tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99912232024-03-12T22:46:32.232-05:00The Centered LibrarianTracking innovation, development and experimentation
in information studies and library science and spotting new technologies, trends, fun stuff and much more.David Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12996205288255786668noreply@blogger.comBlogger2885125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991223.post-63559667880772708212012-05-18T12:21:00.001-05:002012-05-18T12:21:38.220-05:00How a Book is born (infographic)<img height=629 width=520 src="http://www.weldonowen.com/files/Blog_may2012/HowAnIdeaBecomesBook_final.png">
Full story over at <a href="http://www.weldonowen.com/" target="new">weldonowen</a>David Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12996205288255786668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991223.post-52852794791190565552012-05-18T12:15:00.001-05:002012-05-18T12:15:32.984-05:00Raising money to free classic volume on Africa's oral literature<p>A campaign on Unglue.it is seeking to raise $7,500 to pay for a Creative Commons Attribution-only licensed edition of <em>Oral Literature in Africa</em>, an out-of-print classic on the subject that is widely sought by African libraries. Once the money is raised, they will produce the new edition and make it widely available.</p>
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<p><img src="http://craphound.com/images/OLACover.jpg" alt="" align="right" />First published in 1970 by Oxford University Press, this classic study has been hailed as 'the single most authoritative work on oral literature’. It traces the history of story-telling in Africa, and brings to life the diverse forms of creativity across the African continent. Author Ruth Finnegan is thought to have ‘almost single-handedly created the field of ethnography of language’ with this book, and it continues to be a go-to text for anyone studying African culture.</p>
<p>However, despite its enormous scope and popularity, Finnegan’s book is now out of print. It is particularly hard to find in Africa, where its original retail price was beyond the budget of most university libraries. The non-profit organization Open Book Publishers is endeavoring to make this definitive book freely available to African students and scholars — and indeed to any interested readers around the world. The Unglued Ebook will be particularly friendly to people in places with slow Internet connections: once a copy is downloaded, the book can be read offline.</p>
<p>This edition, developed in conjunction with Cambridge University’s World Oral Literature Project, will include a new introduction and extra digital material. When Finnegan’s book was first published forty years ago, the technology did not exist to include audio clips. Part of this Unglue campaign will involve the creation of a free online repository of Finnegan’s audio recordings of African story-telling, carefully collected during her fieldwork in the late 1960s. These clips, together with original photographs taken during her research, will become available for the first time to researchers everywhere — an invaluable resource to scholars of African literature and culture.</p>
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<p><a href="https://unglue.it/work/81724/">Oral Literature in Africa</a></p>
<p>(Via <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/">Boing Boing</a>.)</p>David Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12996205288255786668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991223.post-76753561884175905332012-05-18T12:13:00.001-05:002012-05-18T12:13:48.912-05:00Book Cave (Photo)<p><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m44zh71bFw1qdgcd4o1_500.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>(Via <a href="http://1001bookstoreadbeforeyoudie.tumblr.com/">1001 Books To Read Before You Die</a>.)</p>David Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12996205288255786668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991223.post-84557885277284059042012-05-16T13:16:00.001-05:002012-05-16T13:16:28.477-05:00Animated Anatomy of Shakespearean Insults (video)<center><iframe width="520" height="294" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/vdCjKH5IKJ8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>David Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12996205288255786668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991223.post-37430523030183769432012-05-14T14:31:00.000-05:002012-05-14T14:31:02.691-05:00This is our universe, can you comprehend it?<center><iframe width="520" height="382" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/bB5QEgB3hCo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>
Found at <a href="http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/" target="new">TYWKIWDBI</a>.David Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12996205288255786668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991223.post-55328938133378191562012-05-04T13:59:00.001-05:002012-05-04T15:08:55.448-05:00These are your kids on books<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Found at <a href="http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/" target="new">TYWKIWDBI</a>.David Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12996205288255786668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991223.post-6562624091130698442012-05-03T08:47:00.001-05:002012-05-03T08:47:05.785-05:00British WWII propaganda movies to view and download<p><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/39261633?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=ffffff" width="600" height="450" frameborder="0"></iframe></p>
