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COVID-19 Closed All libraries Around the World COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Pandemic: Information Sources In this time of global uncertainty, we hope that you, your family, and your personal and professional communities stay healthy and connected. Information Sources for Covid-19 pandemic (corona-virus) The nation’s has been struck by a unique and universal crisis in the coronavirus pandemic. In response, the nation’s libraries and museums have stepped up in so many ways: virtual story times and e-books, virtual tours of collections and exhibits, provision of Wi-Fi and important local information to an increasingly home bound community. We are proud of the continuing hard work "mostly virtual" by real people staffing the many useful, enlightening, and needfully entertaining activities. We are Also proud to supply you The following links provide useful resources to librarians and their library users during the COVID-19 pandemic. This curated links w...

"Thinking inside the box" Central Library of Nice, France Architecture is usually analyzed and taught as a discipline that articulates space and geometry, but the mental impact of architecture arises significantly from its image. this Article examines The world's most famous Striking Libraries Embodied in Illustrated ; the nature of the image and imagination ; History of Origin and Significance of Design. Now Let's begin in this tour From the old to the latest : Note: Click on each images for more details . The Radcliffe Camera, Bodleian Library, Oxford University Oxford, UK Designed by James Gibbs Opened in 1749 This was originally a science library but now houses English, history, and theology books on Oxford University reading lists, plus a lot of room for reading them. Library of Parliament Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Designed by Thomas Fuller and Chilion Jones Opened in 1876 This library is the research hub for Canada’s Parliame...

While you can open the apps, they’re missing major functions Facebook and Instagram appear to be partially down for some users around the world today. While you can open both platforms, it looks like you can’t send or receive messages on either platform, and you can’t post new content either. WhatsApp appeared to be fine for many people, but users in Paraguay, India, Bangladesh, Argentina, and more note that they are experiencing issues with sending messages. DownDetector indicates that those in Brazil were experiencing the most severe outages. We tested multiple accounts at The Verge, and found that Messenger couldn’t load at all on desktop, although the mobile app was working. Instagram was worse: posts weren’t loading, Instagram Stories were down, and direct messages and the button to post new content were also not working. Facebook’s ad section was not functioning either, and it led to an internal error when you tried to buy an ad. About an hour after users noted the out...

Not just for kids anymore, Halloween (31/10/2018) has shifted into a celebration for adults looking for an escape from the everyday, and with this shift, the Halloween industry is booming. In the past few decades, the Halloween industry has grown. Temporary Halloween stories are on the rise and other retailers have expanded their offerings for the Oct. 31 celebration. Also, nightclubs, restaurants, and bars are cashing in by hosting Halloween events. In celebration of Halloween every year, large and small libraries celebrate this happy occasion for children and adults by providing a selection of stories, a reading corner, and some entertainment games. For example, these activities are strongly present on this day : Halloween Family Fun Night Mystical Nights - Tarot Card Readings West wood Haunted Tour Pumpking Painting Halloween Crafts Creature Feature Halloween Spooky Spectacular Special Halloween Story time Glow in the Dark Party Spider Balls Trick or Treat ...

The Tunisian Publishers Association, with the support of the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, is organizing Today a new cultural event on the book entitled "The Tunisian National Book Fair" which will be held from 19 to 28 October 2018 in the City of Culture . The National Exhibition held in a response to the expectations of the intellectuals and hoped to attract the attention of all Tunisians. It was founded in the general cultural movement accompanying the inauguration of the City of Culture and the celebration of the year 2018 as a national book year. aspires to play a multi-faceted role: cultural, economic, social, tourism, The exhibition will be held under the slogan "The Tunisian Book brings us together" and will be devoted exclusively to the publications which was issued by a Tunisian publishing house and that carry ISBN Tunisian edition. This event is expected to be attended by 76 publishers an...

We're excited to announce our third Library 2.018 mini-conference: "Social Crisis Management in a 21st Century World," which will be held online (and for free) on Wednesday, October 17th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time ( click for your own time zone ). This event is being organized in partnership with Patty Wong , Director of Library Services at Santa Monica PublicLibrary . Our human condition has changed dramatically and has implications for libraries of all types on a global scale. Food insecurity and hunger, housing policies and homelessness , violence, mental health service needs, social, economic, educational and racial equity, substance abuse and drug overdose – all of these and many more challenges impact the people who frequent our libraries – as customers, students, faculty, and staff. Operational decisions continue to be influenced by social concerns. Join us for a series of conversations on how libraries have developed, respond...

Imaginary photo The first step of the French campaign against Algeria was to burn the library of Algeria, which contains hundreds of thousands of books. During the confrontations with Prince Abdelkader, they burned his library twice, in which hundreds of precious manuscripts went. In an attempt to understand this colonial determination, the issue of the Algerian archives in France immediately comes to mind. And many elements combine to form the intellectual psychological background that controls the French colonial mind. In an urgent reading of a book of facts and documents about PrinceAbdul Qadir al-Jazairi, which was compiled and discussed by the granddaughter of Prince Badia al-Hassani, a resident of Damascus, she discovered the size of the forgery, which was overseen by the French establishment and its agents to distort the prince's image with many fabricated accounts of the Prince's reputation. To drop its icon. In the same mislead...