Rostelecom, the country’s state-controlled telecom service, has been charged with creating a search engine to compete with the likes of Google, as well as well local search-engine leader Yandex, which is based in the Netherlands, according to Reuters.
Read: Russia Launching New Search Engine Sputnik to Compete With Google | Mashable.
The country is bracing for a temporary shutdown of the Library of Congress, beginning today. The twenty-five library system will be closed to the public and researchers, according to an announcement on the site you can’t see, and all public events are canceled. The digital collections, online catalog, and “Ask A Librarian” services are temporarily suspended.
Read: How will our country operate without the LOC? | MobyLives
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In less than a week Ladies Learning Code is hosting the first annual National “Learn to Code” Day!
On September 21, 2013 over 450 learners across Canada will attend simultaneous HTML & CSS workshops in nine cities across the country, plus more will join us for our first-ever online workshop!
On National “Learn to Code” Day, we’ll teach our ever-popular Intro to HTML & CSS workshop – by the end of the day, you will have created your very own beautiful one-page website like this one! Even better, you’ll learn highly valuable skills that you’ll be able to continue developing at home, at work or at school.
via Join us on National Learn to Code Day September 21st! | Ladies Learning to Code!
I’m cheating a little with this one. See, the National Library of Israel is definitely a cool bookish place, but it doesn’t strictly….exist. At least not yet.
At this point, the library is in its design and competition phase, but Moshe Safdie, just released high-resolution renderings of his proposed design, and it is marvelous.
Read the full story with more pics: Cool Bookish Places: The National Library of Israel | BookRiot.
Ladies Learning Code is excited to announce our latest initiative designed to promote technology education in Canada: National Learn to Code Day!
On September 21, 2013 over 450 learners across Canada will attend simultaneous HTML & CSS workshops in nine cities across the country, plus hundreds more will join us for our first-ever online workshop! Learn more about our adult in-person and online Code Day workshops here, and more about our Kids Learning Code National “Learn to Code” Day workshops here.
via Announcing National Learn to Code Day! | Ladies Learning Code.
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