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The Resilient Library: The Convivial Public Library (This article appeared in the December 2012 issue of Post-Lib. Many thanks to Bob Usherwood for allowing me to reproduce it here.)
“There are few things which are so overwhelmingly good that everyone should be forced to adopt them.” (Hine, 2008)
“This is a great trap of the twentieth…
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Only in Croydon, the London borough with the strapline “Proud to Serve”, could a councillor be so blatent as to tweet to advertise a surgery for residents AFTER the surgery had finished.
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Fee loves Jem: I have just done the most amazing and scary thing I will ever do in my life. So I was in church this morning, and in the prayers, our minister had prayed against gay marriage, and hoped that marriage will not be redefined in the UK, and so at the end of the service I went up to him and asked if I could say a few words.
Now, if you know me, you’ll know that standing up and…
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“Being a librarian today means being more than an archivist, more than a researcher, more than an educator. It means being a guardian of the embattled values of knowledge, public space and sharing that animate your profession. You may not have chosen it, but the fight against privatization and in defense of the public good has been thrust upon you – by the mania for privatization, public private partnerships, and outsourcing.” — Naomi Klein (2004) ‘Librarianship as a Radical Profession’, Progressive Librarian, 23 (Spring 2004), pp.46-53. (via resilientlibrary)(via resilientlibrary)
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Picture from the Cabin Pressure Series 4 recordings yesterday, seeing Roger Allam outside.
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7 women in science expand our knowledge of the world
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This Friday and Saturday, November 30 and December 1, over 150 TEDx events will join the anchor TEDxWomen event in Washington D.C. in a global conversation about the state of women in the world today. Right now, influential and inspiring women are making great strides in the field of science, from the study of tiny microbes to the development of quantum computing. In the spirit of TEDxWomen, we present seven talks from women who are helping to expand our scientific horizons.
Click here for the TEDxWomen livestream, which will be broadcasting from Friday, November 30 at 6:00 pm to Saturday, December 1 at 7:45 pm EST.Exploit to preserve: Larissa Oliveira at TEDxAmazonia
When Larissa Oliveira arrived in Peru to study a new species of fur seal, she discovered that it was already threatened by the loss of its primary food source due to overfishing and the effects of climate change. She shares her story of taking action to convince governments and communities that the the little-known anchovita fish — and the creatures who depend on it — are worth saving. (Spanish, with English subtitles).
The secret language of flowers: Heather Whitney at TEDxSalford
Flowers are astoundingly manipulative, and need to be if they are to defend themselves against predators, find food and reproduce. Heather Whitney sheds light on the invisible tactics flowers use to exploit their pollinators.
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Has to be done folks!
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Well at least they’re being honest. Not sure which particular event about though.
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