Now we know that computers don’t help children learn and that drugs don’t help them concentrate, because the establishment mandarins who sold us the computers and drugs have conceded failure. In the January 29 New York Times, [1] a prominent professor …
With the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic coming up in April, prepare to be inundated with books about the disaster. With the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic coming up in April, prepare to be inundated with books about t…
For a talk about “The Future of the Book,” the Historical Library within the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library – part Victorian study, part evil-Swiss-scientist chalet – with high wooden ceilings, dark velvet curtains and a balcony of…
Random House is now the only big six publisher to allow unrestricted access to all of its e-books in libraries – and it said yesterday it will continue to do so, though it is raising prices. Random House met with the American Library Association i…