“Sing in Me Muse, and through me tell the story….” Homer’s Odyssey.
New this week on the website:
- Celebrate the joy of reading in public with The Underground New York Public Library project!
- Need some tips on partnerships? Peter Vangioni talks about Pressed Letters, a partnership between the Christchurch Art Gallery and the Central Library in Peterborough, New Zealand.
- Rochester Public Library invites artists to work in the library, interact with patrons, and promote art: Caution! Artist @ Work! What a splendid program!
- Artist Cheryl Sorg dissects literature to create her pieces – have you seen the pictures? PLUS, the amazing work on the left, built from the text of The Odyssey, is FOR SALE! E-mail us for a quote!
- Quilting librarians are a force to be reckoned with! The ALA Biblioquilters show off their stuff and the good they do for Christopher Hoy Scholarship Fund.
Neat stuff from the social media neighborhood:
- People were pretty excited about the Digital Vaults of the National Archive. Not only does the database have TEN BILLION records, but the browsing software is just. so. cool.
- This link on Twitter got librarians talking!
Jenineveazue: See, numbers CAN be fun! MT @IArtLibraries: A guide to the Dewey Decimal System: owl.li/dDVf5 #handy #Dewey #Research #Libraries
Skylitup: 2 librarian friends (1 a cataloger) used their favorite Dewey sub-categories as the basis for their wedding reception seating
From Guo Pei’s “1002nd Arabian Night” haute couture collection and show, 2010
Neat stuff we found around the web:
- We all love neat bookstores, am I right? And re-purposed buildings? Well, here are 10 of these amazing places – WOW.
- The Public Domain Review has probably been around for a while (given its EXTENSIVE collection of material!), but what a magnificent treasure trove for inspiration!
- Books play a huge part in the life and work of fashion designer Guo Pei – she dreams of building China’s first fashion museum and library.
- Never heard of Luzinterruptus? Neither had we – until now! An anonymous art group draws attention to city problems with light installments. This brilliant installation (get it?) is staged in Melbourne.
