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Laundry Room Libraries

The New York Times | SUSAN DOMINUS | Posted 12.01.2009 | Books

Read More: Recycling, Recycling Books, Laundry, Libraries, Books, Apartments, Book Clubs, Green Living, Reading, New York City, Books News

My old neighbors in Washington Heights were marvels of resourcefulness, natural born recyclers inspired by thrift, as opposed to love of the environme...

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New Google Book Settlement Aims Only to Placate Governments

Pamela Samuelson | Posted 11.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Antitrust, Settlements, Media News, Libraries, Google Books, Media News
Pamela Samuelson

What stands out after an initial review of the Google Book Search agreement is that changes were made to placate the governments of France, Germany, as well as the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Books Are Good for Leaving Messages

Alan Black | Posted 11.11.2009 | Media

Read More: Future, Time, Stephen Hawking, Twitter, Libraries, Media News
Alan Black

By the end of the world, a prophet called Anderson Cooper from the distant land called CNN went around saying "Follow me" on something called Twitter.

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The Case for the Internet: A Human Right

David D. Burstein | Posted 11.05.2009 | Technology

Read More: The Internet, Internet, Human Rights, France, Economic Crisis, Economy, Libraries, Computers, New Media, Finland, Jobs, Technology, Technology News
David D. Burstein

Finland and France have declared internet access a legal right for all citizens. Here's why I hope the United States and all other countries will follow their and grant internet access as a human right.

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Needed: Social Investment in An Informed Society

Peter M. Shane | Posted 11.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Education, Newspapers, Libraries, Public Universities, New Models, Downie, Business Models, Schudson, Information Needs, Journalism, Knight Commission, Media News
Peter M. Shane

The current moment of journalistic ferment is actually part of a larger and more alarming story. The United States is dramatically under-investing in the production and circulation of knowledge.

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How e-Books Could Smarten Up Kids and Stretch Library Dollars: A National Plan

David Rothman | Posted 10.22.2009 | Books

Read More: Libraries, Amazon Kindle, Kindle, Reading, Digital Libraries, Literacy, Students, Epub, Digital Library System, Books, Ebooks, E-Books, Ereaders, Teleread, Books News
David Rothman

Suppose a well-stocked national digital library system existed for Americans of different ages, along with the means to encourage schoolchildren and others to use it.

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In the Library

Alan Black | Posted 10.20.2009 | Books

Read More: Sharing, People, Reading, Libraries, Public Libraries, Books News
Alan Black

Libraries are about people. Not books. Although without them, we would have no libraries. When we gather under the sanctuary of a roof to read together, we know we belong.

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As Congress Prepares to Reauthorize the Patriot Act, Reader Privacy Must be Protected

Judy Platt | Posted 10.19.2009 | Books

Read More: Censorship, Libraries, Patriot Act, First Amendment, Bookstores, Government Censorship, Books, Ala, Fbi, Books News
Judy Platt

Readers need to make it clear to their members of Congress and Senators that the privacy of what they read is non-negotiable and that they're entitled to that privacy whether the books they read are borrowed or bought.

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LIBRARIANS, LIBRARIES -- Unappreciated And Underutilized!

Robert Rose | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mainstream Media, Public-Schools-Education-Reform, Education, Librarians, K-12-Education, Libraries, Politics News
Robert Rose

Librarians are an often overlooked resource that is vital to education. In this economy, they might slip completely out of sight unless we do something to stop it.

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Public Library Saved: 15,000 People Celebrate

The Huffington Post | Lori Wood | Posted 10.05.2009 | Books

Read More: Libraries, Library, Community, Salinas Public Library, Books, Salinas Library, Public Libraries, Books News

Salinas, CA -- October 5, 2009 -- On Sunday, September 27, 15,000 people--that's ten percent of the town's population--turned out to celebrate the 100...

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Hickenlooper Budget Cuts Run Into City Council Opposition

The Denver Post | Christopher N. Osher | Posted 12.01.2009 | Denver

Read More: Parks and Recreation, Judy Montero, Budget Cuts, Libraries, Byers, La Alma, Denver City Council, John Hickenlooper, Denver, Denver News

Denver City Council members expressed concern Wednesday over Mayor John Hickenlooper's plan to transfer management of four city recreation centers to ...

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South African Children March For Libraries

The New York Times | CELIA W. DUGGER | Posted 11.25.2009 | Impact

Read More: South Africa, Education, Libraries, Impact News

CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- Thousands of children marched to City Hall this week in sensible black shoes, a stream of boys and girls from township scho...

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Don't Let 'Elites' Lock the Doors to the Library

Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Philadelphia, Elite, Benjamin Franklin, Libraries, Politics News
Kenneth C. Davis

Public libraries, like schools or the fire department, are not luxuries. The public library is more than just our soul. It is our lifeblood.

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Preparing Society for the Cognitive Age

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 09.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Dementia, Brain Health, Tbi, Cognitive Assessments, Bill Reichman, Cognitive Bias, Neuroscience, Schizophrenia, Cognitive Training, Treatment, Dana Foundation, Stanford University, Augmented Cognition, Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, World Economic Forum, Brain Fitness Software, Frontiers, Workplaces, Augmenting Cognition, Aging, Brain Awareness Week, Lifestyle, MATRICS Cognitive Battery, Libraries, Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurocognitive, Pharmacological, Society for Neuroscience, Brain Age, Torkel Klingberg, Cognitive, Cognitive Age, Baycrest, Schools, Cognition, Healthcare, Living News
Alvaro Fernandez

Groundbreaking cognitive neuroscience research has occurred over the last 20 years -- without parallel growth of consumer awareness and appropriate professional dissemination.

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Public Libraries: Community-Based Health Clubs for the Brain

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 08.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Brain Books, Murali Doraiswamy, Neuropsychological, Mind Games, Aging, David DiSalvo, Willpower, Libraries, Brain Teaser, Cognitive Abilities, Cognitive, Health Clubs, Daniel Goleman, Intelligence, Genes, Mini Mental State Exam, Brain, Public Libraries, Games for Health, Memory Tests, Richard Nisbett, Books, Serious Games, American Society on Aging, Cognitive Health, Mmse, Alzheimer´S, Living News
Alvaro Fernandez

Libraries are taking on a new mission to help promote cognitive health in their communities and using the concept of brain fitness.

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Libraries Save Money And Other Resources

thedailygreen.com | Posted 07.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Living, Paper Waste, Paper, Reducing Waste, Books, Giy, Libraries, Green News

Instead of buying small mountains of books, CDs, DVDs and even magazines that you barely use, check materials out of your neighborhood library, or rel...

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Libraries Are America's Lifelines. Leave Them Alone

Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mayor Bloomberg, New York City, Books, Libraries, Information Age, Public Libraries, Politics News
Kenneth C. Davis

New York City's public library systems are once again under siege, on the chopping block, threatened with draconian cuts in the face of New York City's Great Recession.

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Farewell to Judith Krug, Champion for Intellectual Freedom

Patricia Martin | Posted 05.15.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Intellectual Freedom, Banned Books, Banned Books Week, Libraries, Judith Krug, First Amendment, Judith Krug Obituary, Constitutional Rights, Chicago News
Patricia Martin

Ever vigilant about protecting Americans' Constitutional rights, Krug liked to snuff out First Amendment powder kegs before they exploded in people's faces.

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Saving Money and Expanding our Community in Difficult Times

Mallika Chopra | Posted 04.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Money, Reading, Saving, Economy, Recession, Books, Libraries, Living News
Mallika Chopra

I marvel that if it weren't for the uncertainty of the recession, I would have pushed off this incredible opportunity to teach my girls that a love for books is separate from the need to accumulate them.

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Not in My Backyard? Puh-leeeeze!

Tamar Abrams | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Virginia, County Government, Nature Centers, Budget Cuts, Neighborhoods, Libraries, Economy, Arlington-Virginia, Foster Care, Cwla, Econmic Crisis, Books, Reading, Politics News
Tamar Abrams

We are blessed with many community-based libraries, all within a few miles of one another in North Arlington. Would it really be such an inconvenience to cut the hours of one?

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Who Is Our Government For?

Dave Johnson | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Democracy, Constitution, Power, Libraries, Politics News
Dave Johnson

dday, writing in Giving Away The Tax Argument at Digby's Hullabaloo blog, asks why so many California newspapers have "tax increase calculators" but n...

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On Buying Books

Karen Dionne | Posted 03.07.2009 | Style

Read More: Authors, Publishing, Bookstores, Reading, Libraries, Books, Importance of Reading, Public Libraries, Style News
Karen Dionne

If more book-lovers become book-buyers, perhaps the publishing industry's woes will ease, and the 14% who buy more than 20 books a year will explode next time Random House takes a survey.

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Betting His Legacy on Public Participation

Shunit Harpaz | Posted 02.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Socializing, Helping the Needy, Library, Libraries, Helping Others, President Obama, Donating to Charity, Ivy League, Eco-Friendly, Environmentalism, Community, Obama Administration, Community Organizer, Obama Community Organizer, Helping the Homeless, Barack Obama, Giving Back to the Community, Helping the Poor, Government, Change, Literacy, Volunteering, Giving Back, Environment, Community Organizing, Barack Obama Community Organizer, Barack Obama Community Organizing, Getting Involved, Living News
Shunit Harpaz

There is a great potential for a positive change in our society, a change where people take charge of serving the public, living a life that is meaningful and satisfying.

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How Philadelphia Could Determine the Future of the Public Library

Charles D. Ellison | Posted 02.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michael Nutter, Education, Philadelphia, Corporate Responsibility, Cities, Libraries, Public Libraries, Importance of Reading, Books, Reading, Politics News
Charles D. Ellison

There is a longstanding preemptive element to the public library: for every child or teenager with their head in a textbook or glazing through that day's homework is one less idle mind wreaking criminal havoc.

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I'm a Writer, Not a Child Pornographer

Twanna A. Hines | Posted 01.31.2009 | Media

Read More: Censorship, Suppression of Online Journalists, Computers, Internet Censorship, Internet Filtering, Libraries, Media News
Twanna A. Hines

I heard Facebook removed a picture of a breastfeeding woman, and Craigslist tightened the reins on their erotic services section. However, I wasn't overly-concerned with electronic censorship -- until it directly affected me.

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