I think we can all agree that May snuck up on us (and now spell check is telling me “snuck” isn’t a word, and I don’t know what to believe). Before we leave April completely behind, let’s check out our favorite things from this week!
New features:
- Learn how San Diego Public Library’s IDEA Lab got everyone, young and old, learning and using Arduino!
- More from the amazing DC Punk Archive, especially how they get people involved.
- Shaler North Hills Library in Pennsylvania is starting their own artist residency program, and you can too! Find out in our interview with artist Jennifer Nagle Myers.
Other news:
- Artist Nor Hall is part of the Coffee House Press in the Stacks program, and she gave us quite a wonderful shout-out in this lovely Tumblr post. What does the library as incubator idea mean to you?
- Librarians, archivists, & conservators still need your help to save thousands of manuscripts from Timbuktu; read the whole exciting story here.
- Our thoughts have been with the staff and patrons of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore in the midst of high tensions in their city. These librarians are an example for us all!
- Guys, at the time I’m writing this, we are literally EIGHT Twitter followers away from 9,000! THAT’S INCREDIBLE. Who can push us over the edge??
Fun stuff:
- The World’s Weirdest Libraries according to The Daily Beast, and 11 Unbelievably Gorgeous Libraries according to Veranda.
- Loving these beautiful insects made from circuit boards and discarded electronics.
- You’ve got to check out this digital version of Borges’ infinite library, but beware the rabbit hole down which it may send you…
- This guy is putting books in barbershops to get African American boys to read more and see reading as a cultural thing to do. He’s clearly made of awesome.
- Read it here first – it’s the Pew Research Center’s 2015 Overview of Teens, Social Media, & Technology.
- A site of gorgeous curated photos for FREE? Oh yes!
- Photo editing can be a drag without Photoshop, but these are some good alternatives.
- If you love Little House on the Prairie, just go ahead and read this link roundup from Book Riot.
- Did you know J.R.R. Tolkien was an artist as well as a professor & author?
- WARNING: You’ll want to watch them all. 50 awesome art, music, and culture documentaries full-length and free on YouTube.
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