<p>The British Council has posted a fabulous trove of CC-licensed, downloadable 'cultural propaganda' videos commissioned during WWII to 'refute the idea that ours was a country stuck in the past.'</p>
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<p>During the 1940s, the British Council was an enthusiastic commissioner of documentary films. Over 120 films were produced as 'cultural propaganda' to counteract anything the Nazis might throw out and to refute the idea that ours was a country stuck in the past. These films were designed to showcase Britain to the rest of the world, at a time when Britain itself was under attack.</p>
<p>Seen by millions of people in over 100 countries worldwide from the 1940's to 1960's, they present a historic snapshot of Britain, portraying its industry, its landscapes, and its people. The Collection is fantastically varied, covering anything from how a bicycle is made, to how the British spend their Saturdays. They provide us with a unique insight - not necessarily into how Britain actually was, but more into how Britain once wanted to be perceived by the rest of the world.</p>
<p>Alongside basic credits and production information, you can find some fascinating pieces of trivia, photos, and screen grabs, as well as the original synopses that the films were distributed with. Some of the films give you the option to go even deeper, to learn a little more about how the films was made. And, perhaps most importantly, you can not only watch the films online but download them too.</p>
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<p><a href="http://film.britishcouncil.org/british-council-film-collection">British Council Film: British Council Film Collection</a></p>
<p>(Via <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/">Boing Boing</a>.)</p>David Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12996205288255786668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991223.post-4681145045249359772012-04-24T09:30:00.001-05:002012-04-24T09:30:57.422-05:00Founded 212 years ago today - The Library of Congress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ue2spjOlt48/T5a4vSTjg9I/AAAAAAAAEdo/voxTPo44oFE/s1600/Photo_37908.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="266" width="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ue2spjOlt48/T5a4vSTjg9I/AAAAAAAAEdo/voxTPo44oFE/s320/Photo_37908.jpeg" /></a></div>On April 24,this day, in 1800 the United States Library of Congress was established when President John Adams signs legislation to appropriate $5,000 USD to purchase "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress".
The Library of Congress, founded in 1800 and housed in a three-building complex across from the nation's capitol in Washington, D.C., is a storehouse for knowledge and an active center for research and creativity of all kinds--the world's largest and most open library. With collections numbering close to 100 million items, it includes materials in 460 languages; the basic manuscript collections of 23 Presidents of the United States, and the papers of thousands of other figures who have shaped history; maps and atlases that have aided explorers and navigators in charting both the world and outer space; the earliest motion pictures and examples of recorded sound, as well as the latest data bases and software packages.David Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12996205288255786668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991223.post-8843768889017878122012-04-23T12:22:00.001-05:002012-04-23T15:02:43.713-05:00University of Florida Eliminates Computer Science Department<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nSrFDFPpvq0/T5WPoLoL2-I/AAAAAAAAEdI/T1P6e--KoHU/s1600/gator_fan_21.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="200" width="133" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nSrFDFPpvq0/T5WPoLoL2-I/AAAAAAAAEdI/T1P6e--KoHU/s200/gator_fan_21.jpeg" /></a></div>The University of Florida announced this past week that it was dropping its computer science department, which will allow it to save about $1.7 million. The school is eliminating all funding for teaching assistants in computer science, cutting the graduate and research programs entirely, and moving the tattered remnants into other departments.
Let’s get this straight: in the midst of a technology revolution, with a shortage of engineers and computer scientists, UF decides to cut computer science completely? They stand to "save" $1.7 million, while their athletic budget is $99 million - up more than $2 million from last year. FTW?<br><br>
Full article at <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevensalzberg/2012/04/22/university-of-florida-eliminates-computer-science-department-increases-athletic-budgets-hmm/" target="new">Forbes</a>.<br><br>
A reader has amplified this a bit. Not as bad as the original article implied, but not good either.<blockquote>Contrary to some reports, Florida is not eliminating its computer science department. Instead, it is proposing a radical restructuring that will kill the research arm of one department, scattering its faculty and leaving any left behind with an expanded teaching burden and fewer teaching assistants. Whether it would be better to simply kill it isn't clear.</blockquote>
The rest is at <a href="http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2012/04/university-of-florida-guts-computer-science-department-in-budget-cutting-move.ars" target="new">ars technica</a>.David Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12996205288255786668noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991223.post-48800468452284957272012-04-22T07:57:00.000-05:002012-04-22T07:57:17.124-05:0025 Insane Reasons Why Kids Don't Like Certain CollegesHere are some of the ridiculous reasons that kids dismiss some excellent colleges:<br><br>
