Archive for the "Arts & Humanities" Category

LSW Coloring Contest winner: Suