Zach S. Henderson Library

Georgia Southern University

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33 Books You Should Read Now, Based On Your Favorite Films

[via BuzzFeed]

If you love Inception, try Ubik by Philip K. Dick.

If you love Spirited Away, try The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman.

If you love Back to the Future, try When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead.

If you love Contagion, try Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel.

If you love Alien, try Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer.

If you love Up, try The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson.

If you love The Royal Tenenbaums, try The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson.

If you love Pan’s Labyrinth, try Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs.

If you love Gravity, try The Explorer by James Smythe.

If you love Little Miss Sunshine, try The Good Luck of Right Now by Matthew Quick.

See the full list here.

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Miguel Vicente, the new director of the South Georgia Regional Library

VALDOSTA — Arriving in the United States, unable to speak English, in his early 30s, a Cuban refugee far from home, Miguel Vicente heeded the advice given him by an American soldier.

Meet Miguel Vicente, the new director of the South Georgia Regional Library!  Here’s a great quote from the linked article: “Vicente heeded the advice given him by an American soldier. “He told me to find two things on my arrival…Find a church and find a library. It is the best advice of my life.””

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[necclibrary]

Sorry Cap, we’re on Tony’s side.

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This is the best one I’ve seen yet.

[librarymoments]

Going to work on the weekends...

[zachshendersonlibrary]

We're open on the weekends too...

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Book bench located in front of Duvall Books. Duvall, Washington

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Cartoon campaigning for public libraries to open at night in Brisbane, ca. 1900

via State Library of Queensland, Australia on Flickr.

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Hey, we're open at night (in fact, open ALL night) too!

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If you want to find some real least (and most) cited journals, check out the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) database on GALILEO http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=joue-gso1

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When someone says reading is boring...

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Penguin Sci Fi (2014)

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;-)))))

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Science fiction takes over London as Worldcon and Nine Worlds land

With two of the biggest events on the world SF calendar coming to town this August, others are racing to join in.

Another reason to go to London! (As if you really need an excuse.)

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Dragon*Con in Atlanta is also coming up at the end of August

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Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County, ca. 1927.

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Beachfront Libraries are the Best Idea...Ever.

Via Huffington Post Books:

"Beachfront libraries are an ingenious addition to shorelines around the world. Forget your book? Go grab a replacement. Finished your latest read? No worries, many choices await you."

[librarymoments]

Hearing rumors about the new equipment being considered for our collection...

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9 Striking Library Posters from the Great Depression - BOOK RIOT

Starting in 1935, in the midst of the Great Depression, the federal government did something that might seem odd: it paid artists to make art. Yes, while it’s difficult to imagine today, eighty years ago, the federal response to mass … Continued

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Georgia Southern University Campus Jan 1992 Part 1 of 2 featuring the unrenovated library building and campus legend “Spike the attack duck.”

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Scholarly journal retracts 60 articles, smashes ‘peer review ring’

You've heard of prostitution rings, gambling rings and extortion rings. This one is a little different.

There always seem to be people who try to "game the system" but thankfully in Academia they usually get exposed.