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But the emphasis will still be focused on providing timely information about new titles and notable books (starred review titles).[/x_tab][x_tab active=”false”]Things are in flux as we work to get the new site ready for prime time. Please let use know what you think.

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[/x_tab][/x_tabs][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][x_custom_headline level=”h3″ looks_like=”h3″ accent=”false”]Over Site: An Overview of the Next Chapter [/x_custom_headline][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section][cs_section parallax=”true” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 10% 0px;border-style: groove;border-width: 1px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 45px auto 0px;padding: 0px;”][cs_column bg_color=”hsla(0, 5%, 88%, 0.03)” fade=”true” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/2″ style=”padding: 0px;”][x_icon type=”book” icon_color=”” bg_color=”” icon_size=”” bg_size=”” bg_border_radius=”” style=”display: block;font-size: 3em;line-height: 1;”][x_custom_headline level=”h3″ looks_like=”h3″ accent=”true” style=”margin: 0.75em 0;font-size: 1.35em;letter-spacing: 0.1em;text-transform: uppercase;”]We promise to [/x_custom_headline][cs_text title=”Copy of undefined”]
  • love books and reading
  • adore authors & publishers
  • love libraryland
  • relish readers
  • encourage omnivorous reading
  • revel in ravenous readers
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“After all, it’s the librarian’s sworn purpose to bring books together with their one true reader.” ― Kate Morton[/cs_text][x_gap size=”45px” class=”cs-hide-xl cs-hide-lg cs-hide-md”][/cs_column][cs_column bg_color=”hsla(0, 0%, 100%, 0.82)” fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/2″ style=”padding: 0px;”][x_icon type=”bookmark” icon_color=”” bg_color=”” icon_size=”” bg_size=”” bg_border_radius=””][x_custom_headline level=”h3″ looks_like=”h4″ accent=”true”]We Provide Resources for Readers
[/x_custom_headline][cs_text]Our goal is the timely delivery of book related information to inform readers…

“Good librarians are natural intelligence operatives. They possess all of the skills and characteristics required for that work: curiosity, wide-ranging knowledge, good memories, organization and analytical aptitude, and discretion.” ― Marilyn Johnson, This Book Is Overdue![/cs_text][/cs_column][/cs_row][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 45px auto 0px;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/2″ style=”padding: 0px;”][x_icon type=”file-text-o” icon_color=”” bg_color=”” icon_size=”” bg_size=”” bg_border_radius=”” style=”display: block;font-size: 3em;line-height: 1;”][x_custom_headline level=”h3″ looks_like=”h3″ accent=”false” style=”margin: 0.75em 0;font-size: 1.35em;letter-spacing: 0.1em;text-transform: uppercase;”]We Support the Rights of Readers[/x_custom_headline][cs_text title=”Copy of Copy of undefined”]The 10 Inalienable Rights of the Reader 

  1. The right not to read
  2. The right to skip
  3. The right not to finish a book
  4. The right to re-read
  5. The right to read anything
  6. The right to “Bovary-ism,” a textually transmitted disease (the right to mistake a book for real life)
  7. The right to read anywhere
  8. The right to dip in
  9. The right to read out loud
  10. The right to be silent

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  • Rosenberg’s First Law of Reading:  Never apologize for your reading tastes.”
  • Orr’s Corollary: “Never belittle anyone else’s reading tastes.”

S.R. Ranganathan’s Five Laws of Library Science:

  1. Books are for use.
  2. Every reader his [or her] book.
  3. Every book its reader.
  4. Save the time of the reader.
  5. The library is a growing organism.

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