The exhibit is titled Multiple Interpretations: Contemporary Prints in Portfolio at the New York Public Library and calls for artists "to tell a story, to take a stand on political and social concerns, to consider formal issues, and to explore the creative process."That is exactly what artists Nora Ligorano and Marshall Reese, accomplish in their portfolio "Line Up" which features images of members of Bush's cabinet portrayed in mug shots. The work is more than simply images of Bush's cronies in mug shot format. Each photo includes a date that corresponds to a date 'when the “suspects' made 'incriminatory' statements...
Reader To Reader: A True Library Helper
"Books have a singular power to inspire and change people’s lives" and the organization Reader to Reader exists to provide those books to the people who need them most.Here is an alarming stat:60% of underprivileged children do not own a single book.Consequently, Reader to Reader believes that "a well-stocked school library [is] a critical resource hub that is a necessity not a luxury," and by devising an efficient collection and distribution method for the millions of books that are discarded every year they provide the neediest libraries with the material they need most.Their target libraries are school libraries in our...
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Good News From China: Book Production Costs Rise
Rising paper price ups books prices in China for now and perhaps later the world is the title of Henry Sanderson piece for the Associated Press.He reports that the government "crackdown on small, polluting paper mills have caused a paper crunch in China, pushing up the price of paper by 10 percent this year and forcing printers to delay books and publishers to raise prices.""Paper mills, most of them small, inefficient operations, accounted for 17 percent of all industrial water pollution in 2005, according to the Chinese Paper Association, an industry group."Why is this price increase good news? Because it...
Library Thief Uses Her Kids as Cover
Akron, Ohio police have arrested Tammie Ware on felony charges after finding more than 1000 items from the Akron-Summit County Public Library in her house.Her MO:Once the fines for overdue material on one library card got too high she would bring her kids in again and sign them up for a new library card using fake names.I am not sure how many kids Ware actually has but according to library records "she had listed thirty-five children" with her overdue fines totaling more than $8000.Not only did Ware steal books, CD's and DVD's but she also stole toys from the children's...