Good Things from the Internet

In the spirit of fresh beginnings, this edition of blog buzz is dedicated to good things that have come up recently in a fairly grim month of news;

  • Twitter has added the ability to include descriptions of images (up to 420 characters!) to enrich content for the visually impaired. More here from Gary Price on InfoDocket.
  • From Science Magazine, a brief item on a study indicating a particular species of woodpecker may have a symbiotic relationship with wood decaying fungi which help them hollow out shelter from living trees.
  • A children’s book from the 17th century (an educational primer of sorts) was recently found in a University Archive in Britain. More on this story here.
  • A nice April Fool’s gag from the Indiana University Lilly Library’s Twiter Feed, here.