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Dona Nobis Pacem

The value of quiet places.

By Barbara Fister

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The Writing on the Unpaywall

Happy open access week. We have progress to celebrate.

By Barbara Fister

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Remember What's Never Forgotten

Reading Edward Snowden's Permanent Record and thinking about how we use data - and how data collectors use us.

By Barbara Fister

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Endurance Tests

Innovation or preservation? Let's have both.

By Barbara Fister

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Why the Right Is Better at the Internet

A review of The Revolution That Wasn’t by Jen Schradie.

By Barbara Fister

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Yes, Books Are Banned

… in Virginia, and all over the country.

By Barbara Fister

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Retrenched

Layoffs at St. Cloud State and the invisibility of library labor.

By Barbara Fister

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That’s Sorted

Information gerrymandering makes us all less likely to compromise – and that’s not good for democracy.

By Barbara Fister