http://eleventhstack.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/literary-autodidacts-and-public-libraries/
This is a great article!
I didn’t have to worry about money to go to school/buy books as these literary minds may have but I was still at the library almost every day as a child. Although my choices consisted more of Sweet Valley High and the Box Car Children, I spent A LOT of [...]
Are you responsible for official document archiving? There’s no time like the present to get important documents in order. Disasters sometimes help people to remember that documents aren’t always replaceable. Read this story as a prime example.
http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2009/07/09/news/casper/962e775e463290ee872575ee0003620e.txt
“Historic newspapers supply vital evidence of our history and culture and are used by students, scholars, historians, arts groups, businesses, urban planners, genealogists and others. These primary source materials provide a window into the life of local Oregon communities a century or more ago, covering early environmental preservation, industry, agriculture, urban development, Native American and [...]