Collection Reflection

Good morning and Happy Monday! Recommended reading for new (and not so new) librarians . What we can learn from PEW's changing world of librarians . Judging Gatsby by its cover(s) . The digital truths traditional publishers don't want to hear . Fascinating blog of books available in the Guantanamo Bay library . LJ's Periodical Price Survey 2013 . Isabelle Allende on her new book, grandchildren, and loss . 25 vintage photographs of librarians....being awesome . 20 amazing outdoor libraries . (Outdoor....I think I just got hives!) Internet archive strives to keep web history alive . Just for Fun: Stephen King's 11/22/63  on track to become a tv series. LA Confidential  getting a TV series sequel .

Happy Wednesday! Flowchart:  Which Shakespeare play should I read ? A special Bush Library exhibit puts visitors in the president's shoes . Yay? Authorized Margaret Thatcher bio coming in May . JD Salinger letters discovered . From Whitman to Lethem, a journey through Brooklyn's literary past . Jason Segel to write children's book series . Original BEA interviews with Wally Lamb and Ishmael Beah 11 famous actors reading Shakespeare out loud . Just for Fun : Cover battles: Original covers vs. redesigns . (As if Abercrombie Anne of Green Gables would ever  win.) A library of miniature books . Do you need to hear the Game of Thrones  theme played on a college bell tower?  Of course you do!

Happy Monday! Marketing Libraries is like marketing mayonnaise.  (I love it!) Ebook reader and buyer habits are changing . So what's next for ebooks and libraries ? What would happen if Amazon gave away every book for free ?  (I'd have a lot of books!) Sacramento library adds 3-D copies to its bag of tricks . What is being described as " the Porsche of e-readers "? Selecting materials for a Latino user collection  (via Letters to a Young Librarian). A school librarian describes building a graphic novel collection . Lists : Making its way around the web:  30 things to tell a book snob . 10 great kids' books that have never been made into movies . The Eisner nominees are ... The 2013 Los Angeles Times book prize winners are ... Play (dead) ball! A list of baseball mysteries . Just for Fun : The Evolution of Lois Lane . French literacy campaign ads make you look twice .

Happy Thursday, party people! Have some links. The Digital Public Library of America launches April 18, 2013 at Noon (EST) A post on " What we hope the DPLA will become ." "Rather than just having vast pools of information about works from US collections – wouldn't it be great if there were hand picked anthologies of works by Emerson or Dickinson curated by leading scholars? Or collections of songs or paintings relating to a specific region, chosen by knowledgeable local historians who know about allusions and references that others might miss?" The first book printed in the US (1640) could fetch about $20M at auction . "Next generation" ebook launched at LBF . (Huh. This seems more like a cool game than a book.) A snapshot of our nation's bookmobiles . As is customary, Pulitzer prize wins lead to bumps in sales . ( List of the winners.) The most ridiculous claims used to challenge classic books . (According to Flavorwire) Also ...

Happy Monday, everyone! Do e-readers inhibit reading comprehension ? Changing the ways readers buy and create books . Fifty Shades of Grey and Captain Underpants top ALA's challenged book list . Go the fuck to sleep to get film treatment .  (this HAS to star Sam Jackson, right?) Top 10 must underrated SF authors . Something electronic this way comes: Ray Bradbury ebooks announced . (I bought some of these for the library over the weekend.) DC introduces the first transgender character . The Ebook pricing promo war is heating up !  Peter Berg to direct pilot for Tom Perotta's The Leftovers for HBO .

Happy Wednesday & Thursday!! According to author Meg Wolitzer, men won't read books about women . Some SF and Horror books to read (or re-read) before they come out as movies . I'm loving Kristi's take on Amazon, Goodreads and Library Thing . 2012 stats from American Publisher's Association . OUP on the professionalization of library theft . President Obama's budget ups the funding for LSTA . Mary Higgins Clark: Active as ever at age 85 . (Awesome!) 2013 Independent foreign fiction shortlist announced . Google sells Frommer's back to Frommer, but is keeping the social media accounts . (Take the content, we want the connections.) All a big misunderstanding! Apple not to blame for gay sex image ban . Do writers really retire ? (I hear that yes, they do!) Infographic: Americans still love libraries . Fascinating argument being played out.  Starts with Turow, who is debunked by Masnick , and finishes with Eisler . All three are worth...

Happy Tuesday! Chilean poet Pablo Neruda to be exhumed . Finalists in the Indie Choice awards . Daniel Hoffman, former US poet laureate, dies .  Virtual library launched in Philly train station . (I want to see this!) Diana Gabaldon on her forthcoming Outlander book . Lists : From the  Guardian ,  10 ways self-publishing has changed the book world . Top 10 John Le Carre novels . 15 amazing book filled bars where we'd like to drink . (Save me a seat!) 10 Celebrities' Favorite Children's Books . Just for Fun : Hugh Jackman visiting wolverines at the zoo .

Happy Monday!  Infographic(s): 5 library-inspired infographics! Is reading different in the 21st century? Who owns the political soul of science fiction? F. Scott Fitzgerald walked out of the first The Great Gatsby movie . (Ouch!) 10 delicious literary beers to drink while reading . Why do we keep making ebooks like paper books?   (Interesting question.) From our friend Mary (@librarymary40), Collection Analysis: Median vs. Average

Happy Thursday! Former Secretary of State Clinton's book about those experiences set to publish in 2014 SoS Clinton's book will cover the Arab Spring and the killing of bin Laden Not so fast!  Arthur Frommer buys back travel guides from Google to keep print versions alive. A change of pace for Lisa Scottoline (love her!) Pottermore @ Playstation Home up and running. More casting for the movie adapation of Gillian Flynn's Dark Places   Just for fun: I loved this before I ever clicked Play.  James Brown  A Man's World / Game of Thrones mashup. (oh internet, I love you)

Happy whatever-day-this-is! Robert Darnton on the launch of the Digital Public Library of America . 10 things to know about Kickstarting a book . Author Iain Banks diagnosed with late stage gall bladder cancer .  The sexiest job of the 21st Century?  Data Scientist ! Looking for some Indie SF/F books?  Here are some top pics from The Guardian . A petition to change Amazon's ebook exchange policy .   Just for Fun : The Times Haiku project turns copy into poetry. Game of Scones and other edible books . Epic Game of Thrones .gif guide . Spoiler filled so watcher beware!  Awwww!  Video games meet Little Golden Books . Infographic: How to prepare your zombie apocalypse first aid kit .

Happy Tuesday! From the Los Angeles Review of Books , a discussion of the rise of the Amish romance . What is the business of literature ? To Kill A Mockingbird is the runaway choice for Great American Novel . How to recommend books to readers who are in a slump . I'm not linking to "Morality in America" but it says that the ALA makes the dirty dozen in porn purveyors list. I'll link to NPR reporting the news .  Novels are too personal to be propaganda?   I don't buy that. What do you think? The Fair Use/Fair Dealing handbook . Will Librarians Still Use Goodreads ? (featuring BOTH of us) Lists : The top ten most influential travel books . (According to the Smithsonian Institution.) Ten great books on the Iraq War . The best fantasy novels you (probably) haven't read . (Ok, fine, they got me.) Just for Fun : A flowchart of the Stephen King universe . Producers of the Game of Thrones TV show will not be waiting for the books , i...