Too much has been lost already. The glue that holds humanity’s knowledge together is coming undone. Quelle: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2021/06/the-internet-is-a-collective-hallucination/619320/

Von Büchern und ihren Orten – jüdische Bibliotheken weltweit Ein Blog stellt jüdische Bibliotheken rund um die Welt vor. Podcast: https://www.deutschlandradio.de/schalom.1982.de.html Blog: https://www.jewish-libraries.com/

Leonardo da Vinci, geboren 1452, gilt als eines der größten Genies aller Zeiten. Aber er profitierte auch von der Explosion des Wissens in seiner Zeit, wie die Rekonstruktion seiner Bücherliste zeigt. Ausgangspunkt der Geschichte ist ein Skizzenbuch Leonardo da Vincis, … Weiterlesen →

An XKCD comic—and its many remixes—perfectly captures the absurdity of academic research. […] https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/05/xkcd-science-paper-meme-nails-academic-publishing/618810/

In a town under siege from Assad’s regime, a small group of revolutionaries found a new mission: to build a library from books rescued from the rubble. For those stranded in the city, books offered an imaginative escape from the … Weiterlesen →

Librarian(P3) – (2021/0120 (127779)) Organization: NEPIK-IAEA Library Unit Primary Location: Austria-Vienna-Vienna-IAEA Headquarters Job Posting: 2021-02-18, 5:02:33 PM Closing Date: 2021-03-18, 11:59:00 PM Duration in Months: 36 Contract Type: Fixed Term – Regular Probation Period: 1 Year Organizational Setting The objective … Weiterlesen →

As “Do the research” becomes a rallying cry for conspiracy theorists, classical information literacy is not enough. […] Quelle: https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2021/02/how-librarians-can-fight-qanon/618047/

A community of mathematicians is using software called Lean to build a new digital repository. They hope it represents where their field is headed next. Quelle: https://www.wired.com/story/the-effort-to-build-the-mathematical-library-of-the-future/

The Internet Archive Will Digitize & Preserve Millions of Academic Articles with Its New Database, “Internet Archive Scholar” […] Quelle: http://www.openculture.com/2020/09/internet-archive-scholar.html https://scholar-qa.archive.org  

Philipp Hainhofer’s Das Große Stammbuch, signed by influential 17th-century Europeans, acquired by Herzog August Bibliothek […] Quelle: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/aug/27/german-friendship-book-sold-library-das-grosses-stammbuch-germany-herzog-august-bibliothek