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Can you realistically copyright a pictograph, even if it’s jewelry?
I got a great book today: Pictorial Symbols, second enlarged edition, from the Pictograph Corporation, 1943 (similar to this). The images are by Rudolph Modley, a student of Otto Neurath who I wrote about in my last post. I looked up ‘librarian’ in the index and was directed to pages 16-17, as seen below. I’m [...]
Designing a DPLA for everyone.
“Words divide, images unite.” This is the best-known quote from Otto Neurath, designer, activist, economist and social scientist. Neurath directed graphic designer Gerd Arntz and others in the 1930s and 1940s in the development of a universal pictorial language called Isotype. Neurath’s vision for Isotype was a language made entirely of pictures that could bridge [...]
Online registration opens for the summer session of PLA’s free public library advocacy education program
Registration is now open for the next session, July 5–Aug. 8, of Turning the Page 2.0, a free, comprehensive advocacy training program, developed and presented by the Public Library Association (PLA) with generous support from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Turning the Page 2.0 will be offered four additional times through 2011 and 2012. [...]
A suggested approach for the Digital Public Library of America
As most PLA blog readers are probably aware, the folks at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society have assembled “a large and diverse group of stakeholders to define the scope, architecture, costs, and administration for a proposed Digital Public Library of America”. There’s been a lot of listserv discussion, and the Library City blog [...]
New York Public Library to Brew George Washington’s Personal Beer Recipe
Founding Father Brew’ Created In Honor Of The Centennial Of The Library’s Landmark Stephen A. Schwarzman Building The New York Public Library has teamed up with Coney Island Brewing Company in Brooklyn to create a beer fit for a Founding Father – a porter based on George Washington’s handwritten “small beer” recipe, which can be [...]
Wondering how your elected officials voted on library legislation?
Check out the newly updated (with 2010 information) Legislative Scorecard The Legislative Scorecard outlines votes and support of legislation that are important to and have an impact on the library community. Library supporters can use the scorecard as a tool to gauge their elected official’s support of library related legislation. Get more information about library [...]
