Category Archives: Libraries and Librarians

What the Hell is Happening Here?

Posted on January 18, 2011 by kara

Okay, so it LOOKS like a dapper, pencil-moustached, gay male librarian is being attacked by 2 over zealous women “readers”, one plain one pretty, but no matter, he is not interested in either. Unusual that the librarian isn’t a hair-bunned, … Continue reading →

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Lijepa Ambasada Prekrasne Knjižnicu

Posted on January 18, 2011 by kara

Former French Embassy in Cetinje, Montenegro. Now a library. photo via ESI

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Posted on December 15, 2010 by kara

card catalog.

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Benjamin Franklin was a Librarian.

Posted on October 15, 2010 by kara

An illustration depicting the Junto, a literary society formed by Franklin in 1727.

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Privatizing the Public Library.

Posted on September 26, 2010 by kara

from the new york times Anger as a Private Company Takes Over Libraries SANTA CLARITA, Calif. — A private company in Maryland has taken over public libraries in ailing cities in California, Oregon, Tennessee and Texas, growing into the country’s … Continue reading →

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Republic of Booklessness

Posted on July 12, 2010 by kara

“Free To All,” is chiseled in old, non-digitized stone over the main entrance to the Boston Public Library; and in the words of Thomas Jefferson, carved in un -photoshopped gilded letters on the mantle of the  super secret Trustees’ Room … Continue reading →

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“Palazzos of Human Thought”? Britain’s Super-Libraries Battle it out for Supremacy

Posted on March 9, 2010 by kara

“A palazzo of human thought,” is how Birmingham city council’s leader describes the new Library of Birmingham, currently under construction. The library, designed by fabulous and innovative Delft-based Dutch architects Mecanoo is vying to outdo the other new “Super-Libraries” sweeping … Continue reading →

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Mary Titcomb: Librarian. Pioneer. Superstar.

Posted on February 27, 2010 by kara

A gold medal in the Librarian Olympics goes to Mary Titcomb. Born in Framingham NH in 1857, Mary Titcomb was an originator in Library and Information Science and a tireless and inspired advocate of library outreach. As the first librarian … Continue reading →

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