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Good essay by Alfie Kohn (a writer I always have a lot of time for). He stresses, as I do, individual autonomy and agency. But let's be clear about what that means: "Autonomous people experience their actions as authentic, integrated, willingly enacted. But that doesn...

In my own thinking critical literacy and critical thinking are two sides of the same concept, but attempting to reconcile these terms as they appear in the wider literature is not so straightforward. This is a pretty good...

At the beginning of the twentieth century there was a decisive new movement in philosophy characterized by Rorty as 'the linguistic turn'. If I had to summarize it in a nutshell, I'd say it was the shift from a search for truth to a search for meaning. I personally think it's time to move beyond this shift, but it is as entrenched in cultural discourse as...

According to the publishers, "IA’s conduct bears little resemblance to the trusted role that thousands of American libraries play within their communities and as participants in the lawful copyright marketplace. IA scans books from cover to cover, posts complete digital files to its website, and solicits users to access them for free by signing up...

This article outlines a framework "to facilitate discussion and implementation of best practice in digital preservation by all stakeholders," the TRUST principles:

• Transparency - To be transparent about specific repository services and data holdings that are verifiable by publicly accessible evidence.
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