Drone Delivering Library Books
It’s a Bird… It’s a Plane… It’s a drone with your library books! Google’s drone delivery service, Wing, will be delivering books to kids in Christiansburg, Va. “Libraries are the only way for some students to have access to books—e-readers might be too expensive for some families, and buying books online isn’t cheap, either. Having some sort of library book delivery service is essential to make sure children continue to have access to books.”
Gabrielle Union Options All Boys Aren’t Blue
I’ll Have Another Productions, Gabrielle Union’s production company, has optioned the fantastic new memoir All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson–I mean just look at that cover! “’Queer black existence has been here forever yet rarely has that experience been shown in literature or film and television,’ Union said.”
More Digitizing!
I will stop and read every headline about a library’s plans for digitizing: The National Library of Israel Will Digitize 2,500 Rare Islamic Manuscripts. “’We are privileged to open digital access to these treasures and hope that this project will contribute to greater understanding and shared inquiry related to Islamic civilization,’ says curator Raquel Ukeles in the statement.” The project, supported by the Arcadia Fund, is believed to take three years and will span ninth through 20th century texts.