Library career?

Have you ever thought about working in a library? Did you know that Casanova (yes, that Casanova) was a librarian, too? Here's a list of ten "Surprising Famous Librarians," from Mental Floss. Do you want to join their ranks? (And did you know that we have the paper version of Mental Floss in the library?)

Also, here's a quick look at libraries and librarians in popular culture, movies, etc., from PopWatch.

Never Let Me Go movie

Keira Knightley is to star in another book-to-movie production called Never Let Me Go. The original book, by Kazuo Ishiguro, is about a future in which teens are cloned for organ harvesting.

A Pale View of the Hills, another book by Kazuo Ishiguro, is in the library's fiction section. Sadly, however, we do not currently have Never Let Me Go. It has been ordered for the future.

Keira Knightly was also in a recent production of Pride and Prejudice, based on the Jane Austen novel. That book is in the library, and also has an accompanying AR quiz for high school readers.

movies and books, and books and movies!

Cine Center is currently showing two movies that came from great books! Twilight, a romance story with vampires, and The Tale of Despereaux, a mouse's adventures, are both showing right now. If you'd like to read the books on which the movies were based come to the library.

Also, Coraline is coming soon! The movie should be at Cine Center in a few weeks, but, sorry, the book won't be in the library until August. If you'd like to see other Neil Gaiman books, though, we have quite a few available in the library.

Newbery and other awards and lists!

The American Library Association recently picked this year's Newbery Award winner. The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman, is about a young boy, orphaned and raised by ghosts and werewolves in a graveyard. The book will be here in August with the new school year!

The ALA has many other awards and lists, check out these:
Best Books for Young Adults 2009
2009 Great Graphic Novels
2009 Quick Picks (books just for the fun of it)
2009 Fabulous Films for Young Adults

Check out these lists. If any of the titles sound interesting, please recommend them to the librarian to order for next year!

As I'm sure everyone knows, I am a big fan of books. When a book is made into a movie, I more often than not prefer the book form. Every once in a while a movie comes out, however, that is as good as or better than the original book version. For example, I love both the movie and book versions of To Kill a Mockingbird, and One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest. Here is a list from ListUniverse that has their top ten movies that are better than the book version.

I totally agree with some of them, especially The Godfather!

Check it out. What do you think, do you agree? Do you have examples of your own?

Heath Ledger

Heath Ledger, a 28 year-old Australian actor, passed away this week. Ledger has been in a variety of films, including 10 Things I Hate about You (which was based on Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew), The Patriot (a US Revolutionary War story, in the library this subject matter is found at 973.3), Brokeback Mountain and A Knight's Tale. Before his death he finished filming Dark Knight, a sequel to Batman Begins; he plays the Joker.

Please check out the Internet Movie Database for more information on Heath Ledger, or other actors and movies.