Welcome to the Digital Public Library of America By Dan Cohen Executive Director of the DPLA: ” It’s not very often you get to build a new library. Together, that’s what we will begin to do today. Starting with over … Continue reading
April 19, 2013
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from ARTstor’s blog, ARTstor has reached an agreement with Condé Nast to share 25,000 images of cartoons from The New Yorker, highlights from the Condé Nast Archive of Photography, and selections from the Fairchild Photo Service. The images in these … Continue reading
March 13, 2013
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from Mashable, Brie Weiler Reynolds is the content and social media director at FlexJobs, the award-winning site for telecommuting and flexible job listings, and a former career advisor. At FlexJobs, Brie offers job seekers career and … Continue reading
March 12, 2013
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Today marks the 102nd International Women’s Day worldwide. March is Women’s History Month. You can find many resources in our library catalog. Try searching on Feminism or Women’s Rights for books and media. For journal articles, search our Gender Studies … Continue reading
March 8, 2013
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from Bill Moyers’ What Matters Today, How Connected is Your Community? February 8, 2013 by John Light As telecommunications policy expert Susan Crawford points out in this week’s Moyers & Company, over the past decade, America has fallen behind many … Continue reading
February 12, 2013
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The 85th Academy Award nominations were announced this morning. Although most films are still playing in theaters and are not available in our collection until the DVDs are released, we do have two of the five outstanding films nominated for … Continue reading
January 10, 2013
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Familiar with The Criterion Collection? From their website, …a continuing series of important classic and contemporary films, has been dedicated to gathering the greatest films from around the world and publishing them in editions that offer the highest technical quality … Continue reading
September 26, 2012
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Did you know PBS streams 136 Frontline programs free of charge? These shows contain some of the best investigative journalism on today’s more important topics. From Frontline’s site, Since its inception, FRONTLINE has never shied away from tough, controversial issues … Continue reading
August 30, 2012
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from The Chronicle’s e-newsletter: The growing number of available digital resources give academic institutions a more competitive edge than ever before. The Chronicle’s Digital Campus Microsite, a special online hub hosting sponsored content, covers what’s available from industry leaders … Continue reading
July 10, 2012
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Mashable‘s Sam Laird discusses how technology is changing college life. College students today are more tech savvy than ever before. Just how important is technology to their academic lives? More than 90% use email to communicate with professors and 73% … Continue reading
May 8, 2012
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The folks behind the amazing TED videos have launched a separate collection of video lessons specifically for teaching called TED-Ed. From the site, TED-Ed’s commitment to creating lessons worth sharing is an extension of TED’s mission of spreading great ideas. … Continue reading
April 26, 2012
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By Jen Carlson from Gothamist The New York City Municipal Archives has gone digital, expanding their online archives—starting today you can access 870,000 (and counting) of their old photographs, which date back to the mid-1800s. The online feature (which took … Continue reading
April 24, 2012
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Pew Internet received a $1.4 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to study the role of libraries in users’ lives and in their communities. Read their first report chronicling the adoption of e-readers and tablet computers and … Continue reading
April 18, 2012
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from Library Journal: “It looks as though the lifetime achievement award bestowed upon Statistical Abstract of the United States at this past American Library Association (ALA) midwinter awards was premature. Dismaying librarians, the government announced last year that publication of … Continue reading
March 23, 2012
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Visit our media area downstairs in the library and celebrate Women’s History Month throughout March. We feature a large assortment of films including documentaries, feature films by female directors, and women biopics. If you’re interested in doing research, check out … Continue reading
March 2, 2012
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