Category: public libraries
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The libraries of the future will be made of DNA
The libraries of the future will be made of DNA Jerome de Groot, University of Manchester This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. There are 6,000 tweets sent a second. In the time you have read this sentence, 42,000 tweets will have been sent. At an average of 34 characters per…
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Copyright exceptions in Canadian education aren’t a loophole, they’re essential
Copyright exceptions in Canadian education aren’t a loophole, they’re essential Stephanie Savage, University of British Columbia and Jennifer Zerkee, Simon Fraser University This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Recent op-eds about Canadian copyright law call on the Canadian government to stop allowing uncompensated copying in education. At the end of…
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Friday essay: the library – humanist ideal, social glue and now, tourism hotspot
Friday essay: the library – humanist ideal, social glue and now, tourism hotspot Stuart Kells, La Trobe University This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Last year two Danish librarians – Christian Lauersen and Marie Eiriksson – founded Library Planet: a worldwide, crowdsourced, online library travel guide. According to them, Library…
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143,518 US public library workers are keeping their communities informed, connected and engaged – but their jobs may be at risk
143,518 US public library workers are keeping their communities informed, connected and engaged – but their jobs may be at risk Rachel D. Williams, Simmons University; Christine D’Arpa, Wayne State University, and Noah Lenstra, University of North Carolina – Greensboro This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. America’s public library workers…
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Technology hasn’t killed public libraries – it’s inspired them to transform and stay relevant
Technology hasn’t killed public libraries – it’s inspired them to transform and stay relevant Danielle Wyatt, The University of Melbourne and Dale Leorke, Tampere University This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. In 2017, archaeologists discovered the ruins of the oldest public library in Cologne, Germany. The building may have housed…
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