Ghosts in the Stacks

 

 

Sometimes, those of us with bookish dispositions wish we could spend the rest of our lives in libraries. There are libraries, however, where people claim to have seen spirits spending eternity. For this Halloween-week post, let’s consider some tales of libraries with reports of permanent patrons haunting their shelves.

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What Did You do for National Biosafety Stewardship Month?

As you may know, September has been National Biosafety Stewardship Month. After news reports that some rather nasty pathogens had been left on shelves at their Bethesda campus, the NIH took action and cleaned house. The agency issued a Guide Notice for all their grantees to make sure that local health and safely regulations are taken seriously and followed.

While the Guide Notice only applies to those labs that accept federal funds, it is a good time for all labs to review their safety policies and procedures. According to their post, the NIH will: Continue reading

End-Of-Life Care, Net Neutrality, and more from around the web…

Here are some of the stories bouncing around the internet in recent weeks:

  • Some of the internet’s most popular sites jointed in a protest against the FCC’s proposed net-neutrality laws.  Mozilla, Netflix, Reddit and more placed a “buffering” symbol on their pages to signify what users might see if internet speeds were controlled by those companies willing to pay. The New York Times Bits blog dives a bit deeper.
  • Nature discusses the White House’s new strategy to deal with antibiotic resistance. The Wall Street Journal highlights some of the plan’s criticism in Pharmalot.

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