The Globe and Mail recently had an article on the benefits of reading and good literacy to your health (PDF). This is probably not a huge surprise but lines like "While we obsess about our weight, blood pressure and cholesterol levels, the single best predictor of good health and longevity is probably literacy." are pretty big statements to make. (I'd have guessed that the single best predictor of longevity might have to do with healthy eating and exercise.)
(via one of our branch librarians who in turn, got it from a librarian at RPL)
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Tuesday, March 25
LibraryThing Local
by
Jason
on Tue 25 Mar 2008 07:40 PM CST
LibraryThing is already a wicked cool service but it's getting better all the time.
One of their latest features is LibraryThing Local which is "a new [LibraryThing] sub-site devoted to finding, mapping and describing the world's bookstore, library, book fair and festival—as well as all the readings, signings, lectures and other events they host." Here is a fascinating post from one of the LibraryThing blogs looking at the distribution of bookstores v. libraries in cities across North America. Monday, March 24
"Waffle House" - Bill Hicks
by
Jason
on Mon 24 Mar 2008 07:53 PM CST
That MetaFilter (which I inevitably type as "MetaFitler" everytime I type it) thread on libraries led to this piece of Bill Hicks gold.
I also found a blog post about embarrassing/humiliating encounters while reading alone in a public (which I inevitably look over twice to make sure I don't type "pubic") place. Saturday, March 15
Link Dump (and Blog Survey Reminder)
by
Jason
on Sat 15 Mar 2008 01:42 AM CST
Just clearing up some things I've come across recently. I sometimes forget to make a note of where I found stuff so if I got this from you or your site, apologies in advance - feel free to post a comment or drop me a line to let me know (although admittedly 90% of my stuff tends to come from Reddit these days so you can usually find the discussion for these sites there by doing a search on the relevant topic.)
Also, this is a good place to remind you that my annual blog survey is open right now. If you haven't already, please take a quick moment to fill out the 10 questions (most of which are checkboxes - can it get any easier?) Thanks to everyone who's taken the time to respond so far. I can only make educated guesses as to who's reading this blog from the various programs I have tracking traffic to this site. So it's especially nice to see responses from former classmates and colleagues at FIMS when I wasn't sure if they were still "tuning in". On to the links... Bookshelf Blog BookShelves By Colour R.E.M. to debut new album on the social networking application, iLike The World's 50 Most Powerful Blogs And for the survey respondent who said "Pace rocks - more Pace!", here you go...   Monday, March 10
Flow Chart of a "Choose Your Own Adventure" Novel
by
Jason
on Mon 10 Mar 2008 10:45 PM CST
Monday, March 3
Borrowed Time: How Do You Build A Library in the Age of Google
by
Jason
on Mon 03 Mar 2008 08:36 PM CST
Ross Dawson, a business consultant who tracks different customs, devices, and institutions on what he calls an Extinction Timeline,
predicts that libraries will disappear in 2019. He's probably right as
far as the function of the library as a civic monument, or as a public
repository for books, is concerned. On the other hand, in its mutating
role as urban hangout, meeting place, and arbiter of information, the
public library seems far from spent. This has less to do with the
digital world—or the digital word—than with the age-old need for human
contact.
How do you build a public library in the age of Google? - By Witold Rybczynski - Slate Magazine (via Cenobyte) |
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