Do libraries matter anymore?

Do libraries matter anymore?

I came across an interesting post by “Everylibrary” an organization in the USA, dedicated to building voter support for libraries. Everylibrary is a gold-rated non-profit organization; they help public, school, and college libraries secure new funding. The post – “How to Respond to People Who Don’t Get Libraries” talks about how many people do not understand libraries. People often ask rather unusual questions about libraries and this post describes some answers they need. Questions like - “Do people even go to libraries anymore?” and “Why do you need a master’s degree to be a librarian anyway?” Some of the questions…
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Meeting Dr Eugene Garfield

Meeting Dr Eugene Garfield

It is natural for a student to dream of meeting his/her hero. In fact it is natural for this feeling to last much longer. It is a part of us that we don’t grow out of. So when I had the opportunity to meet Dr Eugene Garfield in person in the year 2013, on a day when I won an International Award and the day happened to be my birthday, it was like a triple bonus! How can one forget such days?? Dr Eugene Garfield (1925 – 2017), was an Information Scientist of worldwide fame. He had worked as a…
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The Medical Curriculum and AI – interesting article

The Medical Curriculum and AI – interesting article

I recently came across this interesting article: Artificial intelligence in healthcare: Should it be included in the medical curriculum? A students’ perspective The authors discuss how the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly growing in medicine, as in all fields. While AI is around 65 years old now, it is paradoxically still in its infancy in academics, and if anything, still more in medicine. They have discussed the need to introduce the knowledge of AI in the medical curriculum right from the Undergraduate days. They explain it with an incident of how one of the authors - a UG…
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