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Photo reblogged from Utne Reader
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Nestled in the small town of Clinton Corners, New York, next to a small cafe, inside a small British phone booth is America’s smallest library!
Created by the Clinton Community Library in an effort to improve community outreach (success!), The Book Booth is a library powered by the people: besides it’s unique phone booth location, The Book Booth features a “readcycling” program (take a book, leave a book,) specialty hours (open 24/7/365,) and an awesome green initiative (solar panels have been installed on top of the booth, and the light is motion sensitive.)
If you’re in the New York area, The Book Booth is definitely worth a visit. And if you’re planning to be in NY for Halloween, The Book Booth might be dressed up as a certain time lord’s traveling device…
Become a fan of The Book Booth on Facebook!
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We <3 the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.
Check it out here.
Does anyone out there call this library home? If so, tell us about it. Any good stories from the stacks? Is there a great librarian you want to send a shout-out to?
Let us know!!!
{Photo from lovemotography.com}
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Last night I had the pleasure of being one of the first inside the New York Public Library’s new exhibit, Celebrating 100 Years. (Thanks to Tumblr’s Mark Coatney for the invite!) This was super exciting for me as it was my first time in the NYPL ever!
Below are just a few photos of some of the cool classic lit related pieces. Yes, the photos aren’t that great, but that’s just to encourage you to go to the library and see it yourself! Their Centennial Weekend Festival: May 20–22 has all sorts of cool events for all ages, and most are free! I highly recommend checking it out then.
If you’re not already following NYPL on tumblr, do it!
Enjoy, lit geeks!
Celebrating 100 years, NYPL 1911-2011
Charles Dickens’s letter opener
Comic book adaptation of Frankenstein
Jack Kerouac’s glasses, harmonica, and more
Oscar Wilde’s jail time poetry
Original illustrations for Wizard of Oz
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Photo reblogged from paperbacks & postcards
- John Allison (Scary Go Round, Bad Machinery) argues against public library closures to protect the world from the greatest threat it has faced yet: bored librarians.
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(Source: thelibrarykim)
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Photo reblogged from NYPL Wire–The New York Public Library
nypl:
READ: seriously, you should do it.
This was the installation we’ve been tumbling about all day erected on our front steps made of 10,000 Dr. Seuss books as part of the Read Across America celebration. And check out this photo the NYTimes snapped of actress Keri Russell reading The Cat in the Hat to kids.
p.s. What was your favorite Dr. Seuss book?
This is wonderfully glorious!
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Quote reblogged from Buffy's BooksI’m a librarian, I’m a librarian
And I like it quiet so the pages can be heard
I’m a librarian, I’m a librarian
And I do it for the love of the wordLibrarian by Jonathan Rundman (via prettybooks)
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Photo reblogged from Emily says...
Four literary themed trucks are part of a new ad campaign for the Johnson County Library. Officials hope the trucks will spark interest and bring even more readers to their doors.
“Barkley Advertising Agency, a locally based business, offered its service — valued at $33,000 — free of charge. Company vice-president Tom Demetriou offered the pro bono work because he wanted to remind people of the sanctuary found at libraries, where the community is intrinsically bound by stories.”
that’s MY Snotty, uppity, middle of nowhere , Johnson county!! wooop woop! (no seriously, I love this, and I’m better than you bc I’m from Johnson County..also if you don’t live in KS, you don’t get this stereotype and probably don’t care)
I love it too! YAY for people doing awesome things for their libraries!
