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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Se7en (1995)
The power of literature!
A great gif set (minus the homophobic pejorative, Brad Pitt) to introduce LJ’s review of Dan Brown’s Inferno, which we gave a star! Also if you aren’t following LJ’s fiction editor, Wilda Williams on Tumblr, get on it.
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon (Angels and Demons; The Da Vinci Code; The Lost Symbol) returns in another thriller that invokes history, architecture, science, and conspiracy. Langdon wakes up in a hospital bed with no memory of the last two days. He’s surprised to find himself in Florence, Italy, and even more shocked to discover that someone is out to kill him for something he knows. The doctor treating him helps him to escape from an assassin, and the chase is on. Can Langdon follow clues that tie in to Dante’s epic masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, and stop a plot destined to change the world forever? Verdict Brown delivers an amazing and intense read that arguably is the best Langdon thriller to date. Everything a reader expects from Brown is here, plus a well-written thriller with jaw-dropping twists as well. A high demand for the works of Dante plus a surge in Italian tourism is sure to follow. The king of the historical thriller is back, and this book will easily dominate the best sellers lists for quite some time. [See Prepub Alert, 1/15/13.]—Jeff Ayers, Seattle P.L.
(Source: mcavoiding)
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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.
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Oh, just today’s reminder to take the LJ Tumblr survey, if you haven’t already.
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Woke up this morning, found that I was reblogged by the Lifeguard Librarian & Library Journal
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.
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Best part of this survey so far is finding out that
5%now 20% of responders are “creepily obsessed with Library Journal.” Love you back, hunties.In other news I will probably list folks’ favorite Tumblrs and make a map with all of the locations listed in a week or so.
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“When you have these two important qualifications - love for books and love for people - you may well consider the vocation of a librarian, a vocation that gives full enjoyment to the librarian and radiates it to the public.” - [x]
A gif set of my dreams.
(Source: silencewhippersnapper)
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On the way: SLJ on e-originals
You heard it here first! SLJ is going to be reviewing e-original publications. From nonfiction to novellas, if the title is available first in a digital form we want to review it. If you’re a publisher who would like more information, please email associate book review editor Chelsey Philpot at cphilpot@mediasourceinc.com.
If you work with children or teens in schools or public libraries, or if you are a library school educator, and would like to volunteer to review for SLJ (e-original publications or other materials), please contact book review editor Trev Jones at tjones@mediasourceinc.com.
Oh boy is right!
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You don’t follow Library Journal’s sister magazine School Library Journal (your source for all bookish things kid & YA)?
Consider this your official warning. Get on it.
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Coming soon to the Digital Media Lab: The GoPro Hero2 camera. This tiny little video camera is designed to capture high-speed action in HD.
While we won’t be switching our homebound service to delivery-by-skydiver anytime soon, we will be making these little cameras available for checkout by the end of the month. Come by the Tech Help Desk and pick yours up using your Skokie Public Library card.
Skokie, at the forefront of great librarian gifs and our heart.
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Libraries and Authors - NYTimes.com
To the Editor:
We take issue with Scott Turow’s April 8 Op-Ed article, “The Slow Death of the American Author.”
First, librarians love authors. Our business is knowledge-building and imagination, and writers form the backbone of our nonprofit exercise in supporting and promoting lifelong learning.
Second, there is nothing nefarious in our goal to offer e-books to local library cardholders; rather, it is an extension of our desire to connect authors and readers regardless of format.
Libraries want to buy your work at a reasonable price so that we may continue to grow readers — and writers — in the digital age. In fact, research shows that our loans encourage people to buy books. It is not in the long-term interests of authors (or publishers) to deny library e-lending and the educational benefits it affords.
Finally, United States copyright has limits and exceptions for a reason. There is a necessary and vital balance between the interests of rights holders and the rights of the public, between commerce and learning. Throughout history, we have been able to maintain this important balance and have confidence we may do so in the future.
Libraries understand and are also gripped by seismic shifts under way in the publishing ecosystem, but authors and libraries should work together to reach and serve readers.
MAUREEN SULLIVAN
President, American Library Assn.
Chicago, April 8, 2013Friends, this is what I call a burn.
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Do you know chickens? I am talking live chickens, chickens that live in your backyard, chicken memoirs, chicken breeds, etc. I am looking for reviewers of chicken and poultry books for Library Journal. Email me if you are interested!
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Do you know anything about beekeeping? I want you to review books for me! You’ll be published in Library Journal and showered in free bee books. Email me if you are interested!
