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Women charged with arson for torching books at Tacoma library

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She was a regular patron who was at the central branch of the Tacoma Public Library “virtually every day” with no history of trouble but on Saturday all that changed when she set fire to a shelf of books in the American History section. 250 people were evacuated.  The suspect “admitted she had an issue […] [Read More]

Good Morning Mr. Orwell Redux

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The satellite’s amplification of the freedom of the strong must be accompanied by the protection of the culture of the weak or by the creation of a diverse software skillfully bringing to life the qualitative differences in various cultures. – Nam June Paik, Art & Satellite (1984) On January 1, 1984 Nam June Paik celebrated […] [Read More]

Nicolas Grospierre’s Infinite Library

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The Never-Ending Corridor of Books  The Never-Ending Corridor of Books and the Never-Ending Wall of Books are two components of The Library project by Nicolas Grospierre. Both are installations comprised of photographs placed in light boxes and shown in mirrors to create the illusion of endlessness. The Library project is not the representation of a specific library, but […] [Read More]

Seattle Public Library launches the Pike Place Market Digital Collection

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“We believe handmade, homegrown and face-to-face are still the best ways of doing things.” It was an August day in 1907 when “crowds of shoppers seeking fresh produce and bargains descended…The first farmer sold out of produce within minutes. Within a week, 70 wagons were gathering daily to sell along the newly named Pike Place, a wooden […] [Read More]

Of Interest: Morrissey, The Talmud, The Occupy Movement “Explained” and The Best of Early Vanity Fair

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“The solution to all predicaments is the goodness of privacy in a warm room with books” – Morrissey He is near the top of most lists ranking the world’s best songwriters and his tenure with The Smiths had a monumental impact on the 1980’s music scene yet by reading his Autobiography one has to shake their head […] [Read More]

Reading with Chad Gowey

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Holiday Parking, November/December 2013 Chad Gowey is a freelance illustrator working out of Los Angeles. He is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and seems to have a knack for picturing books. His work as appeared in numerous publications and books including the publishers Chronicle Books, David R. Godine. He also does has regular gig […] [Read More]
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In the Stacks of the Folger Shakespeare Library

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Frontispiece.  The works of Mr. William Shakespear in six volumes, 1709 Back in August the Folger Shakespeare Library unsealed their almost 80,000 digital image archive! An absolute treasure-trove of material related to Shakespeare, the collection contains books, theater memorabilia, manuscripts, art, and more for your online perusal.  Through the Digital Image Collection, you can: Compare 19th-century productions […] [Read More]

Mining newspapers for poetry

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What to do you get when you partner up a digital humanities projects librarian with an associate professor of computer science and engineering? Answer: Something good. At the University of Nebraska Elizabeth Lorang, research assistant professor and digital humanities projects librarian in the University Libraries has teamed with Leen-Kiat Soh, associate professor of the computer science and engineering, […] [Read More]
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