Gifts that our librarians hope to receive this year

Posted by Mark Maslowski In the past, buying a gift for a librarian meant going to a store and picking something off a shelf. The gift was waiting there to be found and librarians could use their investigative and interview skills to find it.
In recent years, buying a gift for a librarian has meant going online and ordering something off a digital shelf. The gift was sitting in some warehouse, but librarians could use search strategies and a social network to find it.
Most recently, we have found ourselves buying gifts that only exist as an idea in someone's mind. For example, here are two projects on Kickstarter that stand out as thoughtful gifts for a bibliophile:
The Game of Books: Reward Your Imagination by Aaron Stanton http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aaronstanton/the-game-of-books-a-discovery-game-for-libraries-a

The project describes itself as a game where every book you read earns you points and rewards. On the surface, this may sound like any book club, or it may make you remember a contest in your elementary school. But this project is different because it’s a take on a role-playing game (RPG) where you develop your "character" by reading books. If "you are what you eat," then this game proves that "you are what you read" and rewards you. If you are familiar with PC or console gaming, then you will know about "achievements," "perks," or "badges" that can be collected for performing tasks that are not essential to the main quest, but which motivate you.
Litographs: Entire Books on Posters and T-shirts by Danny Fein http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/772573430/litographs-entire-books-on-posters-and-t-shirts
How would you like to walk around with entire text of the "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes," "Treasure Island," "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," or "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" on your shirt? This gives circulation a whole new meaning to a librarian. You could hand out shirts to people instead of books! You could send your librarian, wearing one of these shirts, to "hand deliver" the book - loan out your librarians!
Admittedly, the selection of titles may not be relevant to special libraries, but it is the thought that counts.

Check out:
http://www.litographs.com/