What fiction has to say about the libraries of the future
Source: What fiction has to say about the libraries of the future
Titanic victory for fair use: Google’s book-scanning is legal
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals just dropped a bombshell, ruling against the Authors Guild in its bid to force Google to stop scanning books and making them searchable.
Source: Titanic victory for fair use: appeals court says Google’s book-scanning is legal / Boing Boing
Digital Library of Babel Contains Every Possible Book
Digital Library of Babel contains every book that ever has been or ever could be written by compiling the possible permutations of 3,200 characters.
Source: Digital Library of Babel Contains Every Possible Book | Digital Trends
10 teachers share the books that changed their lives
Source: TED-Ed Blog» Blog Archive » 10 teachers share the books that changed their lives
The Fun Bit!
We’ve added a fun bit to the site, to go with all the useful information about the library campaign. There’s a starter quiz for you – match the literary quotation with the correct author, then Tweet your score to us! Go on, you know you love a quiz! Head on over to The Fun Bit now.
We’re hoping very soon to have more competitions and quizzes on the site – some of them even with real prizes! So keep an eye out on our news feed for more on this. If you have some suggestions for making our site more interactive, why not drop us a line?