Of course Amazon.com’s most prolific reviewer has an MLS. [thanks natalia]
Category: books
how is an ebook not like a book
Jason has a good example of how DRM can affect libraries. Can you count the different ways this ebook is not like a real book?
The Librarian, a good book, a realistic librarian
Speaking of reading, I am reading The Librarian by Larry Beinhart the guy who wrote Wag the Dog. It’s got a realistic librarian character who gets mixed up in all sorts of adventures. You can view a few chapters online if your curiosity is piqued.
is how we read changing?
Will the Internet kill the printed book?
Books remain “the best interface for text yet invented. Some of their comparative advantages include: their lightweight, portability, high contrast and relative cheapness. In short, they are far more efficient than the scrolls and oral lore they replacedâ€.
tattooed librarians, and others, a book on skin
The Ineradicable Stain seems like a great art project for a librarian to be involved in.
Each participant must agree to have one word of the story tattooed upon his or her body. The text will be published nowhere else, and the author will not permit it to be summarized, quoted, described, set to music, or adapted for film, theater, television or any other medium. The full text will be known only to participants, who may, but need not choose to establish communication with one another.