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Only 12 commercial fishing captains hold permits to go reefnet fishing in the Pacific Northwest out of a fleet that once numbered in the hundreds. The distinctive technique of reefnet fishing dates back thousands of years as a traditional Indigenous method to catch salmon. Its practitioners today say the gear should be the preferred way to harvest healthy salmon runs while avoiding fragile stocks.

The Alaska Highway was one of the greatest engineering/construction feats of World War II. FreightWaves Classics profiles how it was built.

Taipei, Jan. 23 (CNA) The National Central Library of Taiwan (NCL) has completed the digitization of over 30,000 pages of rare Chinese books in collaboration with the libraries of Oxford University and Stanford University, the NCL said in a statement issued Sunday.

The National Central Library of Taiwan (NCL) yesterday said that it has completed the digitization of more than 30,000 pages of rare Chinese books in collaboration with the libraries of Oxford University and Stanford University. The cooperation with the Stanford University Libraries focused on the digitization of a selection of classic ancient Chinese books and documents in several categories, including Confucian classics, history, philosophy and literature, the NCL said. A selection of 210 volu...

by Joan Champ The following is the fourth installment in a series about Nan Dorland, a radio star from New York City who struggled to become a writer and a prospector in northern Saskatchewan. Follow on Instagram @discoveringnan. In the mid-1930s, Nan Dorland’s radio career went into a slump. The Great Depression after the stock market crash of 1929 greatly compromised the fledgling radio industry. Capital markets dried up, consumption dropped, unemployment soared, and radio networks had trou...

Moving from openness to belonging in libraries and archives ACRL 2021 Virtual Conference Invited Speaker Kaetrena Davis Kendrick On April 14, the second day of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) 2021 Virtual Conference, Kaetrena Davis Kendrick invited attendees to think beyond the idea of openness in library and archival spaces—a concept that generally involves open access to resources—to imagine the idea of welcome for both library users and library workers. Kendrick...

Key dates when services, venues and facilities could reopen in Sunderland as lockdown eases Council leader Graeme Miller has warned dates set arent set in stone but are dependent on the collective effort to drive infection rates down Get the latest Sunderland news and updates delivered straight to your inbox Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include r...

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Dozens of ancient coins seized in 2017 at the U.S.-Canada...

UW to study ancient coins seized at U.S.-Canada border By Associated Press Share: BELLINGHAM– Dozens of ancient coins seized in 2017 at the U.S.-Canada border in Blaine have been transferred to the University of Washington to be studied, authorities said. “These 51 Greek Hellenistic and early Islamic coins had no legal providence associated with them to validate if they were lawfully acquired and imported to the United States,” said a statement by Homeland Security Investig...