A great use for the famed British phone box! “A traditional red phone box has been recycled into one of the country’s smallest lending libraries – stocking 100 books. Villagers from Westbury-sub-Mendip in Somerset can use the library around the clock, selecting books, DVDs and CDs. Users simply stock it with a book they have [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Libraries’
A Pop-in Lending Library!
Posted in Books, Libraries, News, tagged BBC News, Great Britain, Libraries on June 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A Web Round-up ~
Posted in News, tagged book blogs, Book Reviews, Bookstores, Libraries, Tate on December 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Here is a compilation of tidbits ~ articles, booklists, blogs, etc that I have been storing up through Christmas week; some are now outdated, and also perhaps repeated elsewhere, but here they are ~ all things books, libraries, bookstores and blogging: *An essay at the The New York Times on “You Never Know What You’ll [...]
“The Night Bookmobile”
Posted in Literature, News, tagged Audrey Niffenegger, Books, Graphic Novels, Guardian, Librarians, Libraries, Night Bookmobile on December 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I am late to the table on this one, but just discovered (thanks to the link at Book Hunters Holiday) this fabulous graphic novel, “The Night Bookmobile” by Audrey Niffenegger (author of The Time Traveler’s Wife). Started in May 2008 and posted on The Guardian.co.uk, the weekly serial is based on the author’s short story [...]
Vermont Historical Society: 10 Treasures of the VHS Library
Posted in News, Vermont Resources, tagged Antiquarian Books, Charles Tuttle Fund, Libraries, Vermont Historical Society on November 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Friday, November 21, 2008, Ten treasures of the VHS Library: Celebration of Reiko and Charles E. Tuttle, Jr. Fund 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm • VHS Leahy Library, 60 Washington St., Barre, VT Come see Ethan Allen’s “Reason, the Only Oracle of Man,” the earliest photographic images of Vermont, the original map for the proposed [...]
“Handle this Book!”
Posted in Antiquarian Books, News, tagged Libraries, Rare Books, Special Collections, University of Pennsylvania on November 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
TOUCHING HISTORY at the University of Pennsylvania: Students can now peruse ancient texts at the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at the University of Pennsylvania. “We’re not running a museum,” says John Pollack, one of the library’s specialists. See this article with photos in the NY Times “Handle This Book!” by Roger Mummert about the trend in Rare [...]
