Publishers in Britain expect book readership would increase as electronic readers became more popular, but to be part of this growth the book industry must “become more competitive and more responsive”
Tag: 02.15.10
Information Overload? It’s Always Been So
“Worries about information overload are as old as information itself, with each generation reimagining the dangerous impacts of technology on mind and brain. From a historical perspective, what strikes home is not the evolution of these social concerns, but their similarity from one century to the next, to the point where they arrive anew with little having changed except the label.”
In 2009: America’s Libraries Were Used More, Got Less Funding
“Preliminary figures from a new American Library Association survey of how libraries fared in 2009 show that nearly 75 percent of them were handed significant government budget cuts, forcing libraries to reduce services. Pennsylvania registered a 27 percent reduction in state library aid.”
The Art Haiti Lost In The Earthquake
“The human cost of Haiti’s worst earthquake in more than 200 years – at least 150,000 lives lost – has been well documented. But the disaster also struck a knockout blow to the heart of Haiti’s vibrant arts community. Several galleries were destroyed and thousands of paintings lost under the rubble of flattened government buildings and art museums.”