The librarian in "The Crimson Rivers"

Monday, March 9th, 2009

In the prestigious University of Guernon, in France, has committed a heinous crime. The librarian has been killed after hours of torture and terrible mutilations. But who would kill a librarian? His job was basically to manage the books and study places in the library. So, what could be [...]

Libraries in film

Monday, December 29th, 2008

One section that we have sadly most overlooked during 2008 which ends in this blog has had the section on libraries in the film. I am very surprised that this has been well bearing in mind it was one of my favorites, though I imagine that the effort involved in the [...]

A visit to the library of the Teacher Training College of the University of Valencia

Friday, December 5th, 2008

My recent and first visit to the library of the Teacher Training College of the University of Valencia was a very strange feeling. Firstly because, despite having spent countless times in front of the building, I had never dared to get into it (even though my sister studied there), and [...]

Bloggin 'in the wind

Friday, October 17th, 2008

How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
Yes, 'n' how many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly
Before they're forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin 'in the wind,
The answer is blowin 'in the wind.

Blowin 'in the [...]

The theory of anxiety in the library

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

The experience of anxiety in the library has been an active area of research since the early 80s. The theory of anxiety in the library describes how students feel so uncomfortable when using an academic library and how it impairs their ability discomfort at [...]