Linkubator Sunday Roundup | December 17-23

It was a rather exciting week for those of us in the Madison, Wisconsin area as Winter Storm Draco (talk about storm naming badassery) took many of us offline or at least ushered us inside for a day or two, we wrapped up year-end projects and set off to visit our families for the holidays. Wishing everyone a happy holiday week!

What’s new around the site

• The St. Ambrose University Library wowed us with the beautiful 3D sculptures of wildlife made by students and exhibited in the library.

• Cleveland Public Library rolled out a new library card that celebrates two local treasures: the library itself, and renowned comic writer Harvey Pekar.
• Feature writer Rebecca Rubenstein highlighted a wonderful exhibit of Beatrix Potter Picture Letters at the Morgan Library. 
• We celebrated the holiday spirit with this terrific community craft project from North Park University’s Brandel Library.

Happenings in the social media neighborhood

• These literary gingerbread creations – via BookRiot – had us smacking our lips and dreaming of edible Hogwarts and Minas Tirith.
• We learned how to make an awesome custom bookmark using Instagram photos – via Teen Librarian’s Toolbox.
• WebDesigner Depot highlighted 12 classic film posters taken to a new level of design.

Around the web

• Maria Popova, the brain/picker behind Brain Pickings, has a roundup of her outstanding “Best of” 2012 booklists.
• Here are 50+ Ways to Repurpose Old Books. Awesome for volumes headed to the library discard pile.
• Another solid article/blog post on library makerspaces from the ALA Techsource Blog.