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Written on: March 10th, 2009 by: gicblogs in Reviews
Kathy here: The New York Times just introduced Best Seller lists for graphic books! The article identifies 3 categories for the titles: hardcover, softcover and manga. Let me make a few observations:
Written on: March 9th, 2009 by: in Reviews
This year’s Agatha Awards were announced today. An unique thing about this award is that it honors “traditional mysteries”, excluding any works that have explicit sex and violence, and typically features stories about amateur or private detectives rather than the procedural-type works.
Categories include novel, first novel, non-fiction, and young adult. Here is a selection of nominees from the Delaware Library Catalog:
UPDATE: 2010 nominees will be announced on May 1st at the 2010 Malice Domestic conference. We’ll update the blog as soon as we hear the new authors! Remember, you can link to a list of Agatha Award nominees and winners on the Delaware Library Catalog main page. Scroll down to the ‘Recommended Reading” list at the bottom of the page to see lists of these and other award-winning books.
Written on: March 8th, 2009 by: in Reviews
From the New York Times Book Review. (and Entertainment Weekly, OK?)
Entertainment Weekly titles:
And from the New York Times
Consider this an open thread to let us know about books that you’ve seen or read recently that you’d like everyone to know more about.
Written on: March 6th, 2009 by: in Reviews
“Green” business and the emerging green economy is becoming a big deal in Delaware. New initiatives seem to be announced every day, not only in Delaware, but also nationally.
The Delaware Library Catalog is happy to support our own green initiatives and entrepreneurs with existing library resources and some recent additions. A new Green Economy Reading List is available in the catalog– click on the “Have You Read” link in the green menu bar and select the Green Economy link for a list of current books selected by library staff and state leadership on this topic. The catalog also offers access to EBSCO’s GreenFile database to all Delaware residents. GreenFile provides a way to search hundreds of up-to-the-minute journals and publications concerned with sustainability and the environment, along with government reports and other data sources.
Some of the top picks from the full Green Economy booklist are listed below. Click to bring up the Delaware Library Catalog listing to read or write a review, check availability, or place a hold for delivery to your local library:
Written on: March 5th, 2009 by: gicblogs in News
The once-every-five-years-Spring-Snowstorm gave me the opportunity to truly focus my attention on our Delaware Library portal, catalog and this, the blog. What a rich environment!
Valuable advice, up-to-the-minute resources and a shared community committed to reading. Who could ask for more?
Well, I could. I do have other interests. And, frankly, the online presence of those interests generally duplicate the depth and breadth of the content above.
So, how are we to keep up with it all? Let me introduce you to Tabbloid. After Richard tossed this tool my way, my blog/wiki world instantly moved from “manageable” with my aggregator to “useable.” The update layout resembles a newspaper and – hurray – displays graphics. I chose to receive the digest version each morning. Over the last month or so, my blog/wiki reading has now moved from “useable” to “valuable.” How? Next time…
Written on: March 4th, 2009 by: in Reviews
The long-awaiting movie adaptation of Alan Moore’s incredibly influential graphic novel arrives in theaters this weekend. No doubt, in due course, we’ll be offering the DVD to library patrons, but if you need “Moore” after watching the movie, look for these selections from the Delaware Library Catalog.
–UPDATE–
I watched the movie on Sunday night. Excellent! A lot of it is a frame-by-frame retread of the comic, so apart from a couple of startling diversions from the original plot (simplifying the conspiracy aspect of the story), it was very faithful to Moore’s original.
Written on: March 4th, 2009 by: in Learning, News
The Testing and Education Reference Center (TERC) recently introduced a more user friendly and easy to navigate interface, with greatly enhanced search features. What hasn’t changed about this product is that it is still the premiere online source for academic and vocational testing preparation materials- from ASVAB to MCAT- and is a great place to go for college application advice and job search resources. To see the new TERC, log in to the Delaware Library Catalog with your library card number and PIN, and click on the Testing & Education Reference Center link in the green e-resources bar.
Written on: March 3rd, 2009 by: in News
In view of the terrible weather of the past couple of days, road conditions and other considerations, the Delaware Public Library catalog directors have asked the systems administrators to work their magic and make everything that would have been due back to the libraries yesterday and today be due back tomorrow, when hopefully roads will be clear and libraries reopened.
Written on: March 1st, 2009 by: in Reviews
Click on these links to check availability, place, holds, read reviews from Novelist and LibraryThing or check out similar titles available from the catalog:
And remember, if you read the NYT book review online, downloading the DLC LibX browser add-on for FireFox adds catalog links directly to web pages. Click here to find out more about LibX.
Written on: February 28th, 2009 by: in News
Use the comments to let us know what great new books and movies you hear about or see this weekend, or talk about books you are reading.
I just finished Drood, the new book by Dan Simmons. He’s an outstanding author who can write in all kinds of different genres- from his science fiction series Hyperion and Ilium to historical thrillers like this newest book, which is a psychological thriller featuring Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins is protagonists locked in a conflict with a perhaps imaginary foe, the sinister mesmerist Edwin Drood. Simmons does a tremendous job bringing the reeking slums of Victorian London to life. I highly recommend Simmons’ previous novel, The Terror, another historical novel combining the story of the doomed Franklin expedition to seek the North-West Passage with terrifying supernatural elements. It was one of the best books I’ve read in years.
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