A/V Disco

Nov 19

“Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn’t carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.”

-Stephen King

(via archivalerie)

Oct 12

whatshouldwecallarchives:

WHEN HathiTrust WINS FAIR USE

Jun 18

Frank Zappa discusses music in libraries! This clip is from an interview with Frank Zappa conducted on October 12, 1988 by Martin Perlich from the UCLA Library Martin Perlich Interviews Collection 1965- .

May 23

Boston Public Library

Mar 5

“I want to congratulate librarians, not famous for their physical strength or their powerful political connections or their great wealth, who, all over this country, have staunchly resisted anti-democratic bullies who have tried to remove certain books from their shelves, and have refused to reveal to thought police the names of persons who have checked out those titles. So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.” Kurt Vonnegut

(via archivalerie)

Oct 31

Art in Libraries

An anonymous artist leaves beautiful pieces of book art at various libraries throughout Scotland. This is how art feels and looks to me.

Oct 11

“We separated print resources and e-resources because ‘clearly’ they are completely different beasts. Are they so separate and distinct to users’ mind? Not so much. But we separate them for the efficiency of ‘our’ operation. Users pay by being forced to take an additional step. Probably a decision as bad as Netflix and Qwikster.” Netflix and Libraries: You Are What “Your Users” Think You Are, Not What You Think You Are – Library Hat (via shrinkinglibrarian)

(via shrinkinglibrarian)

Sep 14

ourpresidents:

In Her Voice: Jacqueline Kennedy, The White House Years

Today, the Kennedy Library opens a new exhibit highlighting Jacqueline Kennedy’s 1964 oral history interview.

Sealed for 47 years and scheduled to be published today is a series of wide-ranging conversations with historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.

In Her Voice will feature excerpts from these conversations, presented alongside the objects, documents, and photographs that chronicle the events Mrs. Kennedy describes.

A/V Disco

Audio. Video. Disco. = I hear. I see. I learn.

Art in Libraries