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Why the United States Is Destroying Its Education System
Seeded on Fri Jan 20, 2012 2:57 PM EST (Common Dreams)
A nation that destroys its systems of education, degrades its public information, guts its public libraries and turns its airwaves into vehicles for cheap, mindless amusement becomes deaf, dumb and blind. It prizes test scores above critical thinking and literacy.
Asshat but not Assclown: American Heritage Dictionary executive editor talks about some of the 10,000 words added to the new edition
Seeded on Sat Dec 17, 2011 8:35 AM EST (Slate)
The newly published fifth edition of the American Heritage Dictionary is a 2,000-page book packed with thousands of definitions, etymologies, and illustrations.
The 25 Most Beautiful College Libraries in the World
Seeded on Thu Dec 15, 2011 11:58 AM EST (Flavorwire)
The college library, whether ornate or modern, digital or dusty, is in many ways the epicenter of the college experience — at least for some students.
The wondrous database that reveals what books Americans checked out of the library a century ago.
Seeded on Mon Nov 21, 2011 9:58 AM EST (Slate)
So when I learned about What Middletown Read, a database that tracks the borrowing records of the Muncie Public Library between 1891 and 1902, I had some of the same feelings physicists probably have when new subatomic particles show up in their cloud chambers.
Could Privatized Public Libraries Be Coming To Your Town?
Seeded on Sat Nov 12, 2011 11:14 AM EST (Blog for Iowa)
By Dave Bradley, Blog for Iowa library privatization is a below-the-radar movement that is really gaining ground. Replacing the taxes are fees and subscriptions and of course a charge to the town itself.
A National Digital Public Library Begins to Take Shape - Research - The Chronicle of Higher Education
Seeded on Wed Oct 26, 2011 11:17 AM EDT ()
The Digital Public Library of America doesn't exist yet, but it's closer to becoming a reality.At an energized meeting held here at the National Archives on Friday, representatives from top cultural institutions and public and research libraries expressed robust support for the …
Banned Books Week Sept. 24 through Oct. 1: The 10 most challenged titles
Seeded on Fri Sep 23, 2011 4:19 AM EDT (BannedBooksWeek.org)
Banned Books Week (BBW) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment... The books featured during Banned Books Week have been targets of attempted bannings. Fortunately, while some books were banned or …
Complete Pentagon Papers at Last: For the First Time, All Three Versions Posted, Allowing Side-by-Side Comparison
Seeded on Sat Sep 17, 2011 8:12 AM EDT (National Security Archive at George Washington Uni)
Washington, DC, September 16, 2011 - For the first time ever, all three major editions of the Pentagon Papers are being made available simultaneously online.
Activists Use Facebook to Turn Up the Heat on Tea Party
Seeded on Fri Sep 16, 2011 10:49 AM EDT ()
THE NEWS: With the race for the presidency revving up, political activists on both sides of the equation are becoming more engaged.
Free entertainment, for life
Seeded on Wed Sep 7, 2011 12:50 PM EDT (CNN)
(CNN) -- Are you a person who loves to read books? If so, you're set for life. It's one of those things most of us seldom pause to think about. After all, much of the news about the book publishing business has been kind of grim lately.
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