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7 books to help you understand Libya

7 books to help you understand Libya

What to read for background on Libya? The shelves of English-language libraries and bookstores are not exactly crammed with options. However, there are a handful of works – from histories to fiction to travel literature – which offer a good general grounding in the country's background and culture. Here, at least for starters, are some interesting suggestions.

- Marjorie Kehe, Monitor book editor

HarperCollins Puts 26 Loan Cap on Ebook Circulations

HarperCollins Puts 26 Loan Cap on Ebook Circulations

For BCCLS patrons who use ListenNJNW to download ebooks onto the new readers they received for Christmas, HaperCollins has limited the license to 26 checkouts. After that, the license expires and that title will no longer be available to patrons. Bad news for libraries and ebook users.

Authors are Helping to Spread the Word on the Importance of Libraries

“Sharing education, sharing a book…that’s what changes the world.”
NY Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer.

Mapping America, Every City Every Block

Did you see this interactive census map from the New York Times?
Put in your zip code to check out your neighborhood.
Browse local data from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey, based on samples from 2005 to 2009. Because these figures are based on samples, they are subject to a margin of error, particularly in places with a low population, and are best regarded as estimates.

Author Jon Katz on the importance of libraries

Here's a blog post by author Jon Katz (used to live in Montclair before moving to New York State to live on a farm with his dogs) about what libraries meant to him growing up.

Governor's Budget Imperils NJ Libraries

Brad Parks, author of FACES OF THE GONE, wrote a great editorial in Sunday's Star-Ledger about the Governor's proposed budget cuts:

"They’re talking about the 74 percent reduction to library funding in Gov. Chris Christie’s proposed budget, which includes a 50 percent cut in direct aid to libraries and the elimination of several statewide programs — like interlibrary loan, which was used 3.8 million times last year.

The cuts, which add up to $10.4 million, could also cost New Jersey access to $4.5 million in federal matching funds which, among other things, currently provides internet access for roughly two-thirds of the state’s 306 public libraries..."
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