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Libraries on the Web – Should They Strive to Become New Search Engines?

I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library. (Jose Louis Borges) When librarian happens to also be a writer, he imagines an infinite library, like Jorge Louis Borges did when he described one with books containing … Continue reading

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MIT OCW – Year-End Numbers and a Year-Start Celebration

“A revolutionary idea about creating revolutionary ideas,” as president Susan Hockfield describes the MIT project, will now mark its 150th anniversary. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology offers its teaching materials used in undergraduate and graduate courses available on the web, … Continue reading

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