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The hitchhiker’s guide to literary sci-fi: A trivia quiz! | Space
The hitchhiker’s guide to literary sci-fi: A trivia quiz! Quizzes By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, published yesterday (Sept 9, 2025) From dystopian futures to interstellar adventures, this quiz explores the classics that dared to imagine the impossible—and the authors who made it unforgettable. Science fiction didn’t begin with blockbuster films or sleek space operas — it was…
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A Tribute to Patrick Hemingway with Sandra Spanier
At One True Podcast we were sad to hear of the death of Patrick Hemingway, the middle son of Ernest, who died on September 2, 2025. Patrick Hemingway (1928-2025) lived a life that was truly Hemingwayesque: traveling like his father, living much of his life in Africa, hunting and fishing, and determined to maintain the…
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Introduction and summary: Library Studies, the Informational Disciplines, and the iSchool: Some Remarks Prompted by LIS Forward
Institutions Introduction and summary: Library Studies, the Informational Disciplines, and the iSchool: Some Remarks Prompted by LIS Forward A discussion of libraries and library studies in the context of library education. It is the introduction to, and summary of, my response to the LIS Forward position paper. By Lorcan Dempsey, Sep 4, 2025, 16 min…
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Colleges should go ‘medieval’ on students to beat AI cheating, NYU official says – Fortune
AI·Colleges and Universities Colleges should go ‘medieval’ on students to beat AI cheating, NYU official says By Jason Ma, Weekend Editor, August 31, 2025 at 6:24 PM EDT Amid the raging debate over the proper role of generative AI in schools, a vice provost at New York University suggested colleges revive some educational practices that…
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Accelerating AI adoption for the US government – The Official Microsoft Blog
Official Microsoft Blog Accelerating AI adoption for the US government Sep 2, 2025 | Chris Barry – CVP for US Public Sector Industries Today, Microsoft and the US General Services Administration (GSA) announced a comprehensive agreement to bring a suite of productivity, cloud and AI services, including Microsoft 365 Copilot at no cost for up to…
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Special Collections: Where the old stuff never gets old – Deseret News
Utah, The West Special Collections: Where the old stuff never gets old Librarian Cherie Willis shows off the Main Library’s historical treasures Published: Aug 31, 2025, 8:00 p.m. MDT By Lee Benson, Lee has written slice-of-life columns for the Deseret News since 1998. It’s 10 a.m. on a Tuesday morning, the library has just opened,…
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RSS: The Forgotten Technology That Gave Us Control Over the Web
The Death of RSS Was the Death of the Real Internet By Sydney Butler, Published 20 hours ago RSS might not be dead in the strict sense of the word. After all, we still have the How-To Geek RSS feed and people still use it. It’s just that RSS has sharply declined to almost nothing, and…
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University launches new AI studio in Davis library – The Daily Tar Heel
University University launches new AI studio in Davis library By Mariah Temple, Published Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025 On Aug. 18, University Libraries launched its new Library AI Studio, where students can gather to learn about rapidly growing information technology and experiment with its tools. The physical space, located on the second floor of Davis Library, provides…
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Visit a Library of Wonders | Timeless
Timeless Stories from the Library of Congress ISSN 2836-9459, Share & Subscribe to this blog Visit a Library of Wonders August 28, 2025, Posted by: Neely Tucker, Share this post. With an introduction by Page Harrington, chief of the Visitor Engagement Office, this is a guest post by several members of that office. It also…
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Lisa Tyler on “The End of Something”
One True Podcast continues our celebration of the centenary of Hemingway’s In Our Time by examining a classic Nick Adams story: “The End of Something.”We welcome Lisa Tyler to discuss the story, its setting, cast of characters, and curiously inexact title. We examine how the story serves as a prequel to “The Three-Day Blow,” (while…
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Pillar Four: The Right to Vote and Free Elections – The Cornerstone of Self-Government – Pillars of Democracy
Pillar Four: The Right to Vote and Free Elections – The Cornerstone of Self-Government (Article 4 of 6 in the Pillars of Democracy series) Introduction – A Pillar Under Siege Of all the pillars sustaining democracy, none is more immediate and personal than the right to vote. It is the people’s direct voice in shaping…
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‘The End of the World’ review: Stephen King’s world explored | AP News
By ROB MERRILL Updated 6:29 AM PDT, August 18, 2025 Stephen King’s “The Stand,” originally published in 1978, is beloved by his “Constant Readers,” but has never really made a leap off the page. Two TV miniseries in 1994 and 2020 both flopped, but while fans wait to see what happens with a movie adaptation…
