From the article: “In a stunning development, Penguin Group has extricated itself from its contract with OverDrive, the primary supplier of ebooks to public libraries. Starting February 10, Penguin, which had recently instituted limitations on library lending for ebooks and audiobooks, will now no longer offer any ebooks or audiobooks through OverDrive.”
The 20 Most Beautiful Bookstores in the World. Yes, please.
Despite being urged to “never read the bottom half of the internet” (thanks, Chuck) I found some of the comments here quite interesting, especially as a former public library employee.
Stuttgart City Library, Stuttgart, Germany. On the one hand, it is a gorgeous library. On the other hand, it is terrifyingly white, like living inside a celebrity’s capped smile.
(Source: bibliothecarum)
“Did the librarians drink all your tequila?” I asked him.
He looked exhausted.
“Damn near.”
Nothing to say today. Carry on.
From the article: “Several key provisions in the SKILLS Act strive to better define and strengthen the future role and federal funding for librarians who work in schools. One provision states that an “effective school library program,” is a program that’s staffed by a state-certified school librarian. The act also strengthens school librarians’ right to gain access to professional development funds under ESEA. In addition, the measure sets aside competitive grants to underserved schools and districts so they can work to develop effective library programs.”
(Source: whereipostthings)
This is an excellent post on the Harvard Library mess from withawonder:
Maybe the Twitterverse overreacted to the town hall meetings concerning the next step in the Harvard restructuring project. After all, “It is inaccurate to say that all library staff will need to reapply for their positions,” according to a statement made to Library Journal by Kira Poplowski,…
