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Good Minds Suggest—Ken Jennings's Favorite Gifts for Trivia Buffs

Good Minds Suggest—Ken Jennings's Favorite Gifts for Trivia Buffs | LibraryLinks LiensBiblio | Scoop.it

 Is thumb-sucking OK? And do we really need to wait 30 minutes to swim after eating? Jennings's first book described his one-of-a-kind Jeopardy! experience in Brainiac: Adventures in the Curious, Competitive, Compulsive World of Trivia Buffs, and he plotted his love of cartography in Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks in his second. The brainiac shares his top five gifts for trivia buffs this holiday season. 

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21st Century Libraries Look Like: Something Unexpected, by Steve Matthews

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Here are some images from numerous resources that typify something unexpected in a library. They draw attention to libraries and open up the idea of "library" to new understanding and new customers...

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Karen du Toit's curator insight, May 6, 6:56 AM

Bright ideas of libraries doing it differently!!

Elizabeth Hutchinson's curator insight, May 6, 7:19 AM

Lovely ideas! 

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Library is no longer just for readers - San Antonio Express

Library is no longer just for readers - San Antonio Express | LibraryLinks LiensBiblio | Scoop.it

"For eight years, the Landa Gardens Conservancy, a nonprofit volunteer organization, has been working to make the library more than just a place to check out books.
With more than $1.5 million it raised, the group has transformed the library in the historic Monte Vista neighborhood into a community center where parents can take their children to play and students from nearby Trinity University can sit under shade trees to read."

 

Read more: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Library-is-no-longer-just-for-readers-3640773.php#ixzz1y8JEaSbF


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