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The Atlantic Gift Article – Optimists once believed that universal literacy was inevitable. Now it seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history. Twenty-three hundred years ago, the legend goes, King Ptolemy I of Egypt asked his court adviser to assemble a comprehensive collection of the world’s written works. …
WantedInMilan: ” More than 32,000 volumes from the writer’s Milan study now housed at Palazzo Poggi, arranged exactly as he left them. The University of Bologna has opened the Biblioteca Eco, a new public library housing the personal book collection of writer and semiotician Umberto Eco, a decade after his death. The collection, comprising more than …
Wired – a Reminder That You Don’t Own What You Buy: “Sony recently informed its PlayStation customers in the United Kingdom that they will no longer be able to watch previously purchased movies and shows from production and distribution company StudioCanal. As of September 1, affected customers will no longer be able to stream 551 …
American Association of Law Librarians: “This guide is intended to help you use AI in your legal research effectively and responsibly.”
The Guardian: “”Over the past 20 years, more than 64m pages have been made freely available through the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) – a digital treasure trove for fans of the natural world. More than 680 museums, universities, libraries and scientific institutions from China, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand to Europe, Africa, Mexico, Canada and …
Inside Hook: “…I’ve put together a list of ways to live a more analog lifestyle. As I make the rules here, I’ve stretched the definition of “analog” a bit to accommodate a reasonably modern lifestyle. I’m not suggesting you cancel your wifi. This is more about adopting sustained, analog-adjacent routines — and while there are …
NeimanLab – “So this independent bookstore decided to start publishing its own. When The Washington Post’s management axed Book World in February, it wasn’t just one casualty among hundreds of layoffs; it was the latest high-profile death blow to a newspaper book review section in more than two decades of a thousand cuts. The AP …
Article and Video Tour of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library that opens next week. “It will be open to the public on July 4. Crews are still putting the finishing touches on the $450 million 96,000 square foot building. The library walks visitors like the Daniels family through the 26th president’s life, starting with his …
Reuters: “A group of major book publishers including the “Big Five” English-language book publishing houses — Hachette, Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Macmillan and Simon & Schuster — sued an alleged pirated book website for copyright infringement in New York federal court on Tuesday. The publishers said in the complaint, opens new tab that WeLib hosts …
Truthout – “Su Casa Liberation Library is part of a flourishing anarchist library scene that includes the Tamarack Library in Oakland, California; Legacy Library on Chicago’s South Side; and the mobile Free Society People’s Library (FSPL) in Portland, Oregon. These autonomous libraries build on the values of the traditional public library — connecting people to …
Library Journal: “AI companies are offering some libraries funding for digitization projects, but archives and special collections are working through how to manage projects responsibly. “Imagine a world where you know things but cannot say where you learned them,” begins “Memory Without Origin,” a paper published in April by University of Virginia (UVA) Dean of …
Reuters: “A group of major book publishers including the “Big Five” English-language book publishing houses — Hachette, Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Macmillan and Simon & Schuster — sued an alleged pirated book website for copyright infringement in New York federal court on Tuesday. The publishers said in the complaint that WeLib hosts tens of millions …
