The Senate Appropriations Committee has ordered the EPA to reopen all their closed libraries.The $2 million dollars cut by the Bush Administration will be made available again in the 2008 Interior Appropriations bill and used to "restore the network of EPA libraries recently closed or consolidated by the administration."The bill now heads to the full Senate so, if you haven't already, this is a good time to contact your Senator and urge them to support the bill. It would then need to go to the House to find support in a similar bill since this funding was not included in...
Hollywood Comes To The Library
Ann Seidle's documentary Hollywood Librarian premiered on opening night of the recently held annual conference of the American Library Association in Washington, D. C.5,000 librarians packed the Washington Convention Center to watch the film and hear from the director. There was a red carpet, there were people in gowns and tuxedos and there were people taking pictures. The opening was also covered in the Sunday Style section of the Washington Post with an article by Monica Hesse, The Modern Library: A Role Worth Checking Out .After the screening Seidl unveiled her distribution plan for the film. The plan is not...
Eine’s Alphabet
Eine is a graffiti artist in London. His alphabet is constructed on the metal gates of store fronts in the East End.Dave Gorman's Flickr set of the alphabet plus a few extra letters.Carl Pappenheim tool that lets you spell what you wish using Eine's alphabet.Thanks to Boing Boing for the lead
See-Saw Bookshelf
Walnut wood with powder coated steel partsDimensions:shelf: 47.25" x 9.8" x 2"stand: 13.75"Designed by BCXSYCost: $1,899From the website:"Every book tells its own story. Every book has its own weight. By playing with balance, the See-Saw bookshelf visualizes the breadth of our home libraries.Is Kafka truly heavier than the latest issue of Vogue?.. "Boy there have been a lot of bookshelf designs floating around lately. Has anyone told the furniture designers that in most places the word on the street is that the book is dying. Regardless, this particular design is beyond me.Thanks to Neatorama for the lead
Google Book Search: A Report From the "Google Five"
The first five libraries that jumped on the Google digital book train took time at the recent ALA Annual Conference to weigh in on how things are going. The Google Five are the libraries of Harvard, Oxford, Michigan and Stanford and the New York Public Library.Though all five said that they were "pleased with the progress" they also acknowledged that there have been some issues, which range from books being damaged to questions about the quality of searches being performed. One library had someone complain because some of the scans have thumbs visible! And over at Oxford's Bodleian Library they...