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Roger Bacon, Opus Majus.
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Monthly Archives: February 2010
Open, Sesame*
The NPR radio program On the Media had an interesting story last week. It was about neuropsychologist Vaughan Bell’s article in Slate.com concerning alleged negative effects of technology on our brains and behavior. Bell says that these popular media reports … Continue reading
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Navigating with Fragmentary Information
I have implied this in other entries in this blog, but I might as well say it outright: The library and information science profession needs to come to terms with the issue of standards for (i.e., rules of) evidence for … Continue reading