'E' marks the spot
A giant 'E' with headphones adorns the front lawn of Grand Rapids (Mich.) Public Library, part of a e-audiobook promotion. In an attempt to grow the use of the library's NetLibrary database, all eight branches inserted a bookmark in audiobooks that instructed patrons on how to use the e-audiobooks on NetLibrary. The lawn image was part of the promotional piece.
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“For as long as anyone can remember, Amelia wanted to be a librarian. Not a sexy choice because of those darned shoes, but Amelia loved to read, and later, to knit.”
Michelle Zimet, department coordinator for Germanic studies at the University of Chicago, writing about her 21-year-old daughter, Amelia, in “I’m a hypocrite,” a commentary in the Chicago Tribune, Jan. 25, 2012
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