What Type Are You?

One creative aspect of printing the written word is the typography style. To learn a little bit about a few type styles and their history, check out the fun quiz What Type Are You?. After answering four questions the program tells you the typography style that best represents your personality (you will need speakers). From the sixteen typefaces shown, one can see the tremendous variety in typography as well as the emotional connections and personality that type styles can provide. The What Type Are You? quiz comes from the graphic design firm Pentagram.

Copyright in the Music Industry

If you have an interest in either music or copyright, the Telfair Museum is presenting the film Copyright Criminals on Friday, January 29th. Copyright Criminals explores the issue of sampling in hip-hop music and how it relates to the ownership and use of intellectual property. The film is part of the Pulse Art and Technology Festival; it starts at 6 P.M. and is free to the public.

Savannah Book Festival

The Third Annual Savannah Book Festival is fast approaching - February 5th - 7th to be exact. Check out the schedule at the Savannah Book Festival website; the event is free and open to the public. Venues in the Telfair Square area are hosting events in specific topics: Trinity Church Sanctuary (Fiction), Trinity Church Fellowship Hall (Poetry), Jepson Center for the Arts (Lifestyle), Telfair Academy Rotunda (History and Biography), Telfair Academy Sculpture Gallery (Contemporary Issues), and Telfair Square (Free Speech). The authors attending for 2010 include Rick Bragg, Rosemary Daniell, Lauretta Hannon, Roy Blount Jr. and many more. Don't miss out on this wonderful (and free!) Savannah event.

New Books

Be sure to stop by Lane Library before the winter break to check out something fun to read. The latest bestsellers include:

• My Delicious Life with Paula Deen by Michael Groover
• American Sketches: Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and Heroes of a Hurricane by Walter Isaacson
• Under the Dome by Stephen King
• The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
• Lit by Mary Karr
• Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog by Lisa Scottoline
• Super Freakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
• Stones Into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Greg Mortenson
• La's Orchestra Saves the World by Alexander McCall Smith
• Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom
• When the Game Was Ours by Larry Bird and Earvin Magic Johnson
  

Winter Break Hours

Lane Library's Winter Break hours are as follows:

Monday, December 14 - 7:30 am to 6:00 pm
Tuesday, December 15 - Friday, December 18 - 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Saturday, December 19 - Sunday, December 20 - Closed
Monday, December 21 - Tuesday, December 22 - 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Wednesday, December 23 - Monday, January 4 - Closed
Tuesday, January 5 - Friday, January 8 - 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Saturday, January 9 - Sunday, January 10 - Closed

Normal hours resume on Monday, January 11 2010.

Happy Holidays from Lane Library!

Hours for Thanksgiving Week

"Thanksgiving festivities at Fort Pulaski, Georgia" from the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Online Catalog

Lane Library will be closed Wednesday November 25th through Saturday November 28th. Regular hours will resume on Sunday November 29th. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Library Outreach Campaign

Photo from the Johnson County Library

The Johnson County Library in Kansas has launched a brilliant campaign to promote their library. Four of their book delivery trucks have been redesigned with advertisements based on classic literature. A local advertising agency created the artwork: Moby Dick is represented with Captain Ahab's Fine Seafood, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button became Benjamin Button's Diaper Service, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is depicted with Dr. Jekyll's and Mr. Hyde's Pharmacy, and The Metamorphosis is illustrated with Kafka's Pest Control. Check out the Johnson County Library's Flickr site for more photos of all four trucks.

Bestsellers Have Arrived

In the mood for something new to read? Then check out one of these latest bestselling books:

• Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
• Arguing With Idiots by Glenn Beck
• Time of My Life by Patrick Swayze and Lisa Niemi
• To Try Men's Souls by Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen
• Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby
• Manhood For Amateurs by Michael Chabon
• Heart of a Patriot by Max Cleland
• Clinton Tapes by Taylor Branch
• Case For God by Karen Armstrong
• Hardball by Sara Paretsky
• Border Songs by Jim Lynch
• Generosity by Richard Powers
• Where Men Win Glory by Jon Krakauer
• Look at the Birdie by Kurt Vonnegut
• Inside of a Dog by Alexandra Horowitz
• Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
• Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder