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26 Jun 2023
Is the future of the public library a global deposit library that digitizes all the books and that can then be queried using AI. The video linked to here is about an hour long but worth watching to the end... reddit.com/r/NoteTaking/comm…
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4 Apr 2023
"... finally, you’ll form an opinion about the book’s ideas. You’ll have to exercise these three skills of reading—understanding, analysis, and evaluation—differently for each kind of book.” 3/3
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4 Apr 2023
The Well-Educated Mind, Susan Wise Bauer
"... As you read each book, you’ll follow the pattern of the trivium. First you’ll try to understand the book’s basic structure and argument; ..." 1/3
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2 Apr 2023
Some links:
worldcat.org/
classify.oclc.org/classify2/
librarything.com/
openlibrary.org/
annas-archive.org/ (FYI)
fantasticfiction.com/
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2 Apr 2023
"Beyond the ugly actual, lo, on every side, Imagination’s limitless domain."
The untroubled mind
by Hall, Herbert James
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27 Mar 2023
Quote from:
Life: A User’s Manual: Philosophy for (Almost) Any Eventuality
Ebury Press, 2020
Julian Baggini; Antonia Macaro
Page 160
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27 Mar 2023
"The mind requires some
relaxation and cannot always
support its bent to care and
industry. It seems, then, that
nature has pointed out a mixed
kind of life as most suitable
to the human race."
David Hume
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27 Mar 2023
Judge sides with publishers in lawsuit over Internet Archive's online library : NPR
reddit.com/r/books/comments/…
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2 Mar 2023
“Official figures show £9,982 was spent per 1,000 people on libraries by central and local government in England, Scotland and Wales last year, down from £11,970 the year before” theguardian.com/books/2023/m…
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9 Feb 2023
Reading without writing is like eating without lifting. The excess gets stored as fat and you have nothing to show for the precious time invested.
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18 Feb 2023
To remember what you read:
⛔️ Don’t highlight.
✅ Write summaries.
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12 Jan 2023
Crunch time for the Wirral library service: 10 out of 15 may close liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liv…
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28 Dec 2022
“The US can often be cruel to its citizens, but the public library is a sanctuary and a vision of what our country might one day be” theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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