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How Racism Plays a Role in Health Inequities with Author Harriet A. Washington

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Medical Apartheid, the first social history of medical research with African Americans, was chosen as one of Publishers’ Weekly Best Books of 2006. The book also won the National Book Critics Circle Nonfiction Award, a PEN award, 2007 Gustavus Myers Award, and Nonfiction Award of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association.

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The (Questionable) Value of Being the Authority

Jamie Notter

December 2006 (10). November 2006 (9). October 2006 (8). September 2006 (10). August 2006 (12). July 2006 (5). June 2006 (9). May 2006 (9). April 2006 (8). March 2006 (9). February 2006 (6). January 2006 (4). I think most would agree this is a good call.

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Seen Elsewhere: Resources for Trend Scanning, Gaming, Productivity

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For a great example of gaming in action, watch this 8-minute video on how the New York Public Library engaged 500 people overnight in writing a book about its collections. Dec 2006 (3). Oct 2006 (1). Sep 2006 (4). Aug 2006 (3). Jul 2006 (2). Jun 2006 (6). Apr 2006 (1).