Library Web @LibraryWeb
Library Culture on the Web - libraries, literature, literary culture [currently offline, ref. Lists] libraryweb.info UK Joined February 2009-
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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/c…
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"... 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
" ... next, you’ll evaluate the book’s assertions; ..." 2/3
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
"Beyond the ugly actual, lo, on every side, Imagination’s limitless domain." The untroubled mind by Hall, Herbert James
Quote from: Life: A User’s Manual: Philosophy for (Almost) Any Eventuality Ebury Press, 2020 Julian Baggini; Antonia Macaro Page 160
"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
Judge sides with publishers in lawsuit over Internet Archive's online library : NPR reddit.com/r/books/commen…
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“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/mar…
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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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To remember what you read: ⛔️ Don’t highlight. ✅ Write summaries.
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Crunch time for the Wirral library service: 10 out of 15 may close liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool…
The Books You Need to Read in 2023 waterstones.com/blog/the-books…
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“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/commentisfree/…
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