Tag: libraries
Gen Z and millennials have an unlikely love affair with their...
Kathi Inman Berens, Portland State University and Rachel Noorda, Portland State University
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This course teaches how to judge a book by its cover...
Lynda Kachurek, University of Richmond
Unusual Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S....
Being a librarian isn’t just about books – it’s about helping...
Michelle H. Martin, University of Washington
Michelle Martin is the Beverly Cleary Professor for Children and Youth Services in...
Digital sound archives can bring extinct birds (briefly) back to life
Hannah Hunter, Queen's University, Ontario
When people think of extinct animals, they may picture taxidermy, skeletons, 19th-century illustrations or...
How to design a public play space where kids practice reading...
Brenna Hassinger-Das, Pace University ; Jennifer M. Zosh, Penn State, and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Temple University
A park bench can...
Why do I need anything other than Google to answer a...
Cody Behles, University of Memphis
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages....
America’s archaeology data keeps disappearing — even though the law says...
Keith Kintigh, Arizona State University
Archaeology – the name conjures up images of someone carefully sifting the sands for traces of the past and then...
Academic journal publishing is headed for a day of reckoning
Patrick Burns, Colorado State University
Imagine a researcher working under deadline on a funding proposal for a new project. This is the day she’s dedicated...
EXPLORING NATURE
Missing link to Snowball Earth history emerges from some unusual rocks...
Liam Courtney-Davies, University of Colorado Boulder; Christine Siddoway, Colorado College, and Rebecca Flowers, University of Colorado Boulder
Around 700...
