It has been almost two years since the first piece of anonymous book art popped up in Edinburgh. Then the works of Ian Rankin where all the rage. This time A. A. Milne has the honor. The piece is titled Preparing To Fly 2/5 and it recently showed up at the Leith Library with this quote from Winnie-the-Pooh: "It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn’t use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like 'What about lunch?'" Here is a sampling of the gems previously left behind by the mysterious book artist of Edinburgh : ...
The Peoples’ Library: By the People, For the People | Library as Incubator Project
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In the Stacks: First Visit to The New Digital Library of America
Books are weapons in the war of ideas. Poster 20 x 27.9 , 1942. Published by the United States Government Printing Office. In the this installment of In the Stacks we visit the newly launched and much anticipated Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). The opening of DPLA represents a watershed moment in the history of American libraries and will undoubtedly become a seminal resource for our nation in the years ahead. It is safe to say this will be the first of many trips for Book Patrol through the "stacks" of DPLA. We begin with a couple of posters produced by the Unites...
model municipal public library by UGO
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Designers under the bell jar » MobyLives
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