The essence of a democratic process is the guarantee that citizens have free and easy access to public information. How can that be made possible and how can people learn to use that information critically? In earlier papers (Boef, et.al. 2008 and 2009), we discussed the relationship between public library, …

De HvA zou moeten inzetten op krimp van studentenaantallen, maar andere gebieden dan een groei moeten streven, vindt August Hans den Boef. De auteur beschrijft hoe hij in de jaren 70 de hogeschool heeft zien veranderen, de gebouwen verhuisden naar de periferie van de stad. Studenten werden klanten. Door …

In The Guardian, Alan Rushbridger compared the future of newspapers to climate change. Five years ago, many climatologists were sceptical whether climate change was a real and serious issue. Today, most scientists agree that global warm ing is a fact of life. In the world of newspapers, at present, almost …