What's in a name? 

ac…me n.
Noun: The highest point, as of achievement or development: reached the acme of her career.

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Words 

Omniglot: a guide to writing systems

What is an omniglot?
An omniglot is a rare, possibly mythical, book-eating beastie. The word 'omniglot' comes from the Latin omnis (all) and the Greek glotta (tongue) and means 'proficient in all languages' or 'having knowledge of all languages'.

What is the purpose of this site?

• To provide information about all writing systems and the languages they are used to write.

It currently contains details of over 150 different scripts, including a few you'll find nowhere else.
(link via leuschke.org)

Kids Predict the Future 

Libraries of the Future
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Digital Delivery 

Penguin Classics Inks Deal With Ebrary

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DMCA 

Court Decisions Tilt DMCA Balance Away From Libraries, Users by K. Matthew Dames

Critics of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act will spend part of this holiday season figuring out how to use the lumps of coal a pair of federal courts tossed them in response to lawsuits that challenged the constitutionality of the 1998 law. [read more]