Faulkner Nobel on the Block, and Other News

“The largest and most important group of William Faulkner material ever to appear at auction”—including his Nobel medal, an unpublished short story, and illustrated letters, recently found at the Faulkner home—is expected to fetch at least $2 million at Sotheby’s come June. 
Here is a sweet library marriage proposal for you. (To read, that is.)
In further library human-interest, Flavorwire rounds up nifty librarians from around the country. (Just a small sampling, of course.)

Now for something completely different: the all-seeing eye that is Amazon.com is acquiring Goodreads for an undisclosed sum.