Bones offer proof that the Starving Time of the winter of 1609-10 forced the first permanent British settlers in North America to turn to cannibalism.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22362831#FBM233227
‘Proof’ Jamestown settlers turned to cannibalism
5.1.13
10 Terms to Describe the Anatomy of a Book
5.1.13
Think you love books? Take a look at this article that Lisa found to test your intimate knowledge of book parts:
http://mentalfloss.com/article/49775/10-terms-describe-anatomy-book
/slash
4.25.13
Young people today are using “slash” — as in the punctuation — as a word. No, they’re not just saying it, they’re writing it to mean something that is not quite “and”, not quite “and/or” or even “as well as.”
An example: “Has anyone seen my moccasins anywhere? Slash were they given to someone to wear home ever?”
Read more:
http://chronicle.com/blogs/linguafranca/2013/04/24/slash-not-just-a-punctuation-mark-anymore/
‘Most Well-Read Cities’ in U.S.
4.25.13
Lisa found Amazon’s list of the ‘Most Well-Read Cities’ in U.S. Have a look:
http://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1979#m19786
Barts Pathology Museum Now Online
4.22.13
The Barts Pathology Museum tells the story of St. Bartholomew’s Hospital of London and its work in caring for the sick and injured. The museum collections include historic surgical instruments, sculptures, medieval archives, and works of art, including paintings by William Hogarth. They very recently began a blog where they feature photos and items from the collection. Fascinating!
http://potts-pots.blogspot.co.uk/
Smoking Librarians and the Return of Stolen Books
4.22.13
Lisa found this awesome Story of How a Book Stolen by the Nazis Made Its Way Back Home:
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/04/small-reparations-the-story-of-how-a-book-stolen-by-the-nazis-made-its-way-back-home/275038/
Wash Cloth in Spaaaaaaace
4.18.13
Aaron found this cool experiment for us. What happens when you wring out a washcloth in space?
http://boingboing.net/2013/04/18/what-happens-when-you-wring-ou.html
National Bookmobile Day
4.17.13
Today is National Bookmobile Day. To see a nifty 1941 bookmobile image, check out the National Archives’ Tumblr:
http://todaysdocument.tumblr.com/
National Library Week
4.16.13
Lisa wants us to know that this is National Library Week. Post something supportive of libraries on your FaceBook wall, join your local Friends of the Library or just tell your favorite librarian how much you appreciate them!
You can always join the SBC Friends of the Library (and we hope you join us) by visiting this page:
http://library.sbc.edu/content.php?pid=259308
http://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/celebrationweeks/natlibraryweek
Enjoy Tax Day with ARTstor
4.15.13
Another great find from Lisa – – “Since 1955, Tax Day has typically fallen on April 15 for those living in the United States. You might derive some comfort from knowing that your feelings today were not unknown in the 16th century, as evidenced in these three Netherlandish paintings of tax collectors by Marinus van Reymerswaele from the Art, Archaeology and Architecture (Erich Lessing Culture and Fine Arts Archives) collection in the ARTstor Digital Library.”
http://artstor.wordpress.com/2013/04/15/on-this-day-tax-day/