Libraries

Public libraries are a beacon of civility

9 Feb 2012

Nowadays, I see public libraries as beacons shining brightly during profoundly economically and socially foggy times. Or as wonderfully comfortable, lovingly knitted blankets draped on the loveseat that sits in front of the fireplace in the home you love.

Penguin halts e-books sales to libraries

9 Feb 2012

Penguin Group (USA), which publishes such best-sellers as Kathryn Stockett's "The Help" and "Elizabeth Gilbert's "Eat, Pray, Love," has stopped selling e-books to libraries.

NSU libraries add new scanners

9 Feb 2012

Northwestern State University’s libraries have recently added Knowledge Imaging Center walk up scanners for use by anyone in the library. The scanners are in Watson Library on Northwestern State’s Natchitoches campus along with the libraries on the Leesville-Fort Polk campus and at the Nursing Education Center in Shreveport, according to Director of Libraries Abbie Landry.