1. Dislike of archways<br><br>
2. No Chipotle within walking distance<br><br>
3. "I don't know anyone there."<br><br>
4. "I know too many people there."<br><br>
5. Aversion to tour guides' footwear (five-toed multiport sneakers) or headwear (Sherpa cap)<br><br>
6. Tour guide too smug ("In my spare time I'm a midwife, and since returning from Uganda, I've started an NGO that installs solar panels in orphanages.")<br><br>
7. Annoying bell tower<br><br>
8. Too many Harry Potter references during info session<br><br>
9. Not enough/too many vegan options in dining hall<br><br>
10. Aversion to architecture: too Georgian, too Gothic, too Taco Bell<br><br>
11. Too many mentions of how Oceanography course changed tour guide's life<br><br>
12. Tour guide's resemblance to Justin Bieber<br><br>
13. Too many homeless people<br><br>
14. Professors look like homeless people<br><br>
15. Aversion to upstate NY ("Upstate NY is for camp, not college")<br><br>
16. Tour guide's repeated mention of a cappella groups and/or squirrel clubs<br><br>
17. Rain<br><br>
18. Woodland creatures: deer, raccoons, skunks<br><br>
19. Aversion to school colors<br><br>
20. Townies reminiscent of characters in "Deliverance," "Big Love," or "Jersey Shore"<br><br>
21. Mean parking attendant<br><br>
22. Long line for the ellipticals at the gym<br><br>
23. Lame Latin words in school motto<br><br>
24. Emma Watson transferred out<br><br>
25. School is parents' first choice<br><br>
More at <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jd-rothman/choosing-a-college-25-ins_1_b_1437862.html?fb_action_ids=794553151958&fb_action_types=news.reads&fb_source=other_multiline#access_token=AAAAACuIpepUBAHEzhLshMoaB83QxLAvlcZAhrDBVKVmb1zFD3CnUuhINSvQ77IWLthKsI2o7aD3INwvhSUfl1truqywDs5far5GL3gQZDZD&expires_in=4264" target="new">The Huffingyon Post</a>.David Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12996205288255786668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991223.post-13760663939305849242012-04-19T13:56:00.000-05:002012-04-19T13:56:36.500-05:00The top ten fast growing and most quickly dying industriesThe bad news:<br />
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1. Photofinishing<br />
2. Newspaper publishing<br />
3. Appliance repair<br />
4. DVD, game, and video rental<br />
5. Money market and other banking<br />
6. Recordable media manufacturing<br />
7. Hardware manufacturing<br />
8. Shoe and footwear manufacturing<br />
9. Costume and team uniform manufacturing<br />
10. Women’s and girls’ apparel manufacturing<br />
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The good news:<br />
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1. Generic pharmaceuticals<br />
2. Solar panel manufacturing<br />
3. For-profit universities<br />
4. Pilates and yoga studios<br />
5. Self-tanning product manufacturing<br />
6. 3-D printer manufacturing<br />
7. Social network game development<br />
8. Hot sauce production<br />
9. Green and sustainable building construction<br />
10. Online eyeglasses sales<br />
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Details on both lists at The New Statesman, <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/the-top-10-dying-industries-in-the-united-states/2012/04/11/gIQALdCQAT_blog.html" target="new">here</a> and <a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/business/2012/04/10-fastest-growing-american-industries" target="new">here</a>.David Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12996205288255786668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991223.post-8524587970220584392012-04-19T13:26:00.000-05:002012-04-19T13:26:56.442-05:00The Art of Hemingway: The Old Man and the Sea in Four MinutesPress play and watch Marcel Schindler artfully sketch out Hemingway's <i>The Old Man and the Sea</i> in 4 minutes. Awesome!<br />
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Found at <a href="http://www.bookliciousblog.com/" target="new">booklicious</a>.David Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12996205288255786668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991223.post-15026061744467747252012-04-19T12:21:00.002-05:002012-04-19T12:22:36.891-05:00The public librarian<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-85qfSAGLETM/T5AtDGwTuTI/AAAAAAAAQTE/WvjAZNVziNI/s1600/Public+librarian++poster.jpg"><br />
<img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-85qfSAGLETM/T5AtDGwTuTI/AAAAAAAAQTE/WvjAZNVziNI/s640/Public+librarian++poster.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="460" height="640" /></a></div><p><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">From <a href="http://thecostumedlibrarian.tumblr.com/post/17615261022">The Costumed Librarian</a>, via <a href="http://librarianista.tumblr.com/post/20527977644/thecostumedlibrarian">Librarianista</a></span>.</p>and (Via <a href="http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/">TYWKIWDBI</a>.)</p>David Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12996205288255786668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991223.post-5631378765087484732012-04-19T09:30:00.000-05:002012-04-19T09:30:14.985-05:00Leonardo: Anatomist - by Nature VideoNature Video was invited to Windsor Castle to see some of Leonardo da Vinci's anatomical drawings. The drawings show that Leonardo did more than dabble in the sciences; he carried out experiments and made staggering medical discoveries which could have transformed the study of anatomy in Europe -- had they not languished unpublished for centuries. In this video, Senior Curator Martin Clayton shows us three of Leonardo's most intriguing anatomical studies.<br />
