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What are librarians for?

19 May, 2011 - 199 words
Seth Godin wrote an interesting piece about libraries recently, and it rang true with me. I’m reading more than ever, but I wouldn’t even bother asking a librarian what I should read next. Public librarians today seem to act more like sentinels of dead-tree collections. They own the data, they ti...

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Reading eBooks

21 March, 2010 - 601 words
I’ve now read three books on my phone (you can see which ones here). I never thought it would be possible to read on a screen that wasn’t designed for this purpose; I was sure that you’d need a Kindle or Nook-type screen to be able to read in comfort and for long periods of time.

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