came out in their January-February issue. It mentions some Thursday regulars, like Thinking While Typing and the Redhead, and, of course, Dave Winer, who is one of the key forces behind the initiative to bring blogging to Harvard. Addendum 12/31: The Redhead writes of an inaccuracy in the article.
Many librarians have stories about weird objects found in library books, whether it’s material inserted by a patron or something meant to be included in the book. Here’s a report of a librarian finding smallpox scabs from the 1800s and turning them over to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read on LIS News
Here’s an article about a man in a Wisconsin prison who transcribes books into braille as part of a program there. A follow-up article about him getting his certification from the Library of Congress appeared recently. from Library Link of the Day