This Week in LibraryBlogLand
week ending October 15, 2007
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First off, apologies for being away so long. What was supposed to be a one-week distraction stretched to six weeks. I’m about caught up on things I neglected in that time, so today’s TWiL consists mostly of odds and ends I hadn’t used yet. I expect next week’s to be more like a normal TWiL. Thanks again for your patience.
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David Shedden (Poynter Online) wrote a history of digital news from 1969 to the present.
Speaking of space-age firsts: the Gail Borden Library (Elgin, Ill.) became the first public library to host a live chat with International Space Station astronauts.
Cartoons:
– Questionable Content: “Have you ever seen a gaggle of drunken librarians?”
– Real Life Comics: think before you give books as gifts (language warning).
Quotes:
– “If you were giving the scholarship to an intellectually brilliant kid who happens to play a sport, that’s fine. But they give it to a functional illiterate who can’t read a cereal box, and then make him spend 50 hours a week on physical skills. That’s not opportunity. If you want to give financial help to minorities, go find the ones who are at the library after school.” William Dowling, Confessions of a Spoilsport. (via)
This Week in LibraryBlogLand
week ending October 15, 2007
……….
First off, apologies for being away so long. What was supposed to be a one-week distraction stretched to six weeks. I’m about caught up on things I neglected in that time, so today’s TWiL consists mostly of odds and ends I hadn’t used yet. I expect next week’s to be more like a normal TWiL. Thanks again for your patience.
……….
David Shedden (Poynter Online) wrote a history of digital news from 1969 to the present.
Speaking of space-age firsts: the Gail Borden Library (Elgin, Ill.) became the first public library to host a live chat with International Space Station astronauts.
Cartoons:
– Questionable Content: “Have you ever seen a gaggle of drunken librarians?”
– Real Life Comics: think before you give books as gifts (language warning).
Quotes:
– “If you were giving the scholarship to an intellectually brilliant kid who happens to play a sport, that’s fine. But they give it to a functional illiterate who can’t read a cereal box, and then make him spend 50 hours a week on physical skills. That’s not opportunity. If you want to give financial help to minorities, go find the ones who are at the library after school.” William Dowling, Confessions of a Spoilsport. (via)
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