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Category: bigthink

Friday Video: Why Libraries Are the Original and Future Open Source Platform
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Friday Video: Why Libraries Are the Original and Future Open Source Platform

Posted on June 3, 2016June 3, 2016 by Michael Sauers

Published on Jun 30, 2015 On the surface, it may seem that the revolution in information technology is a threat to traditional libraries, but it’s…

Throwback Thursday: That time I was on public radio
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Throwback Thursday: That time I was on public radio

Posted on May 26, 2016May 25, 2016 by Michael Sauers

September 9, 2008 to be exact. Listen here. Many of us use it every day and have trouble remembering life without it.  The usefulness and…

Is the Gender Pay Gap Real?
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Is the Gender Pay Gap Real?

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Michael Sauers

Libraries and library management do get brought up…

Throwback Thursday: That little idea of mine
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Throwback Thursday: That little idea of mine

Posted on January 28, 2016January 27, 2016 by Michael Sauers

Check this out this photo from November 2011. The fifth Big Talk From Small Libraries will be held in less than a month. Sadly I’m…

Friday Video: All the little things
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Friday Video: All the little things

Posted on July 3, 2015July 1, 2015 by Michael Sauers

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Ireland’s foremost “gender discombobulist”, Panti, shares her experience of the…

Throwback Thursday: John Perry Barlow pamphlets
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Throwback Thursday: John Perry Barlow pamphlets

Posted on April 23, 2015April 20, 2015 by Michael Sauers

I believe I received these as a attendee of the 1994 Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference.

The creative act of listening to a talking frog | Kermit The Frog | TEDxJackson
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The creative act of listening to a talking frog | Kermit The Frog | TEDxJackson

Posted on April 19, 2015 by Michael Sauers

Kermit the Frog is an entertainment icon known worldwide for his appearances on The Muppet Show and Sesame Street, as well as a number of…

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What makes a word “real”?

Posted on June 19, 2014 by Michael Sauers

One could argue that slang words like “hangry,” “defriend” and “adorkable” fill crucial meaning gaps in the English language, even if they don’t appear in…

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I don’t want you to think like me…

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Michael Sauers

Source (also worth a read)

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This is Water by David Foster Wallace

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Michael Sauers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=xmpYnxlEh0c In 2005, author David Foster Wallace was asked to give the commencement address to the 2005 graduating class of Kenyon College. However, the resulting…

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