Why some words may be more memorable than others Our brains use internet search engine strategies to remember words and memories of past experiences From: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200629120204.htm Why some words may be more memorable than others: Our brains use internet search engine strategies to remember words and memories of past experiences — ScienceDaily
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You Purged Racists From Your Website? Great, Now Get to Work | WIRED
Truth needs an advocate and it should come in the form of an enormous flock of librarians descending on Silicon Valley to create the internet we deserve, an information ecosystem that serves the people.The blessing and curse of social media is that it must remain open so we can reap the most benefits; but openness must be tempered with the strong and consistent curation and moderation that these librarians could provide, so that everyone’s voice is protected and amplified.
From: https://www.wired.com/story/you-purged-racists-from-your-website-great-now-get-to-work/ You Purged Racists From Your Website? Great, Now Get to Work | WIRED
Drone and Robot Book Delivery | | David Lee King
Getting books to customers is easy (well, easy if you don’t have global pandemic to deal with, anyway) – they visit the library or a bookmobile, and pick up their book. How about using drones or robots to deliver books?Well … both are being done right now.
From: https://davidleeking.com/drone-and-robot-book-delivery/ Drone and Robot Book Delivery | | David Lee King
Librarians and the Power of Social Media | Book Riot
One thing that readily comes to my mind when thinking of how libraries have used social media: to spread humor, and by extension joy. Even typos can or other misconceptions can be shaped into a something that is positively viral. An example of this is the whole snake/snack confusion that the Pflugerville Library had when advertising their Anti-Prom.
From: https://bookriot.com/2020/06/22/librarians-and-the-power-of-social-media/
Librarians and the Power of Social Media | Book Riot
Students really using libraries!
Cortez writes “Demonstrating the possibilties of new technology and historic records, students bring the past alive: http://www.common-place.org/vol-05/no-03/school/
“The high-school students in the extracurricular Project Apprentice to History (PATH) in Beverly, Massachusetts, are not your typical honors students, yet their achievements are extraordinary.””
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