Tag Archives: People’s University

  1. The Britannicas of the Dick Van Dyke Show

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    November 3, 2016 by libroshombre

      “14 Unusual Items You Can Get at Libraries,” an article in a year-old issue of Mental Floss magazine, included …
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    Category: encyclopedia, libraries, library history, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , ,

  2. Snow White’s Slaves, Scotland’s Pharaoh, and Urban Myths

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    March 13, 2016 by libroshombre

    LIBRARIAN COLUMN Contact Greg Hill, 479-4344                                                              March 3, 2016 “Consider your origins,” the poet Dante suggested, adding “You were not …
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    Category: Knowledge, libraries, Origins, public libraries, Uncategorized, Urban myths | Tags: , , , , ,

  3. Fact-checking, Skepticism, and Keeping Ahead of Computers

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    June 3, 2015 by libroshombre

    The origin of the word “debunking” came up in this space recently, and today I’m interested in debunking a myth …
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    Category: degrees, public libraries, words | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,

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