Libraryperson

Happy Birthday, Robin Sloan, born 19 December 1979

Five Quotes

Walking the stacks in a library, dragging your fingers across the spines — it’s hard not to feel the presence of sleeping spirits.

You know, I’m really starting to think the whole world is just a patchwork quilt of crazy little cults, all with their own secret spaces, their own records, their own rules.

All the secrets of the world worth knowing are hiding in plain sight.

I’ve never listened to an audiobook before, and I have to say it’s a totally different experience. When you read a book, the story definitely takes place in your head. When you listen, it seems to happen in a little cloud all around it, like a fuzzy knit cap pulled down over your eyes

Our books still do not require batteries. But I am no fool. It is a slender advantage.

The latest #NetNeutrality update has been posted to District Dispatch. It includes ways that you can get involved today. If you haven’t already, take some time to call or email your Senators and Representatives. Ask them to support net neutrality and tell them how your libraries benefit from strong, enforceable net neutrality protections.

Join protests online with some suggested social media messages on December 13 and 14:

Hey @AjitPaiFCC – America’s 120,000 libraries depend on equitable and robust access to the internet to serve our communities. We need #netneutrality!

.@FCC – Our libraries’ digital collections, podcasts, video tutorials, and more rely on an open internet. @AjitPaiFCC, keep #netneutrality!

#netneutrality is the First Amendment of the internet. @FCC, please protect the right to read, create and share freely without commercial gatekeepers.

RARE OLD BOOKS ON THE LOST TREASURES OF THE INCAS

Artist Philip Beesley Merges Chemistry, Artificial Intelligence, and Interactivity to Create “Living” Architecture

When she recommends a book to you, reply, “I’m going to read the hell out of this.”