libraries

High school freshman Willa holds fundraising events at her family's Cape Cod inn to save the local library and to hook up romantically with JFK (Joseph Frances Kennelly).

Some overdue books about violent death are returned to the library right before Kathleen closes for the night, and she becomes frightened by the deadly warning in one of the books when people close to her fall victim to tragic accidents.

A collection of interviews, essays, and speeches by significant individuals, such as Barak Obama, Julie Andres, Oprah Winfrey, and Cokie Roberts, that examines the influence of reading on success.

Discusses the role of library policies and procedures, covering topics such as media center administration; acceptable use and accessibility of materials; collection development; acquisitions; reading incentive programs; special needs services; and more, with sample forms and a CD-ROM with policies, procedures, and forms.

A product of ten years of research and support from leading American and European universities, A Universal History of the Destruction of Books traces a tragic story: the smashed tablets of ancient Sumer, the widespread looting of libraries in post-war Iraq, the leveling of the Library of Alexandria, book burnings by Crusaders and Nazis, and censorship against authors past and present. With diligence and grace, B?ez mounts a compelling investigation into the motives behind the destruction of books, reading man's violence against writing as a perverse anti-creation. His findings ultimately attest to the lasting power of books as the great human repository of knowledge and memory, fragile yet vital bulwarks against the intransigence and barbarity of every age.--From publisher description.

Provides legal guidance for librarians, answering more than six hundred questions on such topics as free speech, privacy, fair use, filters, Web publishing, ADA compliance, and employment and liability issues.

Explains the marketing of the brittle-paper crisis which forced libraries to destroy original bound newspapers and so-called brittle books, replacing them with inferior copies on microfilm.

Presents nineteen short stories with a library theme by such writers as Italo Calvino, Ursula K. LeGuin, Jorge Luis Borges, and Ray Bradbury.

A fantastical trilogy that revolves around an eccentric collector and philanthropist named Francis Cornish. In the first work, one of his finds, an ancient Rabelaisian manuscript, is stolen from a Toronto college library; in the second, two angels tell his life story; and in the third, he is discovered to have forged a painting.

On the third afternoon of going to the library with her brother Henry, Beatrice finally finds something she enjoys doing.