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<iframe width="520" height="294" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/J9xUL5Yi_8M" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>David Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12996205288255786668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991223.post-26288973631285185602012-04-18T09:54:00.001-05:002012-04-18T09:54:20.609-05:00Introducing LiLi - A Library Cruiser<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-10DFzZR_1BI/T4nEyNsOI7I/AAAAAAAAD00/YaMsovknSf4/s1600/Library+Live+Mobile+Library.png"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-10DFzZR_1BI/T4nEyNsOI7I/AAAAAAAAD00/YaMsovknSf4/s400/Library+Live+Mobile+Library.png" border="0" alt="" width="400" height="177" /></a></div>
<p><br /> Right on the heels of National Bookmobile Day comes the launch of the newest library liaison.<br /> <br /> Meet LiLi – <a href="http://www.fvrl.bc.ca/play/librarylive.htm">Library Live and On Tour</a> - a new initiative by the Fraser Valley Regional Library in British Columbia. Touted as the first of its kind in the world:<br /> <br /></p>
<blockquote><em>Library Live and On Tour</em> will shatter preconceptions about libraries, library services and librarians. <em>Library Live and On Tour</em> will deliver services to people in our communities who do not know about our libraries or have some obstacle to visiting them. Unlike ‘bookmobiles’, <em>Library Live & On Tour</em> will stress service, access to information and awareness rather than being exclusively about library materials.</blockquote>
<p>The centerpiece of LiLi is a transformed 2012 Nissan Cube, completely revamped to include:<br /> <br /> an undercarriage glow <br /> the back opens to reveal a mounted 40″ plasma digital display screen<br /> external sound system, with wireless mic<br /> built-in bookshelf with giveaway books<br /> 2 laptop computers with 3G connectivity<br /> 2 Kobos &; a Sony eReader<br /> an iPad2 &; a Blackberry Playbook<br /> an Xbox Kinect<br /> and, of course, the car horn that plays OOOGA!<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /></p>
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<p><br /> At least there is still a bookshelf in it!<br /> <br /> <br /></p>
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<p><br /> Post at Dysart &Jones, <a href="http://dysartjones.com/2012/04/now-thats-a-mobile-library/">Now THAT'S a Mobile Library!</a></p>
<p><a href="http://dysartjones.com/2012/04/now-thats-a-mobile-library/"></a><br /> (Via <a href="http://www.bookpatrol.net/">Book Patrol</a>.)</p>David Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12996205288255786668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991223.post-85619999690127704632012-04-18T09:27:00.001-05:002012-04-18T09:27:11.294-05:00Bookmobile, 1928 (photo)<p><img src="http://craphound.com/images/107242034846374968_ZQGvHGCY_c.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>This bookmobile for the sick was wheeled around Los Angeles hospitals in 1928, a service of the LA public library.</p>
<p>(Via <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/">Boing Boing</a>.)</p>David Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12996205288255786668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991223.post-71851211252720909312012-04-17T14:25:00.001-05:002012-04-17T14:25:28.218-05:00One-in-five American Adults Do Not Use the Internet<p>From the Pew Internet and American Life Project post today titled <a href="http://pewresearch.org/pubs/2240/internet-adoption-digital-online-broadband-mobile"><strong>Digital Differences</strong></a>:</p>
<p>“One-in-five adults do not use the internet. The difference between that group and the majority of Americans who do go online remains strongly correlated with age, education, and household income, which are the strongest positive predictors of internet use.</p>
<p>Certain aspects of the current internet population still strongly resemble the state of internet adoption in 2000, when one of Pew Internet’s first reports found that minorities, adults living in households with lower incomes, and seniors were less likely than others to be online…”</p>
<p><a href="http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Digital-differences.aspx?src=prc-headline"><strong>Read the full report</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://pewresearch.org/pubs/2240/internet-adoption-digital-online-broadband-mobile"><img title="1" src="https://lonewolflibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/13.png?w=510&h=385" alt="" width="510" height="385" /></a></p>
<p>(Via <a href="http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com">The Proverbial Lone Wolf Librarian's Weblog</a>.)</p>David Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12996205288255786668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991223.post-72328160548794169882012-04-17T13:12:00.000-05:002012-04-17T13:12:30.232-05:00Rotting food as artAustrian photographer Klaus Pichler, pictures of rotting food stuffs are ravishing and repugnant at the same time.<br />
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The project is intended to be a comment on global food waste. On Pichler's website, each image is paired with a caption containing details about the origination and transportation of each item. <a href="http://www.kpic.at/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=45&Itemid=88&limitstart=1" target="new">Check out the full gallery there.</a> And be sure to pass this along to any friends who might still be eating lunch.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oyDh3ZnzoSA/T42ycrj6weI/AAAAAAAAEbM/ZF8SZi3xVX4/s1600/index-1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oyDh3ZnzoSA/T42ycrj6weI/AAAAAAAAEbM/ZF8SZi3xVX4/s400/index-1.jpeg" /></a></div>David Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12996205288255786668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991223.post-64132707560396118662012-04-17T13:03:00.000-05:002012-04-17T13:03:10.043-05:00IKEA reinvents the television - and very well.<iframe width="520" height="294" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0Nm7-EuctOs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />
