Clippings from the Blogosphere

• "Find your local library with a text message" This is a really cool application! It worked for my zip code, pointed me right to the Manchester City Library. Using it to find your own local library seems a little silly to me, but it will be great when I am in a strange place and want to find the local library.

• In Britain there is an award given annually for the oddest book title.

• Just One More Book! will begin the Rock Stars of Reading video series on March 31. LISNews has a nice overview of what the series is all about.

• Science Fiction and Fantasy book award lists are out and the Nashua Public Library did a nice job of summarizing the 2009 nominees.

• The NY Times reports that Netherland has won the PEN/Faulkner Award.

• If you haven't had enough book awards yet, the Orwell Prize (the pre-eminent British prize for political writing) also announced its shortlist recently.
  
  
• Have you ever sold a book to a used bookstore (or given it away, or returned it to the library) with your bookmark still in it? Well many people have and there is a blog about these Forgotten Bookmarks. My favorite is the poem.