Tuesday, December 20, 2011
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Not Worried About Circulation | all these birds with teeth: this is not about science.
Not Worried About Circulation | all these birds with teeth: this is not about science.
The shocking truth about print books: 49% of our stacks has never circulated since 1996. #academiclibraries #printbooks
This tweet came through the other day, and frankly it didn’t bother me the way it used to. It leans on a little bit by Raganathan’s first law, which is “Books are for use.” If they’re not being used, then why keep them? I like to make the argument that we can’t always anticipate how things will be used by others. Consider Mendelssohn’s “rediscovery” of Bach. Books are not just for current use, but they easily translate into future use. [For more, please click the headline above.]
Book burning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Book burning -
Book burning, biblioclasm or libricide is the practice of destroying, often ceremoniously, books or other written material and media. In modern times, other forms of media, such as phonograph records, video tapes, and CDs have also been ceremoniously burned, torched, or shredded. The practice, usually carried out in public, is generally motivated by moral, religious, or political objections to the material.
Some particular cases of book burning are long and traumatically remembered - because the books destroyed were irreplaceable and their loss constituted a severe damage to cultural heritage, and/or because this instance of book burning has become emblematic of a harsh and oppressive regime. Such were the destruction of the Library of Alexandria, the obliteration of the Library of Baghdad, the burning of books and burying of scholars under China's Qin Dynasty, the destruction of Aztec codices by Spanish conquistadors and priests, and the Nazi book burnings of Jewish literature.
Although one motivation for book burning may be censorship, it is in most cases an act of displaying severe displeasure, hatred, or contempt for the book's contents or author, or to attract attention for the outrage perceived by those who highly appreciate the book and its content. For example, the burning of Beatles records after a remark by John Lennon concerning Jesus Christ, the destruction of the Sarajevo National Library, and the 2010 Qur'an-burning controversy.
From Wikipedia. For full article, please click headline above.
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| Books burned by the Nazis, on display at Yad Vashem |
Book burning, biblioclasm or libricide is the practice of destroying, often ceremoniously, books or other written material and media. In modern times, other forms of media, such as phonograph records, video tapes, and CDs have also been ceremoniously burned, torched, or shredded. The practice, usually carried out in public, is generally motivated by moral, religious, or political objections to the material.
Some particular cases of book burning are long and traumatically remembered - because the books destroyed were irreplaceable and their loss constituted a severe damage to cultural heritage, and/or because this instance of book burning has become emblematic of a harsh and oppressive regime. Such were the destruction of the Library of Alexandria, the obliteration of the Library of Baghdad, the burning of books and burying of scholars under China's Qin Dynasty, the destruction of Aztec codices by Spanish conquistadors and priests, and the Nazi book burnings of Jewish literature.
Although one motivation for book burning may be censorship, it is in most cases an act of displaying severe displeasure, hatred, or contempt for the book's contents or author, or to attract attention for the outrage perceived by those who highly appreciate the book and its content. For example, the burning of Beatles records after a remark by John Lennon concerning Jesus Christ, the destruction of the Sarajevo National Library, and the 2010 Qur'an-burning controversy.
From Wikipedia. For full article, please click headline above.
The role of Information Technology in defeating the Arab regimes: Facebook 2-0 Arab Presidents | IFLA
Image by nebedaay via FlickrThe role of Information Technology in defeating the Arab regimes: Facebook 2-0 Arab Presidents | IFLA: Tby Mahmoud Khalifa
In January 2011, Arab countries and the entire world followed what happened in Tunisia and Egypt. Two Arabic regimes were step down in the same month. On January 14, 2011; the Tunisian president Zein Abedeen Bin Ali escaped outside of Tunisia after 27 days of protests. In Egypt, on February 11, 2011; the strongest Arab president Mubarak resigned and left Egypt after very active protests at all cities of Egypt. The Egyptians have a record because the protests continued for 18 days only!! A new history is being written in Arab countries. Please click headline above to read more.
A black day for heritage: burning the Egyptian Scientific Institute
A black day for heritage: burning the Egyptian Scientific Institute
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Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011
Cairo, Egypt
This day will be marked as "the Black day for Egyptian Heritage".
Morning during conflicts between some Egyptian protests, the Egyptian
Scientific Institute which established in 1798 by Napolean Bonaparte has
been burned. The Egyptian Scientific Institute is the oldest sceintific
institute in Egypt and Middle East at all. It has the most rich and
rare library in Egypt.
The fire started on the lower floors of the building, which is on Qasr
al-Aini Street in central Cairo, but later reached the higher floors.
The firemen, who arrived very late at the site, could not initially
control the fire. Eyewitnesses were reported to have seen protestors
throwing a Molotov cocktail at stone-throwing soldiers at the Shura
Council building, but the projectile missed the intended target and
instead landed in the Egyptian Scientific Institute.
The library contains about 40.000 items of rare books and manuscripts, however it has unvaluable items, like:
- The original copy of the french book "Description de l'Egypte"
- Atlas of Old Indian arts.
- German atlas about Egypt and Ethiopia, 1842.
- "Egypt: the mother of the world", 1753.
Professor Mahmoud al-Shernoby, the general secretary of the institute,
told state TV in a phone interview that the damage is a “great loss” to
Egypt and that those “who caused this disaster showed be punished.”
Thursday, December 15, 2011
10 Librarians Honored at the 2011 I Love My Librarian Award Ceremony
Last week on Dec. 8th,10 librarians from around the country were recognized for their service to their communities, schools and campuses as winners of the Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award. The I Love My Librarian Award is an initiative of the American Library Association and is administered with the generous support of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the New York Times. The award “encourages library users to recognize the accomplishments of exceptional public, school, college, community college, or university librarians.”1The 10 librarians were selected from more than 2,000 nominations nationwide. Each honoree received a $5,000 cash award, a plaque, and a $500 travel stipend to attend the awards ceremony and reception. The awards ceremony and reception were hosted at The TimesCenter, located in the heart on New York City’s bustling Times Square District. This year’s winners included Venetia V. Demson, of DC Public Library’s Adaptive Services Division: a librarian who makes the library easier to use for people with disabilities; Michelle Luhtala of the New Canaan High School Library, an innovator who integrates technology throughout her school for improved collaboration among students and teachers and Jennifer O. Keohane of the Simsbury Public Library, a business outreach librarian who creates a space for the unemployed and local business community to learn new skills, network and collaborate.2 For the complete list of winners, click on the following link: http://www.pio.ala.org/visibility/?p=3484.
Caroline Kennedy, author, attorney and daughter of former President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, was the I Love My Librarian Award’s keynote speaker. A transcript of her opening remarks can be viewed here: http://www.pio.ala.org/visibility/?p=3494.
Close to 200 library supporters gathered at The TimesCenter for the Wednesday night awards ceremony. The event also commemorated the one hundred year anniversary of the Carnegie Corporation; and in honor of the 100th anniversary of his organization, Carnegie Corporation President Vartan Gregorian announced that a $5 million grant would be given to the New York City public libraries. 3
Footnotes:
1. American Library Association. (2011). About the I Love My Librarian Award. Retrieved December 13, 2011, from Atyourlibrary.org: http://atyourlibrary.org/ilovemylibrarian/about
2. Admin. (2011, December 9). Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian award winners announced. Retrieved December 13, 2011, from Visibility @ your library Web site: http://www.pio.ala.org/visibility/?p=3484
3. Staino, R. (2011, December 9). Three Media Specialists Win the 'I Love My Librarian Award'. School Library Journal. Retrieved December 13, 2011, from http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/home/893006-312/three_media_specialists_win_the.html.csp
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
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Internet Access and the New Divide - NYTimes.com
Internet Access and the New Divide - NYTimes.com
By SUSAN P. CRAWFORD
Published: December 3, 2011Correction appended.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Eli Neiburger at the LJ/SLJ eBook Summit: Libraries Are Screwed
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Millennial Momentum :: Home Page
Michael D. Hais
Publication Date: September 2011
Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 978-0-8135-5150-0
Millennial Momentum describes how the Millennial Generation is changing the way the United States lives and learns, votes and governs, works and plays.
About every eight decades, coincident with the most stressful and perilous events in U.S. history — the Revolutionary and Civil Wars and the Great Depression and World War II — a new, positive, accomplished, and group-oriented "civic generation" emerges to change the course of history and remake America. The Millennial Generation (born 1982-2003) is America's newest civic generation.
From the authors of Mlllennial Makeover —
one of the New York Times 10-Favorite Books of
2008 — comes an inspiring glimpse into our nation's future. Read more...
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
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