This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All by Marilyn Johnson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I picked up a galley of this book while attending ALA Midwinter, and thoroughly enjoyed it. Marilyn Johnson became interested in librarians while researching her previous book on obituaries, and running into a few fascinating [...]

The British Library is always up to something interesting; I just discovered their Database of Bookbindings. This is an entire online collection dedicated to the bindings of books held by the British Library, some of which date back to 1500! The collection also includes some items held by the National Library of Netherlands.
The collection includes [...]

Gringo: A Coming of Age in Latin America by Chesa Boudin
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I picked up this book because of the title; I’m a big fan of the word “Gringo.” And for those of you who are about to get offended, know that I am the daughter of a self-proclaimed “gringo” and [...]

Yesterday while I was riding the bus to work a new billboard caught my eye, one for Read.gov. Read.gov is part of the Library of Congress, and it aims to encourage reading of all kinds of material, by every age group. On the website you’ll find recommendations by age group, and for educators, and under [...]

Here’s a slide show of the world’s longest outdoor bookcase. The bookcases were filled with books that visitors could swap with their own book, or which they could purchase for a donation to The Australian Literacy and Numeration Foundation.

Aquí hay una galería de fotos del estante de libros, al aire abierto, más grande del [...]

A couple days ago my father sent me this slide show from the BBC on the pirate book industry in Peru. The author comments that Peru has one of the worst cases of book pirating in all of Latin America, and that books from all over the world find their way into the industry. It [...]

Some of these are just plain silly, or reinforce stereotypes, but the majority hit the nail on the head.
Originally from Zen College Life.
1. Librarians take care of libraries, which are still invaluable today.
2. Not all information is on the internet.
3. Older books still hold great cultural significance.
4. Libraries are still repositories for some of the [...]

My friend Elissa just sent me the link to this great Christmas tree. The display was put together at the William H. Hannon Library, at the Loyola Marymount campus. Enjoy!
Mi amiga Elisa me acaba de enviar el vínculo a un árbol de Navidad. El árbol se armo en la Biblioteca William H. Hannon de la [...]

Zazzle.com has a lot of fun library related merchandise. Here is just a small sampling.
Zazzle.com tiene un montón de mercancía divertida relacionadas con la biblioteca. Esta es sólo una pequeña muestra.

Sin Tetas No Hay Paraiso by Gustavo Bolivar Moreno
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is a piece of fiction that weaves together a lot of Colombia’s recent history relating to the drug war. The story follows a young girl along her struggle to become physically “beautiful” in order to gain the attention and [...]