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Category Archives: libraries
Press Week blog tour: The Future of Scholarly Publishing
in higher education, libraries, publishing, University Press Week
Tagged AAUP, AAUP Press Week
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University Press Week has been around since 1978. This week we’re joining other AAUP members to scholarly publishing concurrent with the first annual Academic Book Week (Nov. 9-16, 2015), a program of the UK-based Academic Book of the Future project. But … Continue reading
Bradbury and “dangerous” books
in authors, biography, libraries, science fiction
Tagged Banned Books Week, Becoming Ray Bradbury, Jonathan Eller, Ray Bradbury
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For Ray Bradbury, censorship was serious business. In Bradbury’s classic Fahrenheit 451, book banning was not only a matter of the obliteration of the printed page, but a literal case of life and death. As Jonathan Eller writes in Becoming Ray … Continue reading
Regina Anderson Andrews biography wins Wheatley Book Award
in american history, authors, awards, biography, black studies, libraries, women's history
Tagged Ethelene Whitmire, Regina Anderson Andrews
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Ethelene Whitmire has received the 2015 Wheatley Book Award for First Nonfiction for her book Regina Anderson Andrews, Harlem Renaissance Librarian. The Wheatly Awards are presented by QBR: The Black Book Review and the Harlem Book Fair and were awarded at a reception in New … Continue reading
Q&A with Regina Anderson Andrews author Ethelene Whitmire
in author commentary, authors, black studies, feminist studies, interviews, libraries, women's history
Tagged Ethelene Whitmire, Harlem Renaissance, Regina Anderson Andrews
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Ethelene Whitmire is an associate professor of library and information studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She answered some questions about her book Regina Anderson Andrews, Harlem Renaissance Librarian. Q: Who was Regina Anderson Andrews and what role did she have in … Continue reading
Strahov Monastery Library
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The media geniuses at 360Cities have produced a 40 gigapixel image of the Strahov Monastery Library in the Czech Republic. Link to the 360Cities image. Via Boing Boing.
My favorite story of the last couple of weeks is about Watson, the I.B.M. supercomputer who’s been working out on pro-grade Jeopardy players in real-time test matches. The idea is to fine tune him for a series of televised matches … Continue reading
A blogger at The Urbana Free Library compares the fate of the wondrous library in ancient Alexandria with the squeeze being put on today’s public libraries in the wake of the global recession. We may not be forced from our positions at … Continue reading
In today’s Dream Job category, we have the University Library at California Santa Cruz seeking to fill the Grateful Dead Archivist position. So: perfect opportunity to sport your Jerry tie, or fashion faux pas?