Tag: library
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Reading through the Oakland Public Library main branch’s poetry collection, book by book. The way poetry is organized in a library is quite different from fiction. Fiction is often just organized by author’s last name. Some libraries separate (either physically with shelving or using a sticker or some other indicator) different genres, but most of…
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Libraries in the ancient world are not like the libraries we know today. Often they were privately owned, and very few people would have had access to the material inside. Partially, this was because literacy was not widespread and therefore confined to the elite. Even in Greece, which prized literacy pretty highly, literacy rates were…
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It has been four months since I’ve been able to visit my local library. This feels like something close to an eternity. I have a huge pile of finished books stacked next to my reading chair… Even though many libraries aren’t physically open right, there are still plenty of ways to access your library online.…
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Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature from The Broke and the Bookish. I think that you find books at the right times to read them…or you don’t and you miss out on that book. Sometimes the book is the right one for you, and you can read it over and over again without it…
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Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature brought to you by The Broke and the Bookish. In college I took a required class that I hated–a library studies class that taught you how to use the databases. Useful, but mind numbingly boring. The best thing to come out of that class was the discovery of…
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Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature brought to you by the Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is books that you picked up on a whim. I’m no stranger to buying books just-because. In fact that might be the only time I buy books. I don’t usually go looking for particular books, even…
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I think it goes without saying that I love books and any place with books, or talks about books, or sells books… All leading me to say that I love my library. Libraries of all kinds are amazing wonderful creatures that deserve to be preserved. In Corvallis, we’re lucky to have an awesome library. The…
Allison Burris 