Tonight’s Nova was about a palimpsest containing a long lost work of Archimedes: The Method. Not only did the WGBH program talk about Archimedes’ contributions to the field of mathematics, but a good portion of the show was about the techniques being used to conserve and read the text. There’s lots about it […]
From this week’s subscriber-only Chronicle of Higher Education: New Jersey tried to seize video tapes from a class project exploring whether a death row inmate received a fair trial. The student’s lawyers argued that the project counted as journalism because of the nature of the class and the tapes could not be seized because […]
The Nieman Foundation’s publication Nieman Reports has an article in the Summer issue about blogging the Iraq war.
The New England Press Association’s Bulletin has an article about blogging that states that blogging poses no threat to journalism, though some bloggers are good journalists. The article focuses on blogs in the Boston-area, but I don’t […]
I read in Monday’s subscriber-only Chronicle of Higher Education that someone is proposing some changes to the Federal Education Rights and Privacy Act (Ferpa) that would make it possible for people to sue colleges and universities who violate their privacy. The changes would also extend protection to college/university applicants and some business partners.
How can people in Boston at a Jump (formerly Jump, Little Children) concert not dance when they hear the music? I can’t stop moving now and the concert ended at about 9:30 pm. Of course, I’m from those fantastic Music Farm days way back when 96 Wave was playing Jump as a new […]
(Look! I’m typing about Banned Books Week today!)
Just to prove that I’m not a total moron when it comes to controversial books, I want to let you know that I read the first chapter of S.E. Hinton’s “Taming the Star Runner” last night and can definitely see why someone would find it controversial. […]
Not that I’m giving away any answers, but Wait! Wait! Don’t Tell Me!, a public radio show, just featured the OCLC trademark infringement lawsuit against the Library Hotel in New York on their segment where a caller listens to three scenarios and must pick the one that is true. The caller did not pick […]
I had these elaborate dreams of posting something about banned books every day during Banned Books Week. And, well, the week ends Saturday and I haven’t been able to do it. I got swamped at work last week and will still be digging out week after next, so my plans to post something […]
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by Paul
This commentary griping about librarians agitates me so much, I’m not even sure why I’m including it on my blog other than that I’m a librarian who believes in free access to information and including a variety of viewpoints in my collection. The author rants about a variety of things about librarians and libraries, […]