Area Eccentric Reads Entire Book
January 19, 2008 | Issue 44•03

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GREENWOOD, IN-Sitting in a quiet downtown diner, local hospital administrator Philip Meyer looks as normal and well-adjusted as can be. Yet, there's more to this 27-year-old than first meets the eye: Meyer has recently finished reading a book.

Yes, the whole thing. ( Read more... )

For Certain Tasks, the Cortex Still Beats the CPU
Clive Thompson

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/15-07/ff_humancomp

Wired 15.07; 06.25.07 | 2:00 AMWhich is prettier? A picture of a black cat sleeping on a pillow or one of a curly-haired brunette ( Read more... )

[to all the people who ban homeless from libraries]

Jackie's Story
Angie Drobnic Holanhttp://www.sptimes.com/2007/06/08/Floridian/Jackie_s_story.shtmlRead more... )

You Do Like Reading Off a Computer Screen
Cory Doctorow

http://www.locusmag.com/Features/2007/03/cory-doctorow-you-do-like-reading-off.html

March 2007"I don't like reading off a computer screen" - it's a cliché of the e-book world. ( Read more... )

Tacitus was no elitist
Mary Beardhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1991336,00.htmlRead more... )

[via pauammahttp://ets.umdl.umich.edu/m/med/Read more... )

With One Word, Children’s Book Sets Off Uproar
Julie Bosmanhttp://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/18/books/18newb.htmlRead more... )

article_request seems like a decent idea for anyone who needs an article and can't get it through their library's physical collection, online databases, or ILL (especially if no longer an official student). I know I've been in that situation often enough...

The Book as Place:
The “Networked Book” Becomes the New “In” Destination
Paula Berinsteinhttp://www.infotoday.com/searcher/nov06/Berinstein.shtmlRead more... )

Increasingly, libraries are the place to learn English
Will Kilburn

October 19, 2006The 8 p.m. intermediate English as a Second Language class at Milford Town Library is often about subtleties. When it comes to keys, are they at your pocket or in your pocket? Do you taxi at the airport, from the airport, or to the airport ( Read more... )