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From IKEA:<blockquote>IKEA introduces UPPLEVA, a completely new range that integrates smart TV and sound system with furniture. UPPLEVA brings beauty and functionality to the living room, solving the problem of cable clutter and miss-match between TV and furniture.<br />
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You will find UPPLEVA in Stockholm, Milan, Paris, Gdansk and Berlin in June 2012. During autumn 2012 UPPLEVA is available in all of the stores in Sweden, Italy, France, Poland, Denmark, Spain, Norway and Portugal , and during spring 2013 in even more countries.</blockquote><br />
Please come to America soon!David Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12996205288255786668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991223.post-59658209645613740692012-04-17T12:51:00.000-05:002012-04-17T12:51:07.284-05:00Muscle Cars as Vector Art<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-g_xqMjQavrE/T42tTqUWhmI/AAAAAAAAEac/kAcOph2MGBI/s1600/806231244316133.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="161" width="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-g_xqMjQavrE/T42tTqUWhmI/AAAAAAAAEac/kAcOph2MGBI/s400/806231244316133.jpeg" /></a></div><br />
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<a href="http://www.behance.net/gallery/Muscle-Cars/240284" target="new">Many more delightful examples here.</a>David Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12996205288255786668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991223.post-7923094516668264922012-04-16T15:03:00.000-05:002012-04-16T15:03:30.226-05:00No fiction award by Pulitzer Prize judges in 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mFDMrRigbvI/T4x6m4j4FpI/AAAAAAAAEaI/MYYxd41QQTg/s1600/pulitzer_logo.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="227" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mFDMrRigbvI/T4x6m4j4FpI/AAAAAAAAEaI/MYYxd41QQTg/s320/pulitzer_logo.jpeg" /></a></div>The 2012 Pulitzer Prize for fiction went to no one, it was announced Monday. The Pulitzer judges did reveal that three books had been named finalists, but declined to award one the prize.<br />
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The three finalists were "Train Dreams" by Denis Johnson, "Swamplandia!" by Karen Russell and "The Pale King" by David Foster Wallace.<br />
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In deciding the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, a committee of readers, which changes annually, recommends a small slate of titles to a panel of judges, who choose the winner.<br />
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Since its founding in 1918, the Pulitzer Prize for fiction has not been awarded nine other times. The most recent year in which there was no fiction award was 1977.<br />
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On occasion, the decision not to award the fiction prize has been marked by controversy. In 1941, the committee's recommendation of "For Whom the Bell Tolls" by Ernest Hemingway was deemed offensive by the president of Colombia, and no award was given.<br />
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From <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/" target="new">The LA Times Blog</a>David Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12996205288255786668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991223.post-8685584123663644802012-04-16T12:56:00.000-05:002012-04-16T12:56:53.600-05:00Computerized page layout in 1977 (video)<iframe width="520" height="293" src="http://techchannel.att.com/embed/index.cfm?mediaID=11001&w=560&h=315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen ></iframe><br />
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In 1977, Bell Labs built an early touch-screen system to more easily produce advertisements for inclusion in the Yellow Pages. The system was designed to eliminate the need for physical paste-ups, allowing easy creation of graphic advertisements that would go directly from the screen to the Phone Book.<br />
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The system represented a huge leap forward for the business directory, which had been published in various forms, by various companies, since 1906. AT&T sought to constantly improve the publishing process — even small efficiency boosts in the Yellow Pages production could make a huge difference in cost, because of the huge quantities involved in both content and printing.<br />
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Improvements in desktop publishing software through the last few decades obviated the need for the system seen in this film, and the emergence of the internet and other information-distribution media drove down profits for the Yellow Pages themselves. AT&T announced in April 2012 that it would sell a majority stake in its phone book business to an outside company.<br />
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Footage courtesy of AT&T Archives and History Center, Warren, NJDavid Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12996205288255786668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991223.post-67208227360009094762012-04-16T12:27:00.001-05:002012-04-16T12:27:08.890-05:00British artist Jonathan Callan makes large scale sculptures out of used/vintage books held together by large screws.
