“The Pike Place Market Digital Collection courtesy of the Seattle Public Library brings nearly 500 items from the 1920s to the 1980s right to our fingertips.”
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Shakespeare and Company: A Legendary Bookstore in Paris | Vanity Fair
In a Bookstore in Paris
“Perhaps the most famous independent bookstore in the world, Shakespeare and Company can feel like something of a literary utopia, where money takes a backseat and generations of writers—Allen Ginsberg, Henry Miller, Anaïs Nin, William Styron, Martin Amis, Zadie Smith, Dave Eggers, among others—have found a Paris home. Chronicling the life of its late owner, the eccentric, irascible, and visionary George Whitman, Bruce Handy meets Shakespeare’s greatest asset in the age of Amazon: Whitman’s daughter, Sylvia.”
via Shakespeare and Company: A Legendary Bookstore in Paris | Vanity Fair.
Panoramic Display Technology Puts Davis Library on the Map | UNC Library News and Events
“UNC-Chapel Hill students who want to visit the Great Barrier Reef, the Louvre, or even the moon can now do so without leaving campus.
Thanks to a new Liquid Galaxy display system on the second floor of Davis Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, visitors can call up any Google Earth destination in a surround-screen immersive environment.
The installation, made up of seven screens joined in a semi-circle, invites exploration with a high-resolution display and intuitive navigation. The Library knows of no other Liquid Galaxy in North Carolina.
“From the moment the installer closed his tool box, students have been lining up non-stop to try the screens,” said Amanda Henley, one of the Library’s two Geographic Information Systems librarians.”
via Panoramic Display Technology Puts Davis Library on the Map | UNC Library News and Events.
ARVE Error: need id and providerAmazon Kindle Voyage review: The best e-reader is also the priciest
“When Amazon introduced an updated version of its flagship Kindle Paperwhite last year, it took the easy way out — after all, tweaked internals, improved software and slightly better lighting do not a thrilling e-reader make. The 2013 Paperwhite wasn’t bad by any stretch, just a bit boring. Now, a year later, Amazon has put together a reader that’s anything but. Say hello to the Kindle Voyage.”
via Amazon Kindle Voyage review: The best e-reader is also the priciest.
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Mayor’s Office proposes letting police check out library patron information – Omaha.com: OMAHA METRO
“If law enforcement officers want patron information from an Omaha library, they have to get a subpoena or search warrant.”
via Mayor’s Office proposes letting police check out library patron information – Omaha.com: OMAHA METRO.
DrWeb adds.. yes, that’s how it works. Get a subpoena or search warrant, from a court or judge. Police don’t get private personal information without it.
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Sherlock Holmes: Museum of London Exhibition – Telegraph
“This year, the Museum of London welcomes an exciting new exhibition, delving into the mind of the world’s most famous fictional detective; Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes – London’s first on the detective since 1951. Going beyond film and fiction, visitors to the museum will be transported to the real Victorian London – the backdrop for many of Conan Doyle’s stories. Here are just some of the early photography, paintings, artefacts as well as more recent props on display to see. The exhibition opens to the public on Friday 17 October, at the Museum of London.”
Gallery and words compiled by Jacob Stolworthy
via Sherlock Holmes: Museum of London Exhibition – Telegraph.
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