Seattle Public Librarians Just Want to Read You Stories - Slog - The Stranger Blake Thu, 07/23/2020 - 15:39 Topic Librarians The Lit Line (206-386-4656) isn't necessarily a newfangled idea, SPL librarian Robin Rousu told me. It's pretty old. Rousu has been a librarian with SPL for 15 years. She used to run the Dial-a-Story program where kids were encouraged to call a number to get a story read to them. That program was built around the idea […]

Prepress Highlight: Coronavirus imperils weather forecasting StephenK Thu, 07/23/2020 - 11:13 Geophysical Research Letters has an article in prepress about how the reduction in air traffic has reduced the amount of automated meteorological observation platforms aloft which may impact weather forecasting in the near term.

One-Third Of Museums At Risk Due To Coronavirus StephenK Thu, 07/23/2020 - 11:03 Topic Museums NPR reports that one-third of museums in the United States are at risk of closure in 2020 due to the continuing coronavirus crisis. Their story was based upon a survey conducted by the American Alliance of Museums.

In Publishing, ‘Everything Is Up for Change’ - The New York Times Blake Wed, 07/15/2020 - 17:08 Topic Publishing In Publishing, ‘Everything Is Up for Change’ A wave of deaths and retirements prompted publishers to name new leaders. Now the industry is in a rare moment of transformation that promises to influence the books put out into the world.   From: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/15/books/book-publishing-leadership.html In […]

Why Do We Love Henry David Thoreau? | The New Yorker Blake Mon, 07/13/2020 - 08:04 Topic Authors The Moral Judgments of Henry David Thoreau Why, given its fabrications, inconsistencies, and myopia, do we continue to cherish “Walden”?   From: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/10/19/pond-scum Why Do We Love Henry David Thoreau? | The New Yorker