The Bookshelf Project is a Flickr group dedicated to photos of people’s bookshelves.
A 100-year man from Huntsville, Ontario, who only learned to read at age 93, is being called a “poster boy for literacy.” “In an emotional acceptance speech, after which he received a standing ovation, Brazier said he decided to learn to read after his wife of 64 years died. She had read everything to him.” […]
Sometimes, a hug is all what we need. Free hugs is a real life controversial story of Juan Mann, A man whos sole mission was to reach out and hug a stranger to brighten up their lives. In this age of social disconnectivity and lack of human contact, the effects of the Free Hugs campaign […]
This video was created for library staff in service day at the St. Joseph County Public Library in South Bend, Indiana. Set to Madonna’s “Ray of Light,” and inspired by the video of the song, this video details a day in the life of a thriving public library system, highlighting the faces and places that […]
As September comes to a close, it’s a good time to point out that Wikipedia has an option to view the Top 100 viewed pages of every month. In September 2006, sex-related pages (List of Sexual Positions, Sex, Pornography) compete with popular media stories (Steve “Crocodile Hunter” Irwin, Dawson College Shootings) and more general topics […]
The Faces of YouTube – heartwarming, melancholy, profound, beautiful all at once. (via MetaFilter)
I know this is my second Google-related FFL in a row but this one’s worth it. Google has partnered with the American Library Association to create a special page in honour of Banned Books Week (Sept 23-30). (This is the equivalent of Freedom to Read Week in Canada which happens during the last week of […]
Google Accessible Search is “an early Google Labs product designed to identify and prioritize search results that are more easily usable by blind and visually impaired users. Regular Google search helps you find a set of documents that is most relevant to your tasks. Accessible Search goes one step further by helping you find the […]
For anybody who's new to this blog, the “Friday Fun Link” is something that I've been doing in one form or another since the late 1990's. It began when I compiled the Saskatchewan Publisher's Group's semi-monthly electronic newsletter, SaskF@cts. I added a section to highlight interesting, relevant or unique web sites for our members. When […]
Hot Library Smut isn’t what it sounds like and is worth a look. (Safe For Work – unless you’re not allowed to surf the Internet at work at all of course) (via MetaFilter)
