in the heart of Brooklyn, New York during the 1970s, the film is … Continue reading →

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America’s Most Literate Cities

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

For the second consecutive year, Washington, D.C. , has been ranked as the most literate city in the country, according to an annual statistical survey from Connecticut Central State University in New Britain. Here is the top 10 for the … Continue reading →

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Deutschland Joins World Book Night

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

Germany has become the third country to join the World Book Night celebrations. Started in the UK last year, World Book Night will take place this year on April 23rd and is centered on the give-away of millions of books … Continue reading →

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Free Art Books

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

The fabulous Guggenheim Museum in New York City recently made sixty-five classic artists’ catalogs and art texts available for free online. This treasuretrove offers many impossible to find historic catalogs from such giants as Kandinsky, Klee, Schiele, Klimt, Calder, Munch … Continue reading →

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Library In Winter

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

This endearing film by Sergey Stefanovich takes the viewer on a literary journey through novelist, travel writer and journalist Duncan Fallowell‘s enviable personal library. The author provides the narration for the video which traverses the marvelous library which has gradually … Continue reading →

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Pssst…French Books

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

  The Grolier Club of New York City has fostered interest in, and support for, book arts for more than 125 years. It also offers regular exhibitions, displays, lectures and publications on publishing, printing, libraries, book art and the book … Continue reading →

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eBook Treasures

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Bibliophiles will be dead chuffed to discover eBook Treasures a new way to view (and own) rare books. The UK-based organization has partnered with the British Library, the Royal Society, the John Rylands Library and the British Natural History Museum … Continue reading →

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Smalls Demon Is Coming

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Small Demons is a new site “that believes powerful and interesting things happen when you connect all the details of books”. Still in beta, Small Demons is quietly gearing-up and inviting booklovers and bibliophiles to join and participate in their … Continue reading →

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Bilibrary is Coming

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Tim Coates has been an writer and publisher in the U.K., but he is best known as the former head of the Waterstone’s bookselling chain and now he is moving into a new frontier as the founder of Bilbrary.com, a … Continue reading →

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Occupy Libraries

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

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