If you’re a lover of words and you haven’t already added the Oxford English Dictionary ’s Word of the Day RSS feed to your aggregator, do so now. It’s tailor-made… continue reading Tailor-Made for Logophiles

By written by Communications Office    January 31, 2008   

In a comprehensive piece published in the current issue of the New York Review of Books , Sarah Boxer asks, “[What is] the effect of blogs on language? Are they a new literary genre? Do they… continue reading The Defining Essence of Bloggy Writing

By written by Communications Office    January 30, 2008    2

According to the New York Times , "Hundreds of men and a smaller number of women eke out a living scavenging books in Manhattan ." continue reading Used Books on the Streets of Manhattan, An Economy of Small Scale

By written by Communications Office    January 28, 2008    1

"What if scholarly books were peer reviewed by anonymous blog comments rather than by traditional, selected peer reviewers?" So begins a piece by Jeffrey Young recently published in the Chronicle… continue reading Peer Review in the Blogosphere

By written by Communications Office    January 25, 2008   

Last week the Library of Congress launched a pilot project with Flickr--the popular photo-sharing website--to publish more than 3,000 photos from its collections, including 1,600+ color… continue reading Library of Congress Photos on Flickr

By written by Communications Office    January 23, 2008   

The website American Rhetoric has compiled a list of what it deems the top 100 American speeches , all of which can be freely accessed in multiple formats, including MP3. At the number one spot is… continue reading Great American Speeches Online

By written by Communications Office    January 18, 2008   

This past Saturday, the National Book Critics Circle announced the finalists for the 2007 NBCC Awards in all six categories--fiction, nonfiction, poetry, biography, autobiography, and… continue reading In Other Awards News, National Book Critics Circle Announces 2007 Finalists

By written by Communications Office    January 16, 2008   

Today, at its Midwinter Meeting right here in Philadelphia, the American Library Association announced its picks for the best in youth media for the past year--including recipients of the Newbery,… continue reading And the Award Goes To..., ALA Announces 2008 Youth Media Awards

By written by Communications Office    January 14, 2008    1

Free Library of Philadelphia Interim President and Director Joseph McPeak is co-author of an op-ed item in today’s Philadelphia Daily News . Entitled “ What's playing at the library?… continue reading Dance Dance Revolutionary Times at the Library

By written by Communications Office    January 11, 2008   

The 2008 One Book, One Philadelphia kick-off was a standing-room-only affair--conclusively answering this question ...--with hundreds of people interested in learning more about Dave Eggers’… continue reading One Book Kick-Off with Dave Eggers Draws a Full House

By written by Communications Office    January 9, 2008   

Congratulations to Jon Scieszka--author of clever children's favorites including The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales and The True Story of the Three Little Pigs --who was yesterday… continue reading Stinky Cheese Author Appointed National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature

By written by Communications Office    January 4, 2008   

Yesterday writer Belinda Webb posted an item on the Guardian 's books blog announcing her New Year's resolution to keep to an " audiobook diet " in 2008. She writes, "So here we are, in 2008.… continue reading New Year's Resolution, An Audiobook Diet in 2008?

By written by Communications Office    January 2, 2008    2