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Traveling the Spectrum - George R. R. Martin ('Game of Thrones') and Blake Charlton at ALA Annual Conference | ALA Press Release | American Library Association

ALA Press Release | American Library Association

Traveling the Spectrum - George R. R. Martin ('Game of Thrones') and Blake Charlton at ALA Annual Conference

 

Supporting School Libraries and the Critical Role They Play | The White House

By Roberto Rodriguez

via wwws.whitehouse.gov

Steve Berry-"The Columbus Affair" | Warwick's

via warwicks.indiebound.com

Warwick's in May.. writes fabulous historical novels, thrillers...

North Carolina Digital Collections

The Archives' Treasures collection includes some of our most priceless items, like the original documents from the Lords Proprietors to Governor Samuel Stephens and Governor George Carteret, during the years 1665 to 1675.

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State preserves trove of digitized N.C. lore - State - NewsObserver.com

“We have cemetery records in from the state cemetery survey, county by county.”

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Sacramento Public Library unveils its National Library Week campaign | American Libraries Magazine

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#libraries | GLBT folks are patrons too.. well-done Sacramento Public!

You're Invited To Take a Virtual Tour of the White House | The White House

Since President Obama's first day in office, when he and the First Lady surprised and welcomed visitors enjoying the public tour of the White House, the Obamas have been focused on truly opening the doors of the "People's House" and making 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue more accessible to all Americans. Today, we are excited to roll out a new phase in this ongoing effort, an online 360 degree tour of the public rooms of the White House.

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2012 Edgar Award Nominees Announced

Mystery Writers of America has announced the nominees for the 2012 Edgar Allen Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction and non-fiction. The winners will be announced at a gala banquet on April 26 in New York.

via www.publishersweekly.com

"The Case of Death and Honey" – A Study in Sherlock by Neil Gaiman (Random House Publishing Group – Bantam Books) - nominated in short story category, congrats! Loved it in the new collection...

Letters From Georgia O'Keeffe, Alfred Stieglitz, Ernest Hemingway, and More - Maria Popova - Entertainment - The Atlantic

Letters From Georgia O'Keeffe, Alfred Stieglitz, Ernest Hemingway, and More

By Maria Popova

 

 

Jan 17 2012, 4:30 PM ET

Lessons in love and the early stirrings of genius appear in the casual correspondence of literary greats.

 

via www.theatlantic.com

The Daily Bruin :: Television shows important to college students

My dad has mentioned time and again the portable television he brought with him to college. He and a friend would convene each week to watch “Saturday Night Live” and huddle around the ten-inch black and white screen.

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10 Top Values in Public Colleges, 2012 - Kiplinger

UC-San Diego charges a lower sticker price than its sister schools in our top-ten rankings and delivers enough financial aid to bring the average cost after need-based aid to only $10,317. Near both the Mexican border and the Pacific Ocean, this top research institution gives students plenty of opportunity for expanding their horizons. And have we mentioned the great weather?

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The Importance of Being Ernest Hemingway - Video Library - The New York Times

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Melena Ryzik has a drink with the actor Corey Stoll, who plays Ernest Hemingway in Woody Allen’s “Midnight in Paris.”

Achieving a collaborative FDLP future (#FDLP) | Free Government Information (FGI)

Note: This post is a longer response to a recent comments left on the LJ article written by Jim A. Jacobs and Melody Kelly.

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PBS Shifts Tactics to Reach Wider Audience - NYTimes.com

The goal is to attract new viewers to PBS and make audiences think of public television more like the top-tier programming of HBO, Showtime and other channels they are willing to pay for. “Think of PBS and the local stations as premium television on the honors system,” said John Wilson, senior vice president and chief television programming executive at PBS.

via www.nytimes.com

HathiTrust Launching Full-Text Library of Books

HathiTrust Launching Full-Text Library of Books
by Barbara Quint
Posted On October 22, 2009

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With all the controversy still swirling around Google Books and its post-settlement offerings, an alternative route to the millions of digitized books and journals supplied by leading Google Book Search library partners has arrived. The HathiTrust (www.hathitrust.org) is a collaboration of 25 research libraries already participating in Google Book Search to produce a shared digital repository for preservation and access to a curated collection. By mid-November, the HathiTrust Digital Library will have a full-featured, full-text search service for 4.3-5 million items. The searches will retrieve bibliographic citations and page references, including those for in-copyright books. Content will extend beyond the digitized copies of books returned to early library partners by Google. HathiTrust is pushing to acquire other digitized special collections from its members, as well as making arrangements for opening access to university press books.

via newsbreaks.infotoday.com