October 18, 2017

Librarians, archivists, and garden-variety nerds are working together to digitize the trove of science fiction “pulps, fanzines, fan convention materials, books, and art” in the University of Iowa Library’s Helevin… Read more »

Libraries & librarians

Books on prescription: successful reading scheme extended to include children's books — Nikki Griffiths
Trump administration tries to stop funding libraries ... again — Andréa Córdova
New bill threatens to jail Missouri librarians over "age-inappropriate" content — Alyea Canada
Britain’s foremost collector of LGBT literature posthumously donates important collection — Nikki Griffiths

Wait, those aren’t Kardashians: Librarians in New Zealand honor the Calabasas ladies in photo shoot

Alex Primiani

Hey, let’s talk about something fun! And silly! And maybe uplifting? It has been ten, count ’em, ten years since the Kardashians made their way into the minds, bodies, souls… Read more »

A Paris hotel that delivers books to your bed — ooh la la

Stephanie DeLuca

Where does a book nerd stay when they go on vacation? The Le Pavillon des Lettres hotel in Paris wants book nerds to stay with them. The hotel has twenty-six rooms—one for each… Read more »

Salman Rushdie, sit-com star

Melville House

Long ago, in a distant land called “The Nineties,” there was a very good TV show called Seinfeld, which everybody loved. (Well, almost everybody.) In a memorable scene from that show’s fourth season, Kramer,… Read more »

Melville House Books

Back to the future: A DIY history of nerd-strife in the University of Iowa’s Helevin Collection

Simon Reichley