Entries from May 2007

May 31, 2007

Video: Wikis in Plain English

From the folks at Common Craft - Social Design for the Web
A transcript of the video can be found here
These same folks have created another video tutorial titled Rss in Plain English…A transcript of this video can be found here
WHY AREN’T LIBRARY TUTORIALS AS GOOD, CONCISE AND CLEAR AS THESE FROM COMMON CRAFT?
Happy Web [...]

May 29, 2007

Jack Nicholson…

We have recently purchased The Departed but we also have some other great Nicholson films in our collection such as: About Schmidt, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, The Shining, Terms of Endearment, Easy Rider.
Learn more about Jack Nicholson and his career here and here

May 25, 2007

Memorial Day Weekend & Summer Hours

Next Week
Monday May 28, 2007 - Closed for Memorial Day
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday - open 8-4
Thursday - 8-8
Summer Hours:
Saturday/Sunday - closed
M-W - 8-4
Th - 8-8
Fri - 8-4

May 24, 2007

American Heritage Magazine

May 17, 2007

Magazine Suspends Its Run in History

By CHARLES McGRATH

After more than 50 years
American Heritage, the magazine that furnished not just the minds but,
in its original hardcover format, the dens of generations of American
history buffs, is suspending publication, its editor, Richard F. Snow,
said last week.
The bimonthly magazine, which is owned by Forbes Inc., has [...]

May 23, 2007

A Professor Pokes Fun at Copyright

A Professor Pokes Fun at Copyright
Copyright law, a constant thorn in the sides of scholars and researchers, is generating a lot of public discussion this week, thanks in part to a new 10-minute video that parodies the law. “A Fair(y) Use Tale” has been downloaded from YouTube about 145,000 times since it was posted online [...]