Professional Reading Shelf Audiobooks
Source: NY Times Audiobooks Have Their Henry Higgins
"As a researcher at Recorded Books, the audiobook publisher, Paul Topping hunts for precise pronunciations of foreign expressions, medical maladies and obscure geographical and biological names. In his quest, he might consult his scores of reference books, conduct Internet research and telephone anyone from Alaskan librarians to C.I.A. officers to Antigua."
-- Wikipedia
Source: National Public Radio Audio: Wikipedia's Growth Comes with Concerns
From the NPR web site, "Wikipedia is a dynamic, online encyclopedia that allows users to create and edit their own entries. Volunteers then fact-check the entries to ensure accuracy. NPR's Laura Sydell reports that as Wikipedia has grown dramatically in popularity, some have begun to question its accuracy."
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Archives--United Kingdom
Source: The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council MLA announces detailed plans to transform England's archives
"Building on the recommendations of the Listening to the Past, Speaking to the Future: the report of the Archives Task Force, MLA has been working across government and with the nine regional agencies for museums, libraries, and archives to advocate for archives and has developed a programme of activities to take forward archive development In England." More info here and here.
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