infodiva scooped me on this one. I heard the piece, but neglected to blog it. Bad Karl.
“This morning, on Morning Edition, NPR featured the story of two former employees of the Consortium Library at the University of Alaska who gave up their combined income of $70,000 or so to become small business owners of the “Canine Club” in Reno, Nevada.”
Gary Sandler writes:
“Here is an interesting
report from ZDNet on Sun Chief Executive Scott McNealy’s
call for freely available online educational materials for schools.
The effort, called the
Global Education and Learning Community (GELC), produces curriculum materials such as online books for students in kindergarten through 12th grade. McNealy envisions the replacement of expensive and quickly out-of-date textbooks by shared online instructional materials, testing, grading and assessment tools, all created by experts.
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You’ve gotta love the DMV now that they’ve issued a sentimental “Love Your Library” license plate. The plate, which features a design consisting of various library resources to the left of the plate number and includes the words “READ – LEARN – EXPLORE,” is available to anyone who has a passenger or commercial vehicle registered in New York State (and who can afford an additional $43 over the cost of a regular plate). Here’s the press release from Empire Information Services.
The new license plate gives New Yorkers the chance to show their support for libraries by helping to subsidize summer reading programs.
From Guardian Unlimited Books: They asked some experts to select 10 overseas writers we should be reading. Awarding the international Man Booker prize this week to the Albanian novelist Ismail Kadare, the critic John Carey complained that foreign literature is ‘neglected’ in Britain.
Anonymous Patron writes “The Times Online reports a blob of “wronglyâ€? coloured ink, a controversial map of Asia and the seizure of 128 civics textbooks have plunged Japan and China into another round of bitterness and mutual distrust.
The latest incident in the troubled relationship between the two neighbours flared up yesterday when it emerged that books on their way by mail to a Japanese school in the northeastern Chinese city of Dalian had been seized by customs authorities.”
Talk about adding insult to injury, Desiree Goodwin , who lost her case for promotion against Harvard University and still retains the same low-paying job, has been told by her attorney, Richard Clarey, that Harvard has sent her a bill for $3,319; the legal expenses incurred during her civil rights trial against them.
Goodwin wrote in an e-mail to this reporter “They (Harvard) submitted an affidavit justifying why they feel I should be responsible for their expenses. Harvard resisted all of my efforts to resolve my case through internal procedures and mediation until a lawsuit become inevitable. I was already in debt from my student loans, and not being able to obtain a professional job after completing my education (an MLS), I went even further into debt to pursue justice in the courts, and now this.”
Goodwin sums it up this way: “This is meant to discourage anyone who dares to pursue justice against discrimination in the courts when all other remedies have failed.”
The New York Times Announces Fifth Annual Librarian Awards: The New York Times announced today that nominations for the fifth annual New York Times Librarian Awards are being accepted until September 2. The Times will recognize 27 public librarians from across the country who provide outstanding community service on a consistent basis. Nominations come from the general public.
Anonymous Patron writes “The New York Times looks at The abundance of user-generated Internet content – which includes online games, desktop video and citizen journalism sites – and how it is reshaping the debate over file sharing.”
Anonymous Patron writes “Scotsman.com News Reports shops are scrambling to get hold of works by the little-known Albanian writer presented with a prestigious literary prize in the Capital.
The inaugral Man Booker International Prize was presented to Ismail Kadare at a ceremony in the National Museum last night, attended by the country’s literary and cultural elite.”
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