A Dragon in Sheep’s Clothing

“Reading is the most productive way to stay sane when reality is particularly hard to take.”
I just had to save that for posterity.
Quote by our University librarian, Mary Sellen, in an article about a new program designed to regenerate interest in literature.

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‘Monologues’ Spurs Dialogue on Taste and Speech
CROSS RIVER, N.Y., March 7 — The three girls had been warned by teachers not to utter the word. But they chose to say it anyway — vagina — in unison at a high school forum, and were swiftly punished by their school.
Now the case of the [...]

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 Yay! Music to a book lover’s ears:
Scholars and others interested in flipping through some of the Library of Congress‘ most fragile books will be able to tap the knowledge without damaging the artifacts.
Librarian of Congress James H. Billington said Wednesday the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation awarded a $2 million grant to the world’s largest library [...]

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I thought I should follow up yesterday’s rant with some better library news.
Man returns book overdue since 1960
Robert Nuranen handed the local librarian a book he’d checked out for a ninth-grade assignment — along with a check for 47 years’ worth of late fees.

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I just read the Washington Post article “Hello, Grisham — So Long, Hemingway?” and I’m literally cringing.
[...] thousands of novels and nonfiction works have been eliminated from the Fairfax County collection after a new computer software program showed that no one had checked them out in at least 24 months. Public libraries have always [...]

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