Reading, Writing, Research
book business

Digitizing old books

Not everything is available for free on the Internet. Once upon a time, the list of material not available for free on the Internet included almost every book ever published. The problem was that unless a book or other printed format was either currently in print or available in multiple …Read the Rest

Ebooks and libraries
book business

Ebooks and libraries

How can a library add ebooks, something with no physical existence, to its collection? And why would it? I can …Read the Rest

Ebooks and the publishing business
book business

Ebooks and the publishing business

Amazon introduced the Kindle e-reader less than five years ago. It’s one of those devices that seemed like an enormous …Read the Rest

What else can you do with the online library catalog?
library catalogs

What else can you do with the online library catalog?

window.google_analytics_uacct = “UA-10236453-7″; I have written several posts about finding library materials in the catalog, for instance, Online library catalogs: …Read the Rest

Pouring over a book and other misused pears
writing

Pouring over a book and other misused pears

Some pears of words are so much alike that authors frequently choose the wrong one. Oh. That should be pairs, …Read the Rest

Damaged books and how libraries fix them
libraries

Damaged books and how libraries fix them

What have you done when you have torn the page of a book you want to keep. My guess is …Read the Rest

Libraries will borrow from another library for you
libraries

Libraries will borrow from another library for you

Not all information is available for free on the Internet. Sometimes you simply need a book or journal article. So …Read the Rest

Going on a “which” hunt: choosing between “that” and “which”
writing

Going on a “which” hunt: choosing between “that” and “which”

Probably no one considers relative pronouns exciting. Maybe most people hardly consider them at all, but writers are not most …Read the Rest

Library staff: the paraprofessional
librarians

Library staff: the paraprofessional

Not everyone who works in a library is a librarian. Librarians must have a masters degree in library science. Once …Read the Rest

How to use online library databases
libraries

How to use online library databases

A library catalog is a database as opposed to a search engine. Libraries offer many other databases for research besides …Read the Rest

Sustainability at the library
librarians

Sustainability at the library

Libraries are going green. Considering how many other organizations are going green these days that is not exactly startling news. …Read the Rest

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