Alternative National Park Twitter Accounts Appear As EPA Media Blackout Continues : All Tech Considered : NPR

Countering the Trump administration’s restrictions on public communications, unofficial Twitter accounts for the National Park Service have been tweeting facts about climate change.

Source: Alternative National Park Twitter Accounts Appear As EPA Media Blackout Continues : All Tech Considered : NPR

Kevin Starr, author of California histories and former state librarian, dies at 76 – LA Times

Great historian and writer, enjoyed his books, he brought to life and to the pages the stories that made California’s history…



“Filling this gap would become his life’s work, making him the state’s foremost historian and one of its most revered public intellectuals. For half a century, he chronicled the greed, cruelty, enlightenment, innovation, vanity and sacrifice that took California from a place of Native American hamlets through Spanish colonization, entry into the United States and growth into a diverse powerhouse of technology, culture and trade.”

Source: Kevin Starr, author of California histories and former state librarian, dies at 76 – LA Times

In glitzy era for libraries, core mission shows signs of decline – StarTribune.com

In an era of extensive building and remodeling, the state Department of Education reports drops in the number of visits, registered users and loans of material.

Source: In glitzy era for libraries, core mission shows signs of decline – StarTribune.com