June 2013
21 posts
“When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life.”
—Jean Shinoda Bolen (via ignitestrengths)
“Social media is not going away. As new platforms emerge, libraries will need to choose the channels that work for their communities. But whatever platforms they choose, they must have some kind of plan that outlines their goals and embrace philosophies that support interactivity with their communities. I think Bizzle summed it up best, “Successful libraries will determine what platforms most effectively reach their target audience and aggressively build sustainable presences there.”
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Social Media: Libraries Are Posting, but Is Anyone Listening?
(via libraryjournal)
“The imaginary is not formed in opposition to reality as its denial or compensation; it grows among signs, from book to book, in the interstice of repetitions and commentaries; it is born and takes shape in the interval between books. It is the phenomena of the library.”
—Michel Foucault (via wordpainting)
“I like books that aren’t just lovely but that have memories in themselves. Just like playing a song, picking up a book again that has memories can take you back to another place or another time.”
—Emma Watson, Time Magazine (November 2010)
“Dreams, books, are each a world; and books, we know,
Are a substantial world, both pure and good:
Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood,
Our pastime and our happiness will grow.” —William Wordsworth (via wordpainting)
Are a substantial world, both pure and good:
Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood,
Our pastime and our happiness will grow.” —William Wordsworth (via wordpainting)
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Who needs bookends when you can buy more books to fill in the spaces?
