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  • LibraryLab
    8:23 am Mon, Jun 3, 2013
    New Yorkers: help defend local libraries at June 8-9's Read In

    Libraries in New York City are facing a potential $106 million cut to their budgets. Should these cuts go through, more than 60 neighborhood libraries will close. More than a… Read the rest of the article: New Yorkers: help defend local libraries at June 8-9's Read In

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  • LibraryLab
    12:25 pm Tue, Nov 20, 2012
    Giant Origami Fractal

    A three-dimensional, modular origami fractal has taken form for the first time in the history of the world—and perhaps the universe—at the USC Libraries in Los Angeles.

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  • LibraryLab
    12:23 pm Wed, Nov 14, 2012
    Library in a Disaster Zone

    Hurricane Sandy devastated some sections of New York City and did massive damage to numerous libraries in Queens. Undaunted, the amazing Queens Library sent a mobile book bus with a… Read the rest of the article: Library in a Disaster Zone

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  • LibraryLab
    11:07 am Fri, Nov 2, 2012
    Play RPGs, board games and mini golf tomorrow—at your library

    International Games Day @ your library is an annual initiative of the American Library Association to reconnect communities through their libraries around the educational, recreational and social value of all… Read the rest of the article: Play RPGs, board games and mini golf tomorrow—at your library

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  • LibraryLab
    10:08 am Thu, Nov 1, 2012
    A Little Storm-Shelter Library

    On Monday, Oct. 29, Sandy headed for the East Coast, looking to make landfall in my home state of New Jersey. Days before, my local CERT (Community Emergency Response Team)… Read the rest of the article: A Little Storm-Shelter Library

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  • LibraryLab
    7:07 am Fri, Oct 19, 2012
    Time-Traveling Librarians from Outer Spa… from Texas

    When I first heard of the Billy Pilgrim Traveling Library, a new Houston-based bookmobile venture, I felt myself get a bit unstuck in time. For one thing, I usually see… Read the rest of the article: Time-Traveling Librarians from Outer Spa… from Texas

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  • LibraryLab
    10:01 pm Mon, Oct 8, 2012
    Idea Box draws community to public library

    The Idea Box at Oak Park Public Library is a new experiment in community participation and library programming that invites visitors to "explore, learn, and play." The 9 x 13… Read the rest of the article: Idea Box draws community to public library

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  • LibraryLab
    8:47 am Thu, Sep 20, 2012
    Words on the Water

    Avast, mateys! If you're a literature lover and a seafaring type, you might be surprised to find that you can satisfy both your passions at a public library. With libraries… Read the rest of the article: Words on the Water

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  • LibraryLab
    6:16 am Thu, Aug 30, 2012
    U.S. Public Libraries Weather the Storm

    Back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, and the woman seated next to you on the plane could smoke her Virginia Slims all the way from Chicago to L.A., libraries were… Read the rest of the article: U.S. Public Libraries Weather the Storm

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  • LibraryLab
    3:07 am Mon, Aug 20, 2012
    SparkTruck: Taking Making on the Road

    Meet SparkTruck, an "educational build-mobile" for the twenty-first century. Dreamed up by a group of Stanford d.school students and funded through Kickstarter, SparkTruck is a mobile maker space currently traveling… Read the rest of the article: SparkTruck: Taking Making on the Road

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  • LibraryLab
    8:43 am Mon, Jul 30, 2012
    Iowa City Public Library's Local Music Project

    "If you have a library card and password, and live in Iowa City …you can download this music. You own it forever. Put it on your phone. Play it at… Read the rest of the article: Iowa City Public Library's Local Music Project

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  • LibraryLab
    7:27 pm Wed, Jul 11, 2012
    Maker Station in Library Parking Lot = All Kinds of Awesome

    A collaboration between the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and a local nonprofit called TekVenture has created a hub of awesome for local makers called the TekVenture… Read the rest of the article: Maker Station in Library Parking Lot = All Kinds of Awesome

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  • LibraryLab
    12:06 pm Wed, Jul 4, 2012
    Take a trip through the Grateful Dead Archive Online

    UC Santa Cruz launched the Grateful Dead Archive Online last Friday with tens of thousands of items. But it wouldn't be a Grateful Dead archive if all you could do… Read the rest of the article: Take a trip through the Grateful Dead Archive Online

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  • LibraryLab
    12:24 pm Thu, Jun 28, 2012
    Release a deadly monster: a DRM-free ebook crowdfunding startup

    Back in May, Cory posted about the then-brand-new website unglue.it's campaign to unlock the classic scholarly book Oral Literature in Africa through crowdfunding. That campaign was successfully wrapped up last week, and soon anyone with… Read the rest of the article: Release a deadly monster: a DRM-free ebook crowdfunding startup

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  • LibraryLab
    5:39 am Fri, Jun 8, 2012
    The Librarian and the Hot Rod Shop

    What do you get when you cross a librarian with a hot-rod shop? Sounds like the beginning of a joke, but it isn't. A provincial Libraries and Literacy grant and… Read the rest of the article: The Librarian and the Hot Rod Shop

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  • LibraryLab
    7:02 am Thu, May 10, 2012
    Libraries set out to own their ebooks

    Douglas County Libraries, in Colorado, is trying something new: buying eBooks directly from publishers and hosting them on its own platform. That platform is based on the purchase of content… Read the rest of the article: Libraries set out to own their ebooks

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  • LibraryLab
    9:38 am Mon, Apr 2, 2012
    Seed Libraries Crop Up

    Just as one seed can produce many seeds, one idea can change many lives. Free public libraries were revolutionary in their time because they provided access to books and knowledge… Read the rest of the article: Seed Libraries Crop Up

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  • LibraryLab
    1:49 pm Mon, Mar 26, 2012
    From barn to bibliothek, a library emerges from history

    Most libraries aren't found in barns, but Jackson (N.H.) Public Library happily makes its new home in one. It's not just any barn, either. Built in 1858 as part of… Read the rest of the article: From barn to bibliothek, a library emerges from history

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  • LibraryLab
    3:34 pm Wed, Mar 14, 2012
    Library staircase delightfully transformed into live interactive game board

    Four flights of seventy-two stairs were transformed into a giant game board using 1,200 feet of wire and 48 Internet-connected tin cans decorated with green and gold helium balloons at… Read the rest of the article: Library staircase delightfully transformed into live interactive game board

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  • LibraryLab
    7:56 pm Wed, Mar 7, 2012
    Listening to the past: NPS releases historic audio recordings

    The National Park Service has released a dozen historic sound recordings originally made on wax cylinders in 1889-1890. The recording engineer, Theo Wangemann, was an assistant of Thomas Edison who… Read the rest of the article: Listening to the past: NPS releases historic audio recordings

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