Over a hundred years ago, this was the home of Teddy Roosevelt where he sought solace in its open spaces. Today it is home on the range for lots of buffalo, antelope, and prairie dogs. And, as it turned out, lots of tourists. Twelve years ago, Walker and I marveled at how empty t...
Today, “the hunt” is still a nerve wracking process. I do not look forward to networking. However, like stage-fright, overcoming the fear is just another challenge that, in the end, heightens the sense of accomplishment. I have the honor of being president of the Executive Board for ...
So, I decided to do one today! I love public libraries! In my life, I’ve seen the availability of them remarkably reduced. It could be branches closing, or hours being reduced. I spontaneously said at one point that, given a choice between cutting back library availability or cutting ...
we’re not officially open to the public as we are taking this in-between time to do inventory etc., but there is a light at the end of the tunnel. To those patrons with their noses pressed against the glass waiting for the doors to open – Patience my dears, the time is near. ...
Python is the fastest-developing programming language in use today. It can be used for small tasks such as powering a Reddit moderator bot, as well as more complex endeavors, like working with huge amounts of hedge fund financial data. Because this software is free and open-source, it has...
“Caerphilly Council voted on 14 May to close ten libraries and one of three threatened leisure centres, two to stay open with reduced facilities and shorter hours. Caerphilly Trades Union Council and local campaigners are working to link up the local areas for a fight to save them all” ...
university libraries in Sri Lanka were not air-conditioned. Most of the print collections were kept under room temperature. Further, the windows and other air circulating ducts were kept open to make the inside of the library comfortable. Dust particles passing through these openings have been accu...
Consequently, evaluating thoracic multicompartmental features, coupled with the execution of open lung biopsies, allowed for the characterization of UIP instances as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPAF) in the absence of a specific clinical manifestation. We found a compelling incidence of NVC ...
MindSearch: an open-source AI Search Engine Framework [Jul 2024] RAGFoundry: a library designed to improve LLMs ability to use external information by fine-tuning models on specially created RAG-augmented datasets. [5 Aug 2024] Haystack: LLM orchestration framework to build customizable, production...
Most of the non-government public libraries open for3-5 hours in the evening. Very few library personnel are trained, most of them part time basis. These non-government public libraries are partly financed by sub-scription, partly by government grants and not fully by the local authorities (...