Nurturing Knowledge – a job for PR
Posted by Heather Yaxley on January 18, 2012 · 7 Comments
‘Imagine a World Without Free Knowledge’ – Wikipedia’s blackout protest statement is a reminder of the value and reliance placed on repositories of online information. How many of us turn to Google, Wikipedia, digital dictionaries, social media or online news sources routinely when we want to know something?
The English-speaking student population is apparently distraught that [...]
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Are We Losing Our Cathedrals of Knowledge to Web-based Information?
Posted by Kristen E. Sukalac on March 9, 2009 · 11 Comments
Many thanks to Judy Gombita for recently sharing the blogpost “Librophiliac Love Letter: A Compendium of Beautiful Libraries“.
As I was perusing the photos, it struck me that these libraries make a profound statement about how we value books, knowledge and learning. These rooms are temples and cathedrals.
As information has multiplied in recent decades and access to it [...]
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