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Ideson Library Survey

In the News

The Julia Ideson Preservation Partners are conducting a survey of users of downtown Houston’s Ideson library. Please stop by and give them your input!

Houstonist has a great post about the building with a link to this article on its namesake.

A Few Spirits from… Ghosts in the Books

Events

Did you miss seeing the recent exhibition Ghosts in the Books, held at the Museum of Printing History? You now have a second chance to learn about how the former owners of books speak to us, as described by UH faculty member and Engines of Our Ingenuity radio host Dr. John Lienhard. A small selection of works from Ghosts in the Books will be on display through February 16th, 2007 on the second floor of M.D. Anderson Library, just at the top of the staircase.

StoryCorps comes to Houston

Events

 

The StoryCorps MobileBooth will be in Houston from January 11- February 3. Reserve a slot now to record you and your family’s and community’s stories. Stories collected through this project form the StoryCorps archive, which is housed at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.