Perfect! Now to work out the details. Maybe a three-drink minimum? Do patrons have to pay for drinks? Can I make collection development decisions after a few shots of schnapps? There are so many new policies to write!Oh,...

Jeff O'Neal writes:True story: I bribed a librarian (after a brief conversation about my general reading interests) to constantly stick new/interesting things in my hold queue. Best. Thing. Ever. It’s like Netflix...

The Roku company produces digital media receivers...  ...he Roku and a dedicated subscription is less than libraries pay for content in many other formats. Many indiv...

All libraries have rules: bring your books back by the due date...  ...down because people are trying to read. But some libraries have extra rules that obviously have a story behi...

libraries wrap up novels. The librarians write tantalizing...  ...ed the bar code and instruction label on it. Some libraries chose to keep the genre a secret, but I wrote it...

For many college students, this is a stressful tim...  ...ng, Cornell University laid sod inside two of its libraries . Gilad Meron, a recent graduate, conceived and ex...  ...year lawns were placed in both the Mann and Olin libraries , as well as three other locations around campus,...  ...d Tancheva agree, the...

Grace Light, a resident of Hawaii, loves air plants. She's found the perfect home for them in one of her many old library card catalog cabinets. It's now a "botanical cabinet of curiosities."Link...

Over at Boing Boing, Cory Doctorow sings the prais...  ...read, courtesy of the Seattle Public Library. Go libraries !What is he talking about? In the United States, i...

Just file me under 641.8 (or TX 951, if you prefer). Marni, an Apartment Therapy reader, found an old card catalog cabinet with waist-high retractable shelves. It was perfect for intoxicating research.Link -via Erica Mag...

A few months ago, a teenager approached the re...  ...ne so young!Over the past two decades, many large libraries have disposed of their card catalog cabinets. Due...