Triple E Education
Random Reflections on Higher Education by a Dean on Sabbatical
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Do you hate libraries?
Interesting ruminations on public libraries from the Freakonomics page -
http://www.freakonomics.com/blog/2007/07/10/if-public-libraries-didnt-exist-could-you-start-one-today/
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