Tag: libraries
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Found GC84F1A Manchester Central Library
What a truly spectacular cache. FP awarded, without hesitation. I've seen a similar kind in a library before but never with such depth, such a story, so voluminous a container, nor - let's be honest - so beautiful a building!
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I decided to take my meeting with my coach today in our house's new library, which my metamour JTA has recently been working hard on decorating, constructing, and filling with books. The room's not quite finished, but it made for a brilliant space for a bit of quiet reflection and self-growth work.
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Dan, a white man with a ponytail, wearing a black shirt and jeans, sits in a rocking chair in front of an open laptop at a long desk; he has a notebook in his hand and holds a pen near his lips. He's in a domestic library with deep red walls, balanced-arm lamps, a woven rug on a wooden floor, and the wall behind him entirely covered with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves. A grassy lawn and sapling trees can be seen through a window, bordered by floral curtains and two clumsily-placed WiFi routers that sit on the window ledge. On the corner of the desk lie various hand tools, suggesting that light construction work has recently taken place.
(Incidentally: I might be treating "lives in a house with a library" as a measure of personal success. Like: this is what winning at life looks like, right? Because whatever else goes wrong, at least you can go hide in the library!)
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Reading more rolled papyri
In kind-of local news, I see that the folks at Diamond Light Source (which I got to visit last year) have been helping the Bodleian (who I used to work for) to X-ray one of their Herculaneum scrolls (which I've written about before). That's really cool.
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Reading Rolled Papyri
Researchers using x-ray tomography have for the first time managed to read an entire word from one of the carbonised Herculaneum scrolls, and that's awesome.
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Batman's World
I do not claim to have a good explanation nor excuse.
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Found GC5PPFT Ssssshhhh it's a .......
This checkin to GC5PPFT Ssssshhhh it's a ....... reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. I've been working in Witney one day every week or two lately, but somehow I've never managed to sync up my work times with the hours that this building is accessible! Or, when I do, I'm …
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Bodley and the Bookworms - Scan and Deliver
Dan's old coworkers at the Bodleian perform "Scan and Deliver", a copyright-library-themed Adam and the Ants cover.
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"One of the best things about working at The Bodleian... Pretending to be a PhD student..."
Dan's boss posted pictures to her LinkedIn of her pretending to be a PhD student, so Dan shares the ones he was in (and some social media featuring his kids).
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Why do book spines have the titles printed the way they do?
The orientation of the title printed on the spine of anglophone books is dictated by ISO 6357. Wrongly.
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Pong
Yesterday was World Digital Preservation Day, so Dan reimplemented Pong for the video wall at the Bodleian.
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Review of Oxfordshire County Library
This review of Oxfordshire County Library originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. Oxfordshire County Library, W Walk, Oxford OX1 1TR, United Kingdom. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Newly-reopened after an extended temporary relocation, this library now features revamped features including a community MakerSpace available for tech/inventive projects, Code Club, and more.
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Digital Resource Lifespan
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When One Library Steals From Another
What happens when a university library completely rips-off the web design of a different university's library service?
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My Sammelband has Frisket-Bite: A Short Glossary of Delightful Library Terms
Two weeks ago I asked Twitter if anyone had favourite obscure and/or delightful library or archival words. Here are some of the best replies:
Tête-bêche: From philately, meaning printed upside down or sideways relative to another. (Tara Robertson)
Respect des fonds: A principle in archival theory that proposes to group collections of … -
For the last time, Google is not our competition in libraries...
There's a very famous Neil Gaiman quote among librarians and lovers of libraries: "Google will bring you back, you know, a hundred thousand answers. A librarian will bring you back the right one."...
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