LCSH Week 46, November 18, 2009
This week on LCSH Watch:
A year or two ago I read Stephanie Grant's Map of Ireland, which I liked and admired, but don't remember all that strongly, and I didn't like and admire it enough to seek out other books by Ms. Grant. That was dumb because The Passion of Alice, her first novel is the perfect balance of cerebral and engaging. It's about a 25 year old in treatment for anorexia.
LCSH Week 45, November 11, 2009
The Cultivate Diversity database is a nifty tool from the Ocean County Public Library in New Jersey. You use it to find program and collection ideas for different service populations, by community, age group, or difficulty (amount of work it takes to produce).
My summary of this not-too- far-in-the-future dystopia in four haiku stanzas:
The Department of
Homeland Security runs
amok post attack.
Hacker teens fight the
power and teach the reader
about crypto tech.
Teen reader primer
on history, politics
and the internet.
Plus boy meets girl.
Parents are dumb then helpful.
Ends with vote or die.
Thank dog I still check my RSS feeds once in a while. I would hate to miss any of the infrequent entries to lolbrarians.
Ileana Jiménez
Elisabeth Irwin high school class visit from the Barnard Library Zine Collection
The fourth in the Gossip Girl meets the Vampire Diaries series Blue Bloods is more romance than vampire. It's as absorbing as its predecessors but is somewhat thin--like its three vampire/model narrators.
