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Librarians Are the New Black

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Here’s another comment about the library world coming from outside the library world. Thomas Hawk, the excellent photographer of Thomas Hawk’s Digital Connections, comments on Sony’s assertion that its new book reader is “sexier than a librarian:”

“Sony says that their new book reader thingy is “sexier than a librarian.” There is just no way I’m buying that one. Nice try though Sony. I’m sure the reader’s probably just fine *but* no way is it sexier than a librarian.”

There also are some funny comments on his photo hosting site. I leave it up to you to decide the level of sarcasm.

Men’s Health Library Endorsement

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Always great to see a non-academic source talk about how great libraries are. From Kyle Western’s sidebar about democracy in the July/August 2007 issue of Men’s Health:

“President Franklin D. Roosevelt noted that public libraries are ‘essential to the functioning of a democratic society.’ But libraries are often first to go when local budgets are cut. Support yours by always paying your fines and by donating used books, CD-ROMs, and DVDs. And instead of buying from Amazon, check librarybooksales.org first–it sells books from local libraries across the country. Back your library and you’ll strengthen the state economy, too: a South Carolina study found the return on investment for every $1 spent on public libraries was $4.48–that’s nearly 350 percent.”

Of course, instead of buying a book from Amazon, you can just check it out of your library.

Updated Library Links

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I have been remiss in keeping my blogroll up-to-date. I have slighted many fine blogs by subscribing but not linking to them here. By way of apology, I have just added the following: