A librarian collects all the things left in books — from love letters to old photos is by Nell Clark an editor at Morning Edition and a writer for NPR's Live Blog. Her piece appears on the NPR website. Photo illustration: Vanessa Leroy and Nell Clark via Oakland...
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“Caught My Eye” by Katina: How to fall back in love with reading
"How to fall back in love with reading" is by Alissa Wilkinson and appears in Vox. "I doubt you need to be told you should be reading more. There’s a good chance you struggle to make time for reading, and it feels like just another obligation, like hitting your daily...
ATG Quirkies: Bugs Bunny Scholarship Is a Wascally Wesearch Wabbit Hole
Bugs Bunny Scholarship Is a Wascally Wesearch Wabbit Hole is by the Editors of JSTOR Daily and aptly appears as part of their Research Rabbit Hole series of posts. "What’s up, Doc? Dunno, but let’s see what the PhD’s are saying about everyone’s favorite rascally...
“Caught My Eye” by Katina: The Bookseller Who Helped Transform Oxford, Mississippi
The Bookseller Who Helped Transform Oxford, Mississippi is by Casey Cep, a staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of “Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee,” "Richard Howorth has nurtured generations of Southern writers and readers, and...
“Caught My Eye” by Katina: Some Surprising Good News: Bookstores Are Booming and Becoming More Diverse
Some Surprising Good News: Bookstores Are Booming and Becoming More Diverse appears in the New York Times and its is by Alexandra Alter, who writes about publishing and the literary world for The New York Times, and Elizabeth A. Harris, who writes about books and...
“Caught My Eye” by Katina: The Death Of Literature-The Spectator World
(Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) The greatest men make the greatest mistakes. One thinks of the late John Lukacs, the Hungarian-American historian who claimed that the age of the book is at an end. That is far from being the case, the electronic book...
“Caught My Eye” by Katina: The Norwegian library with unreadable books
The Norwegian library with unreadable books appears on the BBC website and is by Richard Fisher. Mr. Fisher is a senior journalist for BBC Future and tweets @rifish. He writes the newsletter The Long-termist's Field Guide, and is the author of an upcoming book...
ATG Book of the Week: Managing Licensed E-Resources: Techniques, Tips and Practical Advice
TITLE: Managing Licensed E-Resources: Techniques, Tips and Practical AdviceEDITOR: Galadriel ChiltonPAPERBACK: ISBN: 978-1-945398-09-4, $15.99; epub: ISBN: 978-1-945398-10-0, free; PDF: ISBN: 978-1-945398-12-4, free.IMPRINT: Forest Grove, OR: Pacific University Press,...
ATG Quirkies: A Visual Tour of 35 Literary Bars and Cafés from Around the World
A Visual Tour of 35 Literary Bars and Cafés from Around the World appears on the Literary Hub website and is by Emily Temple, managing editor of Lit Hub. "In our habitual fantasies, writers do nothing but sit at small café tables, sometimes meeting with their friends,...
ATG Book of the Week: Book Wars: The Digital Revolution in Publishing
TITLE: Book Wars: The Digital Revolution in PublishingAUTHOR: John B. ThompsonHARDCOVER: ISBN: 978-1-509-54678-7, $35; PAPERBACK: ISBN: 978-1-509-55493-5, $26.95; eBook: ISBN: 978-1-509-54679-4, $28Imprint: Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, 2021 "This book...
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LSU Expanding Efforts to Digitize Louisiana’s Diverse Cultural Institutions – Plus More ATG News & Announcements for 8/8/22
LSU Expanding Efforts to Digitize Louisiana’s Diverse Cultural Institutions According to LSU Libraries News & Notes "LSU is accelerating efforts to digitize vulnerable collections for diverse and underfunded cultural heritage institutions in Louisiana with a new...
LSU Expanding Efforts to Digitize Louisiana’s Diverse Cultural Institutions – Plus More ATG News & Announcements for 8/8/22
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Oxford University Press To Migrate Its Catalogue to Online Platform – Plus More ATG News & Announcements for 8/5/22
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ATG Quirkies: A librarian collects all the things left in books — from love letters to old photos
A librarian collects all the things left in books — from love letters to old photos is by Nell Clark an editor at Morning Edition and a writer for NPR's Live Blog. Her piece appears on the NPR website. Photo illustration: Vanessa Leroy and Nell Clark via Oakland...
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