Tag Archives: libraries

href weekly | Aug 18 – Aug 24 2024

Bits

“Imagine a virus that wipes out all learning management software. How would you adapt your work? And is it possible that the atmosphere for teaching and learning would be improved?” #edtech #lms https://www.printfriendly.com/p/g/Fr7JLe

Politics & Economics

“Since the cancellation, MIT Libraries estimates annual savings at more than 80% of its original spend.” #openaccess #publishing #academia #libraries #highered https://sparcopen.org/our-work/big-deal-knowledge-base/unbundling-profiles/mit-libraries/

href weekly | July 21 – July 27 2024

Bits

A custom version of #firefox focused on privacy, security and freedom. https://librewolf.net/

“If you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not unicorns.” https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nope-its-never-aliens/

Comics

https://www.reddit.com/r/Wellthatsucks/comments/1d3zgdw/googling_stuff_then_vs_now/

Politics & Economics

#technofeudalism #economics https://www.philosophizethis.org/podcast/episode-201-transcript-bkx3e-37rkx-bpl83-ysc9b-kkg62

It’s never been more evident that for-profit publishing simply does not align with the aims of scholarly inquiry. #openaccess #libraries #academia https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/16/academic-journal-publishers-universities-price-subscriptions

If a fire can burn the town of #Jasper in a national park that has the resources to deal with fire, what does the future hold for hundreds of small boreal forest towns across the country that do not have the means, know-how or resolve to accept that #fire will come someday? https://theconversation.com/the-2024-jasper-fire-is-a-grim-reminder-of-the-urgency-of-adopting-a-canadian-national-wildfire-strategy-235567