Tag: libraries
Not to be outdone by larger libraries like the Library of Congress, the Harvard Library, or the Bodleian, Toledo-Lucas County Public Library stands tall with a special collections book room …
Let’s hear it for poetry! There’s haikus, limericks, sonnets, verses, odes, ballads, and even riddles. Poetry is multi-functional, multifaceted, and even multifarious. There are so many different forms, features, …
YouTube Channel: JStuStudios After all, everyone needs a little interaction with puppets at least once a day. Featured image via YouTube
YouTube Channel: Shoalhaven Libraries The lovely librarians of Shoalhaven Library perform a bookworm-approved version of Queen’s classic Bohemian Rhapsody. Not sure if this version is available on iTunes or Google …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54k-uczyP5Y YouTube Channel: Nsoj Bangalore From the Description: Located inside the lush greens of cubbon park is the State Central Library. The red facade of this building does not give …
Until recently, the East Lake County Library in Sorrento, Florida had one card-carrying patron who read far more than any other: Chuck Finley, who borrowed a whopping 2,361 books …
Tis the season to be jolly, and what better way to be jolly than giving away your used books? Whatever your purpose is, either cleaning clutter for winter break …
YouTube Channel: Harvard University From the Description: Conservators in Collections Care repair a book with a broken cover to prevent further damage. Protecting Harvard’s special collections of rare books, manuscripts, …
YouTube Channel: National Library of Scotland From the Description: The National Library of Scotland has something to offer every type of visitor wanting to find out more about our collections …
YouTube Channel: New China TV From the Description: This year marks the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare. A major exhibition titled “Shakespeare in Ten Acts” opened at …
YouTube Channel: Bored Shorts TV From the Description: New Kid Snippets videos every MONDAY. If movies were written by our children… We asked a girl to be a librarian and …
YouTube Channel: JStuStudios You know, just in case you wanted a gross but hilarious distraction from your day. Featured image via YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLo3QmuUH-8 YouTube Channel: Grig Stamate From the Description: If you love to spend enjoyable hours reading, creating a library for you and your family would be a good idea. I …
As an elementary school student in Kabul, Aghanistan, Sajia Darwish had very few books to read: the school “library” consisted of nothing more than a spare closet with a few …
Colbert Nembhard is a librarian who has worked as a manager at the Morrisania Branch Library for the past 25 years. Nembhard walks from the library to the Crotona …
The brilliant article by Andra Watkins about bringing libraries back into our communities includes the quote “Libraries are community service powerhouses.” Libraries are more than storerooms for books: they have …
YouTube Channel: David Ricciuti If you had PBS in your channel listings as a kid, there’s a huge chance that you caught an episode of Arthur every once in awhile. I …
Sara Deeter
November 14, 2016
Book Lists, Classics, George R.R. Martin, J.K. Rowling, Jane Austen, Lewis Carroll, Libraries, Potterheads, Shakespeare, Travel, William Shakespeare
Heading to the U.K. anytime soon? Love books with a fanaticism that borders on the insane? Good! The following will serve as excellent travel inspiration as you plan your …
YouTube Channel: CCTV America From the Description: In a world of smartphones and tablet devices, reading physical books is now somewhat of a marginalized activity in China. But in Beijing, …
Five months ago, the Fort Worth city council made a monumentally tragic decision: they decided to fire Browser the cat, employee at the local public library. Browser was adopted from …