Category: Books

Jun 20 2010

Beautiful Book Art

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I know this will be rather blasphemous to a number of book lovers, but oh well, here are some beautiful pieces of art made out of books. Sé que esto...

Jun 09 2010

Books, Latin America, Libraries, World

Arma de Instrucción Masiva

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This Argentinean artist, Raul Lemesoff, has transformed an old car into a mobile library. His rolling library named Arma de Instrucción Masiva ( Weapon of Mass Instruction) aims are spreading...

Apr 26 2010

Books, Europe, World

A Rolling Library

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My friend Patrick just send me a link to this cool rolling library! Danish architect David Garcia knows that traveling with books is complicated because they are so heavy, so...

Apr 18 2010

Americas, Books, Libraries

George Washington’s overdue books

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Every so often a new story turns up about some good Samaritan returning books that have been due for decades and decades. Well here’s a similar story involving a former...

Apr 12 2010

Books, Technology

The latest organizational bio-optical device, the “BOOK”

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This is a great tongue-in-cheek video about the latest “organizational bio-optical device, known by its commercial name as, Book.” Just imagine, this revolutionary device functions with no cables, needs no...

Apr 07 2010

Book Reviews, Books, Censorship, Libraries

Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury

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Fahrenheit 451: A Novel by Ray Bradbury My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is one of those books I always heard about, but hadn’t actually read, so I finally...

Mar 23 2010

Book Reviews, Books, Libraries, World

Top 10 Books Written by Librarians

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My father just forwarded me an email he received from AbeBooks.com which gathered the top 10 books written by librarians. Here is the content of the email and their selection...

Feb 15 2010

Americas, Archives, Book Reviews, Books, Libraries, Manuscripts, Public Libraries, Social Networks, Technology, Tools, Web 2.0

This Books Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All, by Marilyn Johnson

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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...

Feb 12 2010

Books, Databases, Europe, Images, Libraries, National Libraries, Preservation, World

Database of Bookbindings

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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...