Libraries
Tips, infographics, and fun stuff about libraries and librarians in digital times.
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Meet the 12-year-old girl who runs a free library in India
India’s youngest librarian Yashoda D Shenoy strives to give free access to books to children from low-income backgrounds who would otherwise not be able to become members.
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Chanel introduces a library-themed autumn couture collection
Chanel’s new designer Virginie Viard makes a bookish debut with her library-themed collection that is guaranteed to satisfy every bibliophile.
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Censorship by the numbers (infographic)
2018 saw an increase in attempts to censor drag queen story hours and LGBTQIA+ programming, as well as challenges to remove access to databases.
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Top most challenged books of 2018 in the United States (infographic)
George, a children’s novel about a transgender girl, written by Alex Gino, is the most challenged book of 2018.
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Book Bot library robot returns books free of charge in Silicon Valley
End to overdue library books? A new mobile robot librarian drives around Mountain View and collects books that are due to be returned.
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The clear correlation between libraries and literacy rates (infographic)
In the United States, as much as 25% of the adult population are considered illiterate. Libraries can can make a huge difference.
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8 important things users want from a library (infographic)
From a Danish cloud-based printing company Princh comes a concise infographic that lists things library patrons would love to see in their libraries. The visual is based on a detailed post that shares a range of relevant and useful innovative technologies to implement in the library of the future. Via Princh / Medium. More to…
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11 libraries invaluable to world history (infographic)
The infographic puts together Saint Catherine’s Monastery Library, Khizanat Al Qarawiyyin, The Tiny Pavilion Library, and other temples of human knowledge.
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What is the role of libraries in the digital age (infographic)
The visual shares facts and figures about the state of reading in the European Union, and is a great way to start a discussion about…
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Top 10 most borrowed authors in OverDrive-powered libraries
The most popular author of all time is James Patterson, with almost 21 million checkouts.
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Top 10 ebook and audiobook library checkouts of all time
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn is the most borrowed ebook of all time from libraries powered by OverDrive.
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OverDrive-powered libraries have checked out over 1 billion ebooks and audiobooks (infographic)
It’s a milestone for digital reading – on February 10, 2018, OverDrive recorded all-time checkouts via 40,000 connected libraries surpassed one billion.
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14 funniest and weirdest animated gifs that are set in libraries
Take a look at these entertaining loops that will animate your mind and inspire to visit the library.
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How libraries are using social media (infographic)
If you are a person responsible in your library for social media, you will find this infographic helpful. Librarians are incredibly open to new technologies. Dealing with social media is a proof how creative and flexible they can be. TechSoup, a global platform providing support for charities and libraries, has released an infographic that takes…
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16 concepts for the evolving library (infographic)
What an inspiring way to rethink what libraries are about! See also: [ef-archive number=2 tag=”lists” ] Reid Wilson has created an amazingly simple visual, called Evolving library concepts. It’s a refreshingly new view on the evolution of libraries. The visual includes sixteen open books. Each book puts one topic in focus, comparing two points of…
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11 exciting ways you can celebrate Read an Ebook Day 2017
For the fourth time, ebook lovers from around the world celebrate Read an Ebook Day.
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5 ways to use your library card (infographic)
September is Library Card Sign-Up Month! Do you know you can use your library card for much more than just borrowing books? It’s possible because nowadays libraries offer much more than just books. You can find even 60 different ways to use the library card, but let’s just start from the basics. In the visual…
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Countries with the most and fewest libraries per 100,000 residents (infographic)
How can you judge which country is the best for the book lover? You can rank countries by literate behaviour characteristics, for instance. A much simpler method, however, is to look into how many libraries are available for the residents of each country. And this is what you can find in an infographic created by…
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The future of the library is the library of things (infographic)
We live in times of the internet of things. Things such as a fridge can connect to the web and send messages. Don’t you think that much more important than having a fridge tweeting about the temperature of the white wine is a chance to connect real people with real things? Nowadays, libraries connect patrons…
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25 libraries, classic and modern, in awe-inspiring symmetrical photos
Stunning photos by Thibaud Poirier show the beauty of reading rooms and describe what libraries are about.
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Story Pod is a compact exchange library which stands exactly where you need it
This compact, 8 by 8 feet, cubic is a great example of an urban design that brings the joy of reading to public spaces.
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An amazing home library made of 10,000 pieces of walnut (pictures)
This home library in Arizona was inspired by the 19th-century library at the Konopiště Castle, near Prague, Czech Republic.
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10 most challenged books of 2016 in the US (infographic)
Books by Mariko Tamaki, John Green, Chuck Palahniuk, and Bill Cosby are on a list of most challenged titles in the US in 2016.
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Interactive map shows librarians’ favorite books around the world
Every day we read about favorite books of top celebrities, cultural figures, or world leaders. Wouldn’t you like to know what’s on a reading list of those who spend with books much more time than Donald Trump? Lynsay Williams has prepared for Oxford University Press Blog an interactive map that shows favorite books of librarians…