Look at it. Just look. Remember. Remember . . . We are still here.
We had a bit of an outpouring of literary geekery the other night when I found this comment on a friend’s Facebook feed: Ok most of list I agree with however not being a fan of C.S. Lewis I can say I didn’t get beyond The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. I can…
"The only kinds of fights worth having are those you’re going to lose, because somebody has to fight them and lose and lose and lose until someday, somebody who believes as you do wins. In order for somebody to win an important, major fight 100 years hence, a lot of other people have got to…
Here’s one for rare book collectors around the world: Vatican Publishes Knights Templar Papers. Enjoy!
The UK Independent says that the Only Copy of Magna Carta in Private Hands to be Sold in New York. I’m temped to say something truly obnoxious such as wonder whether the U.S. Constitution can be far behind, seeing as how the current regime in Washington D.C. has little apparent use for it, but I…
Just received this tidbit (which is a pretty major tidbit) from Kathleen Gundrum, the Director of Member Services at Nylink: RLG to combine with OCLC Combined programs and services to advance offerings and drive efficiencies for libraries, archives, museums and other research organizations worldwide DUBLIN, Ohio, May 3, 2006—Two of the world’s largest membership-based information…
This is not strictly a matter for librarians (not all of them anyway), but in the spirit of Presidents’ Day, here’s a recent speech delivered on the floor of the Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates by David Englin (D-45). He quotes President Washington, whose birthday we celebrate today; and nothing in his speech, I…
And now, a bunch of pretty decent links: This week’s favorite line from Techsploitation Chick: "The[rehashed dot.com companies such as] Zupits suck up funding, while true visionaries innovate for free." Not a bad thing to keep in mind in this age of big companies who want us to use their metadata in ways they determine…
This is from the NYAM Info Notes blog: NIEHS Launches Website with global info system for assessing environmental hazards from Hurricane Katrina U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesNATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTHNIH NewsNational Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)http://www.niehs.nih.gov/FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, September 9, 2005CONTACT: Christine Bruske, 919-541-3665, rmackar@niehs.nih.govNIEHS LAUNCHES WEBSITE WITH GLOBAL…
There’s already tons of material available on the web regarding New Orleans vs. Katrina, so I won’t post it here. Except for a few choice tidbits that I found: SciGuy’s science blog had these immortal (and not a littl creepy considering how things turned out) words from Mark Twain words about Men Vs. The Mississippi…