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Wikitongues: Saving Our Global Heritage, One Language at a Time
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by Nancy K. Herther
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Globalization has many advantages, but there is also a cost. Loss of culture--language, customs, and traditional practices--has been shown to be expanding rapidly in this era of instant communication and the internet, which connects the world, albeit through a very narrow cultural and linguistic path.
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A Day in the Life of Five Librarians, Part 3
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by Justin Hoenke
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Justin Hoenke, the executive director of a small public library, has been talking to all types of library staffers for A Day in the Life, his column in Information Today. Among other things, he asks them about their typical days, moments that made them proud, their current projects, and how they balance their library work with the rest of their lives. Here's a look at his columns from September 2018 to March 2019.
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Librarians and the Failing Knowledge Infrastructure (4:25)
New Librarianship Field Guide author R. David Lankes discusses the racism, classism, and economic disparities in American society that librarians both share responsibility for and can help address as key parts of the country's knowledge infrastructure in this clip from his keynote at Computers in Libraries Connect 2021.
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