A wonderful essay in the Telegraph (UK), Grand Theft Auto, Twitter and Beowulf all demonstrate that stories will never die reflects on the fundamental place story-telling has in our lives. The author, Sam Leith, was led to write the essay, apparently, after reading reports that we are “running out of narrative”. This fear has gone so [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Technology’
Tell Me a Story!
Posted in Books and reading, tagged Books, Reading, Technology on December 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Technophobia! I Am All Atwitter
Posted in Libraries, News, tagged Reference, Technology, Twitter on October 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Not too long ago I posted a bit about Twitter. While I am still not sold on it, I have discovered Twitter for Librarians on College at Home. The guide discusses why a library might want to use Twitter but also gives a list of libraries that are using it. I checked out the Nebraska Library [...]
Always a Day Late and a Penny Short
Posted in Libraries, tagged Books, Harvard, Technology on October 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The New York Review of Books published a terrific article called The Library in the New Age back in June. I have only just gotten around to reading it. The author, Robert Darnton, is the director of the University Library at Harvard. He writes:
In fact, the strongest argument for the old-fashioned book is its effectiveness for [...]
