At the Brooklyn public library’s mysterious 3rd floor
Cozy mysteries!
01 Apr 2022 Leave a comment
in library Tags: cozy, mysteries
Rated G mystery novels based around comfort food, pets, baking, and gardening! Who knew?!
No Gym, but a Condo Library
05 Nov 2019 Leave a comment
in library Tags: books, library
Old, and then Some
05 Nov 2019 Leave a comment
in library Tags: Cooperstown, NY
From upstate New York, from Cooperstown, this one-room schoolhouse with a library of books. So cool.
A closer look shows that the titles include both School District Library, School Library, and random other publishers.
Sample list of titles
- History of Philosophy (vol 1, no 174)
- History of insects (vol 2, no 7)
- Ancient and Modern Egypt (no 34)
- James’s Chivalry and the Crusades (no 26)
- Barrow’s Life of Peter the Great (no 35)
- Russells’ Life 0f Cromwell (vol 1, no 56)
Can you decipher other titles?
Classroom Library
21 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in 23q, library Tags: lifeline
I am starting a new feature about classroom libraries. This is the premier posting.
I think my favorite genre is Young Adult fiction. Which of these titles, if any, have you read?
Library, part III
05 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in 373K, library Tags: 373K, card catalog, checkout
When I was a kid, library books had holders in the inside back cover. When you went to borrow the book, the librarian would date-stamp a slip of paper with the date the book was due, and then put that paper in the holder. With the advent of computers and barcode scanners, this is outdated technology. The same goes for card catalogs, those huge file cabinets with drawers filled with cards with information about books. Believe me, it took real skill to navigate the card catalog to find the book you were looking for. With the advent of searchable computer databases, card catalogs no longer exist.
So why is it that new library books still have them? Weird!
Library, part II
05 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in library Tags: Dewey Decimal
Consider Mr. Melville Dewey, founder of the Dewey Decimal book classification system. He has had an affect on every single library user around the world who walked thorugh the stacks searching for a book. His goal was nothing less than to take the sum total of written academic language and categorize, classify, and prioritize it all.
I am fascinated about what he boosted, what he marginalized, and what he ignored entirely.
Library, part I
05 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in library, literacy Tags: books, chicken soup
I visited a school with a library (which is the exception, not the rule…the library, that is, not my visitation. I peruse school libraries if I see them). In the bookcase closest to the door was this collection of Chicken Soup for the… books. Maybe there was a sale by the publisher?
Occasional Observations of Traveling Technology Coach 