Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library Celebrates Its Grand Opening

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New library honors the chapters of Vonnegut's life. (Indianapolis Star, 1/29/2011)

Excerpt: Moore and dozens of other visitors explored the library, which contains many of Vonnegut's personal items, including the Purple Heart he received during World War II, his writing desk and typewriter, reading glasses, books and even a pack of Pall Mall cigarettes.

The walls are covered with photos of the author, biographical information and famous quotes. One wall offers a timeline of Vonnegut's professional and personal lives, along with another timeline showing events that were happening around the world during that same period. His novels also are available for purchase.

How are Vonnegut's books selling nowadays?

This Baby Boomer read the first 8 titles on the above list.   Owning well-worn paperback copies of Vonnegut's books was de rigueur when I was in college.

In LINKcat, of the 20 copies of Cat's Cradle, 9 are checked out, 2 are on the hold shelf, and 1 is Lost.

Of the 21 copies of Hocus Pocus, 1 is checked out, 2 are Lost, and 1 is marked 'Trace'.

Massachusetts' The Sherborn Library Celebrates Its 40th Birthday Today

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Sherborn Library Fact Sheet (page 1 of 2)

Hoping to see this project move forward.

Various links at Library Renovation Project page.

Brown County Public Library Wins Its Wager with CPL

Brown County Library hands over books as part of Packers-Bears wager. (Green Bay Press-Gazette, 1/30/2011.  Note to headline writer:  The library is accepting the books.)

Excerpt: The Brown County Library is making room for 14 new books on its shelves, compliments of the Chicago Bears.

The downtown Green Bay library and its counterpart in Chicago made a friendly wager before last week's NFC championship game between the Green Bay Packers and Bears. Each put up a list of titles that had special significance to — or poked good-natured fun at — the cities involved.

Brown County Library director Lynn Stainbrook offered up children's picture books "We're Going on a Bear Hunt'' and "Old Bear,'' the story of a slumbering old bear who dreams about his youth. The staff at the Chicago Public Library included children's book "The Stinky Cheese Man'' and "The Universe in Miniature in Miniature'' by Patrick Somerville, a Green Bay native now living in Chicago.

Stainbrook initiated the bet and said the library staff and visitors had fun coming up with titles to put on the line. Had the Packers lost, she would have paid for the books and not used tax dollars, she said.