Think this is a full-sized book case with a normal-sized The Silent Patient?
Think Again!
This is a tabletop book case with dozens of tiny books! To arrange! To rearrange! So fun!
Brooklyn fiction
14 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in Brooklyn, library Tags: fiction, urban
I saw the movie American Fiction. This bookshelf in the Brooklyn public library reminds me of that. The bookshelf heading was Popular Books, but it was all “urban fiction,” which has a lot of, ahem, adult-themed material, presented in street vernacular.
And then there was the one book about MLK.
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 With the advent of computers and barcode scanners, this is outdated technology.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.
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