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[sorry for the dreadful pun;I just couldn't restrain myself.] This is an excerpt from a post that I’ve added to the (closed) course discussion board for LIS 2223:Archival Access,Advocacy,and Ethics. I’ve talked about PAHR before on the blog,but I think that it’s important to continue discussing and supporting this and [...] As a sort of side note to recent conversations in the archivo-blogosphere about preserving digital conversation,and the sometimes fleeting nature of born-digital materials,I’ve been following a few discussions about the nature of blogging and how that fits with the academic system. The question of whether blogs can be “worthwhile”and “academic”has been [...] Last Saturday,the world of bibliographic control lost a giant,and librarians everywhere lost a friend and mentor. Professor Allen Smith will be remembered by me as a gentle man of many talents,with a wicked sense of humor about the subjects he taught,and about life. From the notification that was sent out [...] The title of this recent New York Times article bugged: Libraries Shun Deals to Place Books on Web. Sounds like librarians are being selfish,right? We don’t want to share our books…you must come to our libraries <insert malevolent cackle>. Actually,the article is about the recent decision of the Boston Library Consortium and [...] I always love to find out what other people are reading,and I found it especially interesting to see how many Nobel Prize winners attribute their early influences to libraries. I feel like the ALA or a literacy group should try to team up with them for some sort of publicity campaign. First,check out this column from Rebecca Hegelin: http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/rebeccahagelin/2005/08/16/155191.html Reading isn’t always good for our kids. How’s that for an opening sentence to stir a little controversy among the educational elites? We’ve been bombarded by so many messages about how reading expands the mind,excites the imagination and enhances the vocabulary (all of which [...] |
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