The Literacy Project: A resource for teachers, literacy organisations and anyone interested in reading and education, created in collaboration with LitCam, Google, and UNESCO’s Institute for Lifelong Learning. ——- Google’s literacy push.

Article: Google print outshines the European Digital Library: In talking about the long road to creating the European Digital Library, this stood out to me: In 2010, the European Digital Library should have 6 million e-books available, a much lower figure than that given by Google for the same year: 15 million. Both numbers are […]

There is a current issue with Badische Landesbibliothek of Karlsruhe selling off 3000+ medieval manuscripts. Apparently, they are contentiously held by the Counts of Baden, but may actually be state-owned. In any case, they are selling them for reasons unrelated to the preservation of the collection and archive. More info at: http://www.cronaca.com/archives/004613.html English version of […]

The New Atlantis – Shop Class as Soulcraft – Matthew B. Crawford: So what advice should one give to a young person? By all means, go to college. In fact, approach college in the spirit of craftsmanship, going deep into liberal arts and sciences. In the summers, learn a manual trade. You’re likely to be […]

Whobar identity 2.0 technology now available as open source: Sxip is pleased to release the Whobar code to the community. Whobar makes it easy for users to register and login to a website using their choice of emerging identity protocols such as InfoCard, i-names, and OpenID. It enables developers to easily add support of all […]

ABC News: Where Big Brother Watches and Talks to You : The monitors in Middlesbrough’s CCTV control room show a drunk put back a traffic cone, a vandal replace a strip light he had pulled off the roof of a pizza joint, and a smoker pick up his cigarette butt from the sidewalk. Why did […]

Library Cats Map: LIBRARY CATS MAP Click on a region (or state) to see a list of library cats! —– yes, the library cats map still exists.