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A trio of students from the Miami Ad School—Max Pilwat, Keri Tan and Ferdi Rodriguez—have came up with an innovative concept that allows people to read the first ten pages of popular books while riding the subway. Using near field communications (NFC) technology, commuters select the desired book from a list of popular titles and read its first ten pages—upon finishing, the reader will be informed of the closest library location from which they can pick up and read the rest of the book. This is a simple but ingenious idea that can be adopted and adapted to encourage reading in the 21st century, when new technology is changing the way we consume books.
Here's a video on this cool project.
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Pablo Genovés - Precipitados, 2008-11
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What did W. H. Auden check out from the New York Society library? See how many you can decipher. (via)
For more of this morning’s roundup, click here.
Surprise! Auden read a lot of poetry. Wonder if any of those copies are still in circulation...
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London readers continue to browse at a bombed-out library, WWII.
Source: susaneliamacneal.blogspot.com
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“The Floating Bookshop” - second-hand bookshop on a barge, England.
Source: pinterest.com
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Writer and bad-ass librarian, Regina M. Anderson helped jumpstart the Harlem Renaissance. From Wikipedia:
Born in Chicago, she studied at Wilberforce University, University of Chicago, and Columbia University before becoming a librarian at the 135th Street (Harlem) branch of theNew York Public Library. In 1924 she organized a dinner for black New York intellectuals and writers, including W. E. B. Du Bois, Jean Toomer, Countee Cullen, andLangston Hughes. The dinner was one of the coalescing events of the Harlem Renaissance.
Now here is a great tumblr.
Source: Wikipedia
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Grass, real grass in Cornell Campus library.
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An Xmas tree of books, brilliant.
Bibliothèque du Palais Bourbon in Paris.
Source: Flickr / la0c00n
Library in the Masonic Grand Lodge of New York. See more photos of the lodge here.
Source: allezallie.wordpress.com
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The Royal Geographical Society of South Australia, Library.
Now there is a place in which I would like to spend time.
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Ha! The skull eating a book.
U.S Patent Office, Washington D.C. July 16th, 1925. (via)
Source: shorpy.com
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The library belonging to the abbey St Peter in the Black Forest.
(yes, it’s actually called that and yes, it actually exists, it’s not a stage prop for some Disney film)
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Built in 1883 and still looking good.
Source: amesfreelibrary.org
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Conservatoire d’anatomie de la Faculté de médecine de Montpellier (Hérault – Montpellier) / Bibliothèque patrimoniale et de recherche de Cahors (Lot – Cahors) / Apothicairerie de l’hôpital Saint-Reyne (Côte-d’Or, Alise-Sainte-Reine)
Adding this to my list of must-visits: medical museum/library in Montpellier, France.