Library History Buff Google Images

Pinterest has become a popular Internet program to group and share images on a wide variety of topics in an interesting way. One of my favo...

Cookbook Librariana

According to The Cookbook Library , a new book on the history of printed cookbooks by Anne Willan and Mark Cherniavsky  (Univ. of California...

Libraries With the Most Librariana

If you follow this blog, you know that I am a collector of librariana . Although my primary emphasis is on the collection of postal libraria...

Henry Carr's Collection of ALA Memorabilia

Henry James Carr (1849-1929) was appointed the first library director of the newly completed Albright Memorial Library in Scranton, PA (now...

Library Magnets

Almost any gift store in a tourist area or at a tourist attraction have souvenir magnets for sale.  They're a reasonably priced memento ...

Library Card Collections

I recently received as a gift to my librariana collection a library borrower's card for the Hales Corners Public Library in Hales Corn...

I Love Library Buttons

Valentine's Day seems like an appropriate occasion to highlight some of my library buttons with a love theme.  I have a large collection...

License Plate Librariana

Thanks to the generosity of library consultants Bill Wilson and Ethel Himmel I have added a license plate to my collection of librariana. It...

ALA WWI Bookmark

One of the benefits of maintaining a blog and a website which feature librariana is that people sometime contact you to find a home for some...

Bookplates for Libraries

Although I specialize in the collection of postal librariana , my overall collection of librariana includes a wide variety of items. One of ...

Librarian's Book of Lists

I've just finished reading a nifty new book which I highly recommend. It is The Librarian's Book of Lists by George M. Eberhart, ed...

World's Greatest Librariana Collectors Meet

Recently, the world's two greatest collectors of librariana met at the Bibliotheekmuseum (Library Museum) in Amsterdam. Hans Krol, fou...

Libraries and Librarians in Children's Books

How librarians and libraries are depicted in the popular culture is a topic which sometimes gets those of in the library profession fired up...

Little Lyrics for Librarians

Thanks to librariana collector extraordinaire Norman D. Stevens I obtained a copy of a reprint of a wonderful little publication entitled Li...