Collins Unbound

Read about how the new version of SIMON incorporates technology to bring the NYT bestseller list right to your desktop as described in the NYT blog posting:   “With such innovative uses of data and APIs, the library has grown far beyond its four walls — so whether you live right next door to the Collins Memorial Library in Tacoma or hundreds of miles from any library at all, Times best sellers (and much more) are just a click away.”  For more info, go to: NYT  article.

The  350 year-old “Klencke Atlas” is a whopping 5 ft. tall, 6 ft. wide spectacle. This book will, for the first time display with “pages open” at the British Library map exhibition. Read more at:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jan/26/klencke-atlas-british-library-exhibition