Posts Tagged ‘library’
exhibition: Logotopia
January 29, 2009
It doesn’t seem there’s an online version of this exhibition, but judging from the title it’s worth a visit in person: Logotopia: The Library in Architecture, Art and the Imagination. So if you happen to be in Ontario before February 22nd…
2009 | culture, design | Tags: architecture, exhibition, library, LogotopiaComments (0)
medieval manuscripts online
October 23, 2008
In Switzerland, Bringing a Trove of Medieval Manuscripts Online for the Ages: For centuries scholars from around the world have flocked to the Stiftsbibliothek — literally, the abbey library — in this quaint town nestled in the rolling hills of eastern Switzerland, to pore over its vast collection of manuscripts, many written and illustrated before [...]
2008 | books, culture, design, history, paper art, text art | Tags: digitization, library, manuscripts, medieval, Stiftsbibliothek, switzerlandComments (0)
baghdad’s brave librarian
January 15, 2008
Baghdad’s Brave Librarian: If he’d wanted, the quiet librarian could have lived the rest of his life without stepping foot back in Iraq. But in November 2003, he decided to contribute to Iraq’s culture by developing the Iraq National Library and Archive. The new post not only placed him at the center of a violent [...]
2008 | books, culture, history | Tags: archive, Baghdad, culture, Iraq, librarian, library, Saad EskanderComments (0)
librarian to the stars
January 08, 2008
I have a new hero. His name is David Smith, The Library’s Helpful Sage of the Stacks.
2008 | books | Tags: David Smith, librarian, libraryComments (0)
late library books
January 07, 2008
Late Library Books Can Take Toll on Credit Scores: Borrowers who fail to return Queens Library books can be reported to a collection agency and to a credit bureau, with a damaged credit rating as a result — a tactic that so shocked one Far Rockaway rabbi that he filed a lawsuit. The collection policy [...]
