Dwarsliggers. Dwarsliggers. Dwaaaarrrsliggers. Pretty fun to say, right? Even more fun – it’s the Dutch word for a special print of pocket-size books. These tiny books are the size of a cellphone and flip horizontally, with pages “as thin as…
INFO 653 Knowledge Organization
Dr. Cristina Pattuelli — School of Information Pratt Institute
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How the N.Y. Public Library Fills Its Shelves (and Why Some Books Don’t Make the Cut)
Since libraries have a finite amount of space, not every book would be able to make it onto the shelves. As a frequent user of libraries as well as a second semester MSLIS student, I have somehow managed to remain…
Tagged with: book selection, Books, NYPL, Public Libraries
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Posted in Books, Libraries, Library, Uncategorized
Gabriel García Márquez’s Archives Now Online
University of Texas bought Gabriel García Márquez’s archive in 2014, and the Harry Ransom Center in Austin has now released the complete digitized collection. This includes rough drafts and manuscripts, unpublished work, notes, letters, and an audio recording of García Márquez’s Nobel…
Tagged with: Archives, Books, digitization, latin american authors, public domain
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Posted in Archives, Uncategorized
First Major Exhibit on Cornell University Witchcraft Collection
Out of the personal library of Cornell University’s cofounder Andrew Dickson White came the Cornell University Witchcraft Collection, which holds over 3,000 objects on superstition and witchcraft in Europe, mostly acquired in the 1880s. “He was interested in people on the margin and the…
This is what a 16th century e-reader looked like
It’s easy to take thousands of books on holiday with you these days thanks to the e-reader, a device that can store enough books to keep you reading for months. E-readers are especially great for people who like to read…
by Hugh McLeod
