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Underground Libraries

jsandstrum — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:26:27 +0000

“Librotraficante” , “Book Trafficker” Libraries are being formed in response to the banning of Mexican-American Studies by the Tuscon Unified School District:

Librotraficante Movement To Open Underground Libraries Following Alleged Book Banning.

Also, another “underground” library has been created by the Occupy Wall Street movement: http://peopleslibrary.wordpress.com/

I was shocked: Only one space after a sentence.

jsandstrum — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 01:35:49 +0000

O.k. I’m old enough to have been taught how to type on a manual typewriter, so, I guess have an excuse. I’ve been using two spaces after the end of a sentence all through out college, even graduate school, and all my professional career. The shocker: I have never been corrected! I was flabbergasted to find this article on Slate.com, Two spaces after a period: Why you should never, ever do it. – Slate Magazine. I even looked it up in the venerable A Manual for Writers, cross-checking like a good Librarian should, and, sure enough, one should type a single space at the end of a sentence. I guess the last school bell never rings.

Explanation of “A day of Glass 2″

jsandstrum — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:40:59 +0000

Corning released another video that explains the technology behind “A Day Made of Glass 2″.

Explanation of “A Day Made of Glass 2″

Penguin seen more clearly as trying to thwart Amazon

jsandstrum — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:05:40 +0000

New blog points to Penguin’s recent eBook decision as targeting Amazon, not libraries:

Melville House Books » Penguin seen more clearly as trying to thwart Amazon, but anger and conspiracy theories continue.

Vendors making stupid eBook decisions, yet again

jsandstrum — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:20:32 +0000

In Dan Messer’s blog entry, Penguin Pilfers Public, Prefers Pointless Practices, he reflects on the latest ridiculous eBook vendor decision: Penguin’s decision to restrict library use of their eBooks on Overdrive.

It’s a bit tiring, seeing vendors view libraries as a “potential crime waiting to happen.” They don’t know what that crime is, or how it will happen, but they know it will. They feel this way so faithfully that they make ridiculous decisions like the one made by Penguin recently.

To eBook publisher’s: Libraries are not your enemies!

Day of Glass 2

jsandstrum — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:24:56 +0000

In part 2 of “Day of Glass”, Corning envisions the future of glass displays. It stresses medical and educational applications mostly. Of course, eBooks and other media are involved as well.

New Amazon Store Fronts?

jsandstrum — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:10:56 +0000

New Amazon Store Fronts? Really? In the post-Borders market, a rather strange development:

http://goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/amazon-in-the-process-of-launching-a-retail-store/

Goodbye, state funding for California libraries | KALW

jsandstrum — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:40:35 +0000

Goodbye, state funding for California libraries | KALW.

Andrew Sullivan Discusses eBooks

jsandstrum — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:11:41 +0000

Andrew Sullivan, British Author and Blogger Discusses eBooks:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/videos/2012/02/01/ebook-vs-democracy.html

Read a free e-book online — donate free book

jsandstrum — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:53:01 +0000

Just by reading a free online children’s e-book online, you can donate a book to needy children. Just read the following blog and find out how:

http://blog.ted.com/2012/01/20/harnessing-the-power-of-reading-qa-with-elizabeth-zunon/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TEDBlog+%28TEDBlog%29