Girl…boy…grown man…
(Source: heartdisney)
INSTANT REBLOG! Need in my house. Stat.
To add to our posts about libraries, other book-related matters, and wine-related repurposing, there’s this:
An obsolete card catalog repurposed as a minibar.
Need we say more?!
(photo via The Sugar Monster on Flickr)
Do we have any of these?
I hope these were digitized
Burnt and damaged books at the Institute of Egypt in central Cairo on December 19, 2011 after the world-famous centre caught fire during deadly clashes between security forces and protesters. The heavily damaged historic centre for the advancement of scientific research, housing priceless national archives, was founded in 1798 during Napoleon Bonaparte’s expedition to Egypt, and contained more than 20,000 precious documents and manuscripts. MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images READ MORE
Happy Historical Halloween!
Just in time for Halloween, here are some National Archives-themed templates for your Jack-o’-Lantern. Find large printable versions of these and more at the National Archives News on Flickr.
If we seen anyone on our block with a pumpkin that just says “National Archives,” we will give them a free Mounds bar.
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And on the subject of burning books: I want to congratulate librarians, not famous for their physical strength or their powerful political connections or their great wealth, who, all over this country, have staunchly resisted anti-democratic bullies who have tried to remove certain books from their shelves, and have refused to reveal to thought police the names of persons who have checked out those titles.
So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.
So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.
— Kurt Vonnegut (via northsuite)
catherine, if you’re reading this, let’s go here next time i visit yale!
desmondpenny:cations:prettybooks:Yale Rare Book Library (by nick hollot)
OSTRICH offers a micro environment in which to take a warm and comfortable power nap at ease. It is neither a pillow nor a cushion, nor a bed, nor a garment, but a bit of each at the same time. Its soothing cave-like interior shelters and isolates our head and hands (mind, senses and body) for a few minutes, without needing to leave our desk.
It looks like a butt.
I could never sleep in that. Too hot, and I need to be laying down.
But interesting.
Easily the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
why librarians make great friends
- me: i know that song by the drums, you're right
- librarian friend: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDQSlDrHJKY
- me: best reference librarian ever
- librarian friend: unsure if i'm a reference librarian or a librarian who just makes a lot of references
