Archive for January 5th, 2009
Library usage up with a down economy
Monday, January 5th, 2009The Boston Globe is reporting increasing usage of public libraries, due to the down economy (yep, that’s right, you folks heard it here first in June, when we predicted library usage would increase after looking at similar patterns during the Great Depression). Now, this, of course is great news for libraries. Well, mostly good news. [...]
Rare book pick of the day
Monday, January 5th, 2009Found in Rare Maps and Atlases on Biblio.com: The English Atlas by Pitt, Moses, published in 4 volumes in 1680 with colored plates (as you can see below). Make sure and check out the detailed zoom on this image: addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Ffor.theloveofbooks.com%2F2009%2F01%2Frare-book-pick-of-the-day%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Rare+book+pick+of+the+day’; addthis_pub = ‘sherar’;