Booksology A disaster with library e-book licensing
How many of us think about the complex and sometimes expensive process of sourcing books for our clients when we check books from our libraries? Now, this article discusses the laws for handling e-book pricing, and offers a crash course on how expensive digital books are to make them visible. Connecticut law aims to “push publishers onto the negotiation table” through library purchase restrictions. Other states are exploring similar restrictions, and Connecticut requires a state or state with a population of 7 million to trigger their own laws. Read about the pros and cons of the law, and which states are considering taking it.
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“Yes, chef!” With the Accadian?
They eat ancient Mesopotamian meals courtesy of “Yale Cuisine Tablets.” A group of Harvard and Yale researchers have been working on creating (and eating) recipes from these tablets. Learn about your research and try making ancient Babylonian rum stew with videos from the history of tasting.
Is your dream home an old library? This place is for you.
Who else will enjoy scrolling through Zillow? Anyone? Bueller? If you like books and ambitious real estate, you should check out this list of former Carnegie libraries that have been transformed into a home. It’s really like a dream.
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