from Syracuse University Library. A lot of paper towels are involved.
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Books & Reading are More Important Than Ever
Will Schwalbe, author of Books for Living, considers why books and reading are more crucial than ever – and offers up a few ideas for what to read next.
Here from Signature Reads are Schwalbe’s thoughts on the subject.
He begins thus: “When I can’t stand to look at one more hateful tweet from the president, I read a book.”
Deadly Shooting at Clovis Library in New Mexico
KRQE reports on a shooting at the Clovis-Carver Public Library in Eastern New Mexico. Two are dead, four injured.
More on this developing story from USA Today.
The two individuals killed were library staffers. More from KOAT.
What Books Are on the Librarian of Congress’ Nightstand?
From the New YorkTimes Books , LOC’s Dr. Carla Hayden finds she needs more space than just a nightstand to keep up with her reading.
“I do have books on my night stand, but I have recently had to add three bookcases in my room because it was getting too crowded. Those are organized in three categories — fun and mysteries, because I love mysteries; books that relate somehow to what I’m doing professionally, like “The Revenge of Analog” or “The Innovators”; and aspirational — those are mostly about health and exercise.”
I was pleased to see the answer to this question, “The last book that made you furious?”, as I really enjoyed the same book.
During Your MTA Commute…
…you can now read e-books courtesy of a new program called Subway Library, sponsored by the NY, Brooklyn and Queens libraries and enabled by wi-fi throughout the NYC subway transit system.
A choice of pretty good selections too, many with NYC themes.
Libraries Clear First Budget Hurdle in DC
From Publishers Weekly:
Last week, a House Appropriations subcommittee voted to recommend level funding for libraries in FY2018, which would mean roughly $231 million for the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), $183 million for the Library Services and Technology Act, and $27 million for the Innovative Approaches to Literacy (IAL) program.
The vote comes after President Trump in May doubled down on his call to eliminate IMLS and virtually all federal funding for libraries, as well as a host of other vital agencies, including the National Endowments for the Arts and the Humanities.
ALA president Jim Neal called the subcommittee vote “one important step in the lengthy congressional appropriations process,” but a development that nevertheless shows that “elected officials are listening to us and recognize libraries’ importance in the communities they represent.”
Phoenix’s Burton Barr Cebral Library Damaged by Sprinklers
From AZ Central an explanation and video of how the sprinkler system was set off by an atypical monsoon on Saturday.
Phoenix Fire Capt. Reda Bigler said a pipe in the ceiling of the building’s fifth floor ruptured when the storm lifted the roof and caused it to move in a wave-like fashion.
“When (the roof) slammed back down it broke a sprinkler pipe,” Bigler said. “That caused about 50 to 60 gallons a minute of water to start flowing through the building.” All five stories were affected.
Absense of Sound –a Librarian’s Story
From the July/August issue of the Saturday Evening Post a selection fron author N. West Moss’s new story collection, focusing on a day in the life of a librarian at the Bryant Park NYPL .
N. West Moss was the winner of the Post’s 2015 Great American Fiction Contest for “Omeer’s Mangoes,” which, with “Absence of Sound,” appears in her first short-story collection, The Subway Stops at Bryant Park (Leapfrog Press, 2017). This story first appeared in Neworld Review. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Salon, McSweeney’s, and Brevity, among others.
What To Do With Memorial Tributes To Victims of Gun Violence
Dallas is among the cities where archivists are curating shrines that surfaced after tragedies. The question: How to preserve a part of history? Story from The New York Times.
The archive is not about what happened that night, but about “the outpouring of love from the citizens — from the world — that happened afterward,” said Jo Giudice, the director of Dallas’s public library system. Tributes surged into Dallas soon after a gunman opened fire during a protest last summer. Five officers — Lorne Ahrens, Michael Krol, Michael J. Smith, Brent Thompson and Patrick Zamarripa — were killed; the gunman died during a standoff.
Woman says Librarians Know Who Hit her Car but Can’t Tell Her
The alleged perp checked out a book and thus the staff was unable to give her the name of the driver.
Here’s the story from WSBTV in Atlanta. The woman whose car was hit feels as if she’s being unfairly discriminated against.
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