Check out the links I have for you today: a look at the changing role of librarians, a linguistic mystery solved, working titles of famous novels, a little emoji news, and the history of the Calgary airport. I hope you enjoy these historical highlights.
“Do we need librarians now that we have the Internet?”
(If you think this question has already been asked and answered too many times, you might still be intrigued by the comparison of librarians to doctors.)
What’s a “woggin”? If you’re whaling historian Judith Lund, you won’t rest until you find out.
Did you know that the working title of The Lord of the Flies was Strangers from Within or that George Orwell’s original title for 1984 was The Last Man in Europe? Read more working titles here.
MoMA has acquired the original set of 176 emoji.
The truth is I didn’t read this, but if you’re interested, here’s a CBC News article on the history of the Calgary airport(s).
And that’s all I’ve got this weekend. Have a good one.
I like all the revised book titles much better than the first tries.
It just goes to show that no one gets everything right the first time!