How Is OCLC Helping the World’s Libraries?
Written: November 19, 2021 My friend, the late Ed Barry, was President of Oxford University Press, USA for 19 years. Before that he was President of The Free Press, a division of Macmillan, Inc. Both firms were in New York. I got to know Ed at Knovel Corporation where he and I were members of […]
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Vaccine The WHO has a dashboard which shows what is going on country by country. Globally, as of November 19, there have been 255,324,963 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 5,127,696 deaths, reported to WHO. A total of 7,370,902,499 vaccine doses have been administered.The virus is gaining again. Looks like a 5th wave. Hopefully, the rollout of boosters and vaccine for children will […]
How Does Alabama Play a Key Role in Manned Space Flight?
The flight into Huntsville, AL this week was on time and very smooth. My son, Aaron, and I, both space aficionados, planned to learn as much as possible about the history of NASA in Huntsville. The history there was much more significant than I had previously realized. Huntsville is the home of Redstone Arsenal, which […]
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Vaccine The WHO has a dashboard which shows what is going on country by country. Globally, as of November 12, there have been 251,788,329 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 5,077,907 deaths, reported to WHO. A total of 7,160,396,495 vaccine doses have been administered. The virus is picking up again but, hopefully, the rollout of boosters and vaccine for children will slow it […]
Climate Change: Is It Too Late to Save the Planet?
Leaders and thousands of interested parties from around the world crammed into a giant conference center in Glasgow, Scotland for the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Climate Change Convention, COP26, the 26th such session. Many experts believe we are at a time of crisis. Talks and treaties have been going on for many […]