Dustjacket Face

Librarians in Hungary really get into their books!   To promote reading in the town of Kaposvar, librarians imitated the popular sleeveface record album movement and put their bookcovers where their mouths are:

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The Golden Library Cart

Speaking of librarians and their duties, an ancient competition was held recently, and to the victors have gone the spoils. Librarians from Oak Park, Illinois have won the coveted Golden Book Cart. The event was held as part of the American Library Association's annual conference, which — so I'm told — is far rowdier than us mere mortals can imagine. Those librarians, boy, once they put on viking helmets, expect some pillaging to occur.

Spencer Library's New Library Kitty

The previous library kitty was Dewey Readmore Books, a ball of fluff that some jokester had dropped in the library's return slot. His rescuer penned a book, Dewey, The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World, but she never had another cat after Dewey passed away in 2006 — that is, until now. While driving, she discovered a kitten in the road and rescued her; the new kitty's name: Page, of course.