adventures and observations of a library graduate student in montréal
July 26th, 2007 — libraries
The British Library has made available an archival collection of sound recordings that allow users to “explore 12,000 selected recordings of music, spoken word, and human and natural environments.”
Unfortunately, you can’t listen to them unless you live in the U.K., but that doesn’t make it any less cool (in theory).
July 26th, 2007 — internet, libraries
I don’t know if it will help you get into shape, but at the least, you can marvel over the fabulous 80s fashions!
July 26th, 2007 — Uncategorized, libraries
This is older news, but too cool to pass up.
A library in Vienna is setting up a sex phone line to raise cash.
Vienna’s City Hall has launched a ’sex hotline”‘ to raise money for the capital’s main public library, officials announced yesterday.
I’m the deep dark jug: the leaf is a sunny afternoon / of my own dusky soul
It’s unusual, but it’s not particularly raunchy: Callers pay 39 euro cents (25p) a minute to listen to an actress read breathless passages from erotica dating to the Victorian era.
J.K. Rowling talks to Meredith Vieira of MSNBC about the original epilogue for book 7 (it was a lot more detailed), and her future plans to write a Harry Potter encyclopedia. There ARE spoilers, in case you haven’t finished book 7 yet.
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