This week’s Chronicle of Higher Education has a special supplement about libraries. Some of the articles are restricted to subscribers. They include a look at library buildings, a discussion on whether librarians should get tenure, technology, and personal collections.
Ever wonder how some broadcasters know how to say foreign names? This Washington Post article backgrounds the Voice of America Pronunciation Guide, an incredible source many radio and television organizations use. Entries often include a written pronunciation guide and an audio file.
After spending about three months in jail to protect a confidential source, New York Times reporter Judith Miller accepted the source’s decision to release her from the confidentiality agreement and revealed his identity.
"I served 85 days in jail because of my belief in the importance of upholding the confidential relationship journalists have with their sources. [...]
I love it when things like this happen: A client asked me about the possibility of converting XML feeds to e-mail, which is something I was going to look up for an upcoming talk anyway. Here are some tools I found, most of which come from two posts on The Distant Librarian, who wondered the [...]
No, really, he did. As preparation for his Esquire article about Wikipedia, A.J. Jacobs secured Jimmy Wales’ consent, then wrote the article on, er, in the encyclopedia and stepped back to watch what would happen to it.
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