“Though the occupation is only expected to grow by 2 percent from 2014 to 2024, many librarians have forgone bookkeeping and cataloging for specializing in multimedia and taking on research- and technology-oriented projects such as digitizing archives.”
Category: words
Baker’s Dozen: Man Booker Prize Announces 2016 Longlist
“In the third year that the prestigious British literary award has been open to any author writing in English, the U.S. nabbed five entries on the long list.”
After Decades Of Chaos, Somalia Is (Re-)Developing A Book Industry And Culture
“As the war-weary nation slowly gains more stability, there has been an uptick in the number of festivals promoting books and the culture of reading. The fairs have become an important place to expose Somalis to different writers and cultures across Somalia, Africa, and the world.”
Magazine For LGBTQ Arabs Publishes Its First Arabic Issue, And Things Get Dangerous
“Lawsuits and death threats have been volleyed at Jordan-based LGBTQ webzine My.Kali, which has just released its first Arabic-language issue in the May/June 2016 edition. My.Kali went live in 2007 and has traditionally published its ‘dialogue surrounding LGBTQ issues’ exclusively in English.”
Time And Again, Library Of Congress’s Digital Efforts Just Peter Out
The 1990s saw two ill-starred projects, “American Memory” and the National Digital Library Program, and a series of recommendations in a 2001 report ended up being laid aside and forgotten. And the results of a 2015 Government Accountability Office investigation were, well, painful.
We Have A Complicated Attitude Towards Poetry. Why?
“Somehow saying something is like a poem serves as a better advertisement than identifying something as a poem. Aren’t we supposed to prefer the actual to the resembling?”
Why Did Google Delete A Literary Critic’s Blog? (And What Does It Mean For The Rest Of Us?)
“In his attempts to answer these questions, Dennis Cooper has submitted numerous requests for information via the channels that Google has put in place, but all of them have been ignored. He has worked with a Google employee, who attempted to launch an internal investigation on the writer’s behalf, but found herself stonewalled and unable to help.”
In Publishing, One Format Is Growing Much Faster Than All Others
“Carrying around a pocket-size entertainment center stuffed with games, news, music, videos and books has conditioned people to seek out constant entertainment, whether walking to a meeting or sitting in a doctor’s office. For more multitasking book-lovers, audiobooks are the answer.”
The Subtle Art Of Translation: Translators And Writers Speak
“Naturally, publishers and booksellers alike are keen to capitalise on our exotic new appetites (to use the phrase “cash in” seems a bit unfair in these slightly rarefied circumstances). Nearly every week, publicists send me new or previously ignored (by us) foreign novels.”
Why Do People Think Using A Period In A Text Message Comes Across As Insincere Or Angry?
“Because text messaging is a conversation that involves a lot of back-and-forth, people add fillers as a way to mimic spoken language. We see this with the increased use of ellipses, which can invite the recipient to continue the conversation. The period is the opposite of that.”