Anyone who knows me for more than a day knows that I am pretty much completely dependent upon libraries. Have been, ever since I was old enough to select my VERY OWN BOOKS that I could actually take home and HAVE FOR WEEKS. It was the single most awesome thing ever, and remains so. Even in Italy, where libraries with books in English were small ( Read more... )

New York Times (yes, yes, I know) on the recent decision by Harper Collins to limit the number of times an ebook can be checked out from any given library. Slightly interesting tidbit: that despite the need to replace hardcovers/softcovers after they've worn out, libraries face losing a potential revenue source: selling off their used hardcovers/ ( Read more... )

Helpfully label them as "mature content" and put them on a special shelf so that everyone knows exactly what they are.

Once again, I haven't read either of the two books objected to here (The Bermuda Triangle and one of the Gossip Girl books) although they both sound like exactly the sort of book that I would have been delighted to search for and ( Read more... )

When did it become acceptable to talk - and to talk loudly - in libraries ( Read more... )