It’s a busy time for periodicals here at The Dean Files. The new issues of The New Yorker, Dwell, GOOD, ACRL News and College & Research Libraries all arrived within a few days of each other. I am working my way through these, and in an effort to get ahead of the reading, I stayed [...]
Archive for July, 2010
July 30, 2010
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Libraries With a Future Responses
By Jason W. Dean in Library, Library Design, Library History
July 30, 2010
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Come on, sailor.
By Jen Dean in Design, PersonalI have always loved nautical spaces. From the funky Red Lobster in Odessa when I was a small child to the old ships in San Francisco, my dreams of sailing upon the ocean blue in search of something much bigger than me alone, have never left. I remember visiting the Cayman Islands when I was [...]
July 29, 2010
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Fort Worth Streetcar
By Jason W. Dean in Culture, Fort WorthI think if you read The Dean Files regularly, you know both Jen and I love the city where we live, Fort Worth. We also love the walkability and public transport of forward-thinking cities, such as Portland. Streetcars, really, are one of the “things” that help make a city friendlier to both pedestrians, and the [...]
July 29, 2010
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On to the next one…
By Jen Dean in Books, Personal, ReadingLast night I finished Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. I packed this book for our Washington, D.C. trip, just under a month ago, and made serious headway on the flight home. It always takes me a while to finish a book due to my schedule however; I finished this selection in quite [...]
July 28, 2010
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In hopes of autumn.
By Jen Dean in PersonalLadies and gentleman, For those of you that know me well, you know that my enthusiasm for the Fall is almost beyond comprehension. At the first sign of the leaves changing, I entire a month-long stage of pure giddiness. I may take on the form of someone entirely different from myself actually. And if I [...]
