A Few Fun Things
In an interesting contrast to yesterday’s optimistic Neal Stephenson, there is Verner Vinge, scifi writer and coiner of the phrase …
Category Archives: Library
A Little Bit on Fonts, a Little Bit on E-books
The weekend is almost here and I seem to have an accumulation of links and things to share so this …
A Little of This and a Little of That
It’s a linky kind of evening and I hope you don’t mind. But before I get to the links, I …
E-books, Librarians, and Food
I checked out an e-book for the first time last week from the library for my Kindle. It was really …
Of Note: Library Ebook Survey
I have two books I finished this week, Marguerite Yourcenar’s Memoirs of Hadrian, and just this evening on the train …
E-books and Publishers and Libraries
Library Journal has an interesting piece up called Our Ebook Future that consists of three interviews with three different publishers. …
Even Protesters Need a Library
No need for a pretend Friday because it’s Thursday, but I’m still in need of a Friday so maybe today …
Even the Library of Congress Isn’t Safe From Budget Cuts
The Library of Congress is cutting almost 10% of its workforce after having its budget cut by by $53 million. …
Let’s Pretend it’s Friday!
Since yesterday I keep thinking today is Friday. Unfortunately, wishing it were Friday does not a Friday make. We are …
Libraries and a Librarian Booklist
Alan Bennett has a lovely article in the London Review of Books, Baffled at a Bookcase, in which he talks …
