Will books become an endangered species??

eBook reading is definitely on the rise. Check out this infographic from @mashable to see if you agree about the future of books.

Why Support Your Local Library?

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DATA SOURCE: IMLS

Sources:

• ALA Library Fact Sheet
• Bureau of Labor Statistics - Data
• Bureau of Economic Analysis
• Northwestern University Libraries information
• MIT Library Data
• Institute of Museum and Library Services
• Census.gov - Public Libraries in the U.S. 2009
• ALA - Funding Technology Access Study
• Volunteer Match - Engaging Volunteers
• Pew Internet - Libraries, patrons & ebooks

• ALA Quotable Facts - American Libraries
• Harrison County Library - Facts and Figures
• Stanford University - Library Facts
• Library of Congress - Fascinating Facts
• Libraries for Real Life
• Houston Library - Facts
• Library Journal - Annual Library Budgets Survey
• ALA - State of American Libraries Report - 2012
• NationalService.gov - Benefits of Volunteering
• ALA - Library Operating Expenditures

Thank you to StateStats.org for providing this infographic and other free web guides and tools.

Smartphone Addiction ... Is This You??

Mashable's at it again. Would you rather shower or smartphone?

Kitchen Cheat Sheet

Something totally non-related to libraries, though we may argue that we sure have helped enough people with these types of questions. 

This is certainly pertinent information to share with all. Do you know your kitchen conversions? Now you will and can post this in yours so you don't forget! Thanks Everest ...  http://www.everest.co.uk/

Now This Is a Bookmobile!

The history of mobile libraries. This article (mostly photos) is cool. Fun to look through the wheels of time. The below pic is from the German Robi mobile but there are pix of many others through the ages. Check it out.

eReader Comparison Guide

Ok...so I just created this eReader Comparison chart for my library and decided that someone in blog-land may benefit from it as well...it's as up-to-date as it can be at this moment (including Amazon's big announcements this past Thursday).

eReader Comparisons

Frugal and Far Out Ideas

Now these solutions are brilliant...

The Fall Book Preview of Cross-Under Reads - Entertainment - The Atlantic Wire

Lately I've been very impressed with the quality of Young Adult fiction titles coming out. The storylines are so much meatier and captivating that the audience has expanded to include a much broader range of readers than when teen books were written in my youth (80s).

The following is a nice blog of teen titles with cross interest to the adult readership world. Which ones would interest you?

The Fall Book Preview of Cross-Under Reads - Entertainment - The Atlantic Wire