(Photo: Bildtankstelle)(Photo: Ji-Elle)(Photo: Ji-Elle)Chinguetti is a small town in Mauritania. It's been getting smaller because of the gradual expansion of the Sahara. But it was once a thriving settlement and, due to...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/01/28/The-Library-in-the-Desert-Chinguetti-Mauritania/(Photo by Sheila Thomson)Public libraries have long been a means for people to educate them... ...trons who complete their curriculum.Although many libraries offer GED exams and preparation courses for those...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/01/11/A-Public-Library-Will-Begin-Offering-High-School-Diplomas/(Photo: Rob124)We’ve seen e-readers and libraries without print books. But beyond the obvious proli... ...ation sources, what might we see in the future of libraries ? Here are five possibilities.1. Patron-Driven Acq... ...aterials very quickly.2. Discovery PortalsAt most librari...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/01/01/5-Futures-for-Libraries/(Unrelated photo via wanderingone)Food for Fines i... ...ringone)Food for Fines is a charity event at some libraries in the United States. At the South Burlington Com...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/27/At-Some-Libraries-Patrons-Can-Pay-Fines-with-Food-Which-Is-Then-Donated-to-the-Poor/Have you ever used a microfilm reader at a library? In the age between exclusively print library collections and online research databases, library patrons engaging in intensive research often relied on microfilm collect...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/27/A-Superhero-Comic-Book-about-the-Inventor-of-Library-Microfilm-Collections/(Photo: Kurt Wilson/The Missoulan)It was 1917. Miss Ruth Worden, a librarian at the Missoula Public Library in Missoula, Montana, wanted to bring a world of knowledge and literature to lumberjacks at logging camps in her...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/23/The-Boxcar-Library/(Photos: Playoffice)Provided that you have agile librarians, here’s a great idea for a library design.* Playoffice, a design studio in Spain, focuses on objects and spaces for kids. That’s why it stretched a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/13/A-Reading-Net-for-the-Library/(Images: South Wales Evening Post/Lucasfilm)Assuming that Jabba the Hutt survived the Sarlacc’s digestive tract, where could he, given his professional experience, find employment? At a library, of course!Toby Phil...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/05/Jabba-the-Hutt-Now-Works-at-a-Library/Bring a hedgehog into the library and frantically ask the clerks where they keep the reverse spell casting books.— Richard McCarthy (@Rich_McCarthy) April 17, 2013 If the staff is well-trained, they’ll refer...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/10/25/Practical-Joke-at-the-Library/(Photo: Bernard Hoffman/Life)Do you love old libraries ? The feel of catalog cards flipping on your finge... ...apabilities that computer technology has given to libraries are important and liberating. But there’s a... ...iberating. But there’s an experience to old librarie...
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