British artist Jonathan Callan makes large scale sculptures out of used/vintage books held together by large screws.
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<p>(Via <a href="http://libraryland.tumblr.com/">Libraryland</a>.)</p>David Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12996205288255786668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991223.post-52712363416661888782012-04-13T09:02:00.001-05:002012-04-18T13:47:15.565-05:00Library Rules, 1799<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4jEpwrlLb_A/T4gxU7p73fI/AAAAAAAAEZI/p29MHHFnOzo/s1600/spectacles.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="160" width="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4jEpwrlLb_A/T4gxU7p73fI/AAAAAAAAEZI/p29MHHFnOzo/s200/spectacles.jpeg" /></a></div>Ever wonder what library rules were like in 1799, soon after the founding of the University of North Carolina library? In this gem of an entry from the General Faculty and Faculty Council Records, the Board of Trustees write the rules for the library. Notice that some things never change: reference books remain in the library for the most part, call slips go out with books, and fees are paid for “defaced” books.<br />
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Of the library and librarian<br />
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1. There shall be a room appropriated to the library, apparatus and curiosities of the University. Shelves shall be put up in it, at the expence of the board. Fire shall be made and kept up in the room once every week for two hours, by order of the librarian, and then be entirely extinguished. And no person but a trustee or member of the faculty shall be admitted into the room of the library, without the presence of the librarian: but either of these shall be admitted whenever they require it.<br />
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2. The librarian shall be appointed by the faculty every half year, who shall make a report to them as often on the state of the library. He shall also account to the treasurer of the board for the monies he has received as librarian.<br />
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3. Every student on the establishment of the university, may use the books of the library on paying fifty cents into the hands of the librarian for the session in advance. The encyclopedia shall not be taken out of the library by any student not belonging to the senior or junior classes; and no other shall ever consult them, except in the presence of some member of the faculty.<br />
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4. The librarian when he delivers a book out of the library to a student shall write a receipt for the book which shall be signed by the student who takes it out.<br />
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5. A volume shall not be kept out of the library more than three weeks, without being returned to the librarian and the receipt of it renewed. And if any other person shall want the volume at the end of that time the person who has before had it, shall not be at liberty to take it out again at that time.<br />
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6. If a student who shall take a volume from the library, shall by any means, deface or abuse it, he shall pay according to the damage done, as estimated by the faculty even to the replacing of the set; and if he shall lose it he shall pay the librarian for it, the price at which the faculty shall value the set, or else he shall replace the whole as before. If he shall not return it in three weeks after taking it out of the library, he may be deemed to have lost it, and the faculty may proceed accordingly. If the student shall refuse to comply with the decisions of the faculty, he shall be admonished, suspended or expelled as the nature of the case may require.<br />
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7. The librarian shall keep a book in which he shall have a catalogue of all the books of the library. And if any book shall be presented to the university, the name and place of residence of the donor shall be recorded.<br />
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8. The librarian shall appoint a day and hour for giving books out of the library, and he shall attend once a week at the time appointed for that purpose.<br />
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9. If books be hired from the library, the price to be paid shall be fixed by the faculty, and the person who obtains the book shall pay in advance.<br />
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Originally published at <a href="http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/uarms/index.php/2011/12/library-rules-1799/" target="new">University Archives at UNC-Chapel Hill</a>.David Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12996205288255786668noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991223.post-55013734617522146712012-04-12T15:09:00.001-05:002012-04-12T15:09:34.443-05:0016 Ways Educators Use Pinterest<p><a href="http://www.onlineuniversities.com/ways-educators-use-pinterest"><img title="1" src="https://lonewolflibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/1.png?w=510&h=1136" alt="" width="510" height="1136" /></a></p>
<p>(Via <a href="http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com">The Proverbial Lone Wolf Librarian's Weblog</a>.)</p>David Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12996205288255786668noreply@blogger.com0