One last chance to take the LJ Tumblr survey! Then I promise I won’t bug you any more about it.
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Public welcomes Liverpool’s £50m library - Place North West
What a set of staircases!
Pretty medieval manuscript of the day is a lovely decorated initial from a fourteenth century manuscript produced in England.
Image source: British Library MS Lansdowne 475. Image declared as public domain on the British Library website.
I love the way this letter looks like an amoeba or space.
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“We promise not to screw it up.” — Marissa Mayer, on the Tumblr acquisition as announced via press release on Yahoo’s Tumblr. Exclamation: Tumblr. + Yahoo! = !! (via jessbennett)
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LJ Events at BEA
Thursday, May 30 - Saturday, June 1
All Day The Librarian’s Lounge, sponsored by LJ and SLJ, is not an event but a very important location. It is the place in the Javits Center for librarians to gather to relax, share ideas, and enjoy snacks and refreshments. There are author signings as well as CHAIRS. It is the BEA equivalent of Zelda’s fairy fountains.
Wednesday, May 29
9 a.m.–6 p.m. Day of Dialog. I hope you are coming to this because Erin “Laser Fingers” Shea is moderating a panel WITH RICHARD DAWKINS ON IT.
6:30 p.m. BEA Librarians Dinner. A fancy schmancy (in the best way) dinner at the Yale Club. Donna Tart will be there, as will many amazing librarians. It’s invite only, but you can let us know you are interested!
7 p.m.-9 p.m. Don’t have an invite to the dinner? That’s okay, neither do I. We’ll go the equally awesome party sponsored by Bookrageous and BEA. There will be a lesson in readers advisory AND free drinks! Library Journal is a cosponsor.
Thursday, May 30
7:30 a.m.-9 a.m. Random House Library Marketing & Library Journal Author Breakfast. Yes, food and authors. How could you go wrong?
10 a.m.-11:5-a.m. Not actually an LJ event but it was the best session I went to at Midwinter: Library Family Feud! It also features LJ’s own memoir columnist, Erin Shea.
Friday, May 31
1-1:50 p.m. THE GREAT BEA TUMBLARIAN PANEL aka “Libraries + Tumblr = Connecting Readers + Writers” starring yours truly, the inimitable Rachel Fershleiser; the famed Kate Tkacik; the genius behind NYPL’s Tumblr, Angela Montefinise; and a Connecticut-based guacamole enthusiast we all know and love, Erin Shea.
3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Shouting and sharing, two of librarians favorite activities. Join LJ and AAP at the 4th Annual Librarian Shout ‘n Share, where you can listen to some bad ass library folks talk books.
I’ve been working hard to get a Tumblr / LJ party together for ALA. Still figuring out the final details, but pencil in Saturday, June 29 at 7pm. This will be our moment of glory.
Oxford Academic (OUP) on Tumblr: Trekkies: Are you ready? -
The new Star Trek movie, Star Trek: Into Darkness, opens today and the trekkies in the office are psyched! And being good Star Fleet members, we know to explain the lingo to our non-trekkie friends over popcorn and luckily we have a few good dictionary editors at OUP to help out.
Senior Assistant Editor of the OED Matthew Bladen breaks down Star Trek’s impact on the English language as well as several science fiction terms it relies and expands on. Set phasers to stun, prepare for warp factor five, and get ready to explain emotion to a Vulcan.
So are you ready?
Image credit: GIF via fanpop.
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.
Happy May birthdays to LJ and SLJ staffers Annalisa, Beth, Karyn, Kent, Margaret, and Shelley!
I am full of so many brownies.
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Readers’ advisory practice
So cool.
Oh, just today’s reminder to take the LJ Tumblr survey, if you haven’t already.
BEA For All: A Librarian’s Guide to BookExpo America 2013
New York can be gorgeous in the spring, and there’s plenty to see. Relatively near the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, the now-perennial site of BookExpo America (BEA), is great shopping, the spectacular Highline Park, and the New York Public Library’s Schwarzman Building, with its fascinating exhibits. You might not see any of it though; changes are afoot at BEA, and they mean more…of everything. Along with a return to weekend hours—the show now runs from Wednesday, May 29, through Saturday, June 1, 2013, including LJ’s and SLJ’s warm-up Day of Dialog events—there is now a third author stage. Attendees will find almost 300 autograph signings on the three stages, as well as the relocated BEA Editors’ Buzz sessions, which cover children’s, YA, and adult books. The stages will also welcome the new “BEA Selects,” featuring indie publishers discussing their fall 2013 romance, mystery, literary fiction, and sf/fantasy titles.
You’ll want to take in the exhibits, of course, and the dozens of programs offered during the conference. Below are the offerings that are best for librarians—not all of them are particularly aimed at our profession, but eavesdropping on “the other side” can be illuminating. Though ebook questions feature heavily, we’re moving on from library availability concerns to debates surrounding secondhand ebooks, the effects on authors, and e-publishing of out-of-print titles. For a break from it all, do what the fun crowd did at the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting: check out the Association of American Publishers (AAP) Library Family Feud. Featuring Simon Doonan on the author team, it’s a hotter ticket than any Broadway show.
Or take a load off at any point during the show at LJ’s Librarians’ Lounge, open Thursday through Saturday, at booth 757.
Check out the events LJ editors Etta Thornton and Margaret Heilbrun recommend!
I think I’m actually the person in green— most of the credit should go to thelifeguardlibrarian’s great response.
Oh my god, text-block, major props for this awesome gif.
