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Annual Friends of the Rare Book Room Lecture: Writing the Body
Annual Friends of the Rare Book Room Lecture: Writing the Body Date: April 23, 2014 Time: 5:30 PM Lecture at 6:00p.m.; light refreshments at 5:30 p.m. Special reception and exhibit for current Friends of the Rare Book Room immediately following … Continue reading
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Bookstores in Seattle Soar, and Embrace an Old Nemesis: Amazon.com – NYTimes.com
Bookstores in Seattle Soar, and Embrace an Old Nemesis: Amazon.com By KIRK JOHNSONAPRIL 11, 2014 Photo Abbie Barronian, left, and Ellie Graves browsed at Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle. The store last year turned its first substantial profit in … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Antiquarian, Bibliophile, Bookstores, Libravore
Tagged Amazon.com, Bookselling, Embrace, Independent bookstore, New York Times, publishers, Ryan Williams, Seattle, Washington
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LPC Evaluating Rizzoli Interior | Save Rizzoli
As recently reported, the Landmarks Preservation Commission is now considering an 11th hour appeal to landmark Rizzoli Bookstore’s historic interior. Although the LPC had previously evaluated the exterior of the building, their evaluation report did not examine the … Continue reading
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Daily What?! The NYPL Has George Washington’s 1757 Recipe for Beer | Untapped Cities
We just came across this find at the New York Public Library Manuscripts and Archives Division. It’s George Washington’s “Recipe for Small Beer” from his 1757 notebook. Read more… Related articles Mine, mine, mine! Marking Medieval Manuscripts, Then and Now … Continue reading
Posted in Antiquarian, Archives, Bibliophile, Libravore, Public Libraries
Tagged British Library, George Washington, History, Manuscript, Music school, New York, Presidents, United States
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New Top 10 Reasons Why Libraries are still Important – Stephen’s Lighthouse New
Top 10 Reasons Why Libraries are still Important? http://en.docsity.com/news/interesting-facts/top-10-reasons-libraries-important/ “Most of people predict that the digital age will wipe public bookshelves clean and permanently end the centuries-old era of libraries. Despite their perceived obsolescence in the digital age both libraries … Continue reading
How Public Libraries Are Solving America’s Reading Problem
Comment Now Follow Comments We have a reading problem in the United States. It’s not that people aren’t reading: in fact the Pew Research Center reports that 76% of adults have read a book in the past year. Even … Continue reading
Vatican library plans to digitise 82,000 of its most valuable manuscripts – Telegraph
A 1,600-year-old manuscript featuring the poems of Virgil is among the collection being digitised by the Vatican Apostolic Library with the help of a Japanese IT firm An illustration of the Dante’s Divina Commedia realized by artist Sandro Botticelli in … Continue reading
ALA Leadership Institute Participants Continue to Benefit | American Libraries Magazine
Posted Wednesday, March 26, 2014 – 12:40 Laurie D. Borman Last August, 40 librarians gathered at the Eaglewood Resort and Spa in Itasca, Illinois, to participate in the first ALA Leadership Institute. Facilitated by ALA past-president Maureen Sullivan and Association … Continue reading
Americans Still Love Their Libraries
Children use computers at a library in Washington, D.C. David Kidd/Governing More than two-thirds of Americans like their public libraries and use them often, according to a new report by the Pew Research Center. The Pew analysis suggests that new … Continue reading
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