LISNews: Librarian News

Jen Young points to This NYTimes Obit on Joseph Nathan Kane, whose lifelong obsession with facts led him to write exhaustive reference works that cataloged such things as the nicknames of presidents, when the first Eskimo Pie was created (1922), when the first camels were brought to America (1721) and the precise patent number of the first safety pin in the United States, died on Sunday.
He was 103 and until a few years ago lived not far from where he was born as the 19th century ended, on the West Side of Manhattan.

Aaron Tunn sent over a story for those with a love for the works of Ernest Hemingway.

Theage.com.au Reports The Cuban Government has agreed to allow access to a trove of Ernest Hemingway\'s papers that experts say promises to illuminate the period in which he wrote some of his most significant works.

Ann Coulter has been fired by the Executive Editor of the Centre Daily Times. In a letter to her, he states that the paper will no longer publish her Op-ed column because she \"is a hater or a hypocrite.\"

\"Dear Ann Coulter: You\'re fired. It\'s not that extreme viewpoints are unwelcome on the opinion pages of the Centre Daily Times. All political viewpoints, from Cal Thomas on the right to Molly Ivins on the left, are welcome here. But, we don\'t welcome haters, Ann, and that\'s what you are.
Well, you are either a hater or a hypocrite who calls names and spews enmity because you believe it will get your pretty face on television more or sell more copies of your best-selling books.\" Read the Rest.

The Associated Press says An extensive and previously unknown collection of documents from author and poet Carl Sandburg sold for more than $80,000. The collection, which may shed new light on Sandburg, known for immortalizing Chicago as the \"city of the big shoulders,\" was almost never found. A Pennsylvania antiques dealer, Walt Brygier, stumbled upon it last year while disposing of boxes for a client. One fell apart, spilling the documents.