March 2012
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Frank Driggs Collection →
In a series of bulging file cabinets in his Greenwich Village home, Mr. Driggs kept nearly 100,000 images, alphabetized by subject, which he supplied for a fee — provided he took a liking to the person making the request — to newspapers, magazines and television programs, including “Jazz,” Ken Burns’s multipart TV documentary.
In Venezuela, Uplift Through Classical Music →
El Sistema, Venezuela’s youth music program, has received more attention over the last few years thanks to the meteoric rise of its most famous product, Gustavo Dudamel.
Walk You Home: Librarians as Agents of Democracy →
walkyouhome:
“As agents of democracy, librarians uphold, strengthen and promote the democratic ideals of our society. This is possible because libraries are the only institutions that make knowledge, ideas and information freely available to citizens.” Accordingly, this paper lists those characteristics or…