More on the Harper Conservatives’ libricide.
More on the Harper Conservatives’ libricide.
The Tyee –“ What’s Driving Chaotic Dismantling of Canada’s Science Libraries?
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Libricide!
Harper’s Conservatives have been cutting away at Library and Archives Canada but now a number of articles are pointing out how they’re trashing and burning irreplaceable science documents.
The Tyee has a detailed piece here http://thetyee.ca/News/2013/12/23/Canadian-Science-Libraries/ and Boing Boing here http://boingboing.net/2014/01/04/canadian-libraricide-tories-t.html
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Yesterday was Public Domain Day. Here is a list of some authors’ with works entering the public domain…
Yesterday was Public Domain Day. Here is a list of some authors’ with works entering the public domain
http://publicdomainreview.org/2013/12/10/class-of-2014/ . Mostly these are countries with life + 70 years but it also covers some with life + 50 years like Canada. The shorter the extension, the better for everyone.
Not as much is happening in the US, which has a longer term.
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Digging into the Canada Post data a bit, raises questions about the decision to end urban door-to-door…
Digging into the Canada Post data a bit, raises questions about the decision to end urban door-to-door delivery.
· Canada Post report, data analytics & direct marketers win, and the public loses?
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It’s significant how strong the value is that people continue to place on libraries.
It’s significant how strong the value is that people continue to place on libraries.
Americans Still Care About Their Public Libraries
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Read: Nobel winner declares boycott of top science journals
Nobel winner declares boycott of top science journals
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From the article:”‘The Four Horses’ is not about trashing the legacy of MacDonald but reminding us…
From the article:
“‘The Four Horses’ is not about trashing the legacy of MacDonald but reminding us that we need to move beyond a false sepia-toned past. We are still living with the impacts of the broken treaties today. Until Canada realizes that its primary relationship is rooted in the promises of those treaties, we will never be the country we were meant to be.”
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Disturbing, though ants are pretty amazing creatures.Also, this somewhat unrelated phrase in the article…
Disturbing, though ants are pretty amazing creatures.
Also, this somewhat unrelated phrase in the article caught my attention “…hundreds of thousands of giant African land snails skulking around Florida, slowly eating through the stucco walls of houses and puncturing car tires with their shells. They are the size of rats.”
There’s a Reason They Call Them ‘Crazy Ants’
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The metals in your smartphone may be irreplaceable
The metals in your smartphone may be irreplaceable
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National Geographic is posting photographs from its archives on a tumblr account. http://natgeofound…
National Geographic is posting photographs from its archives on a tumblr account. http://natgeofound.tumblr.com/
Quebec family reminisces over 74-year-old National Geographic photo – Montreal – CBC News
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This is what bothers me about software companies treating a “product” purchase as though it’s an ongoing…
This is what bothers me about software companies treating a “product” purchase as though it’s an ongoing service. It’s inherent with the thinking that it’s somehow sensible to “rent” a digital thing.
When Product Features Disappear –“ Amazon, Apple, Tesla and the Troubled Future for 21st Century Consumers « The Berkeley Blog
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This interview with Vaclav Smil got me curious to read his work. Bill Gates’s thoughts are totally irrelevant…
This interview with Vaclav Smil got me curious to read his work. Bill Gates’s thoughts are totally irrelevant to the article.
This Is the Man Bill Gates Thinks You Absolutely Should Be Reading – Wired Science
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Read: “William S. Burroughs and Tom Waits team-up for ‘The Black Rider'”
William S. Burroughs and Tom Waits team-up for ‘The Black Rider’
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