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Looking at it from an eagle’s perspective our nation’s calendar is an exercise in memory. Days, weekends, and even entire months are turned into occasions for all sorts of diverse eulogies, including those to religious figures (Christmas), love and family (Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day), defining political events (Independence Day, Thanksgiving, Presidents’ Day, Holocaust [...]
Turning the past into history is always fun. The effort isn’t a summation of what occurred at a particular time but what we think happened. In other words, the act of writing history is nothing more than interpretation. Making that interpretation appealing to readers is the dream of any historian. And even when the target [...]
This afternoon I learned from Howard Rodriguez-Mori of Florida State University that Maria Chavez-Hernandez had passed away. I was scheduled to talk to her graduate students this evening about digital library services. I find it very hard to believe that she is not here and that I will not be talking with her this evening and in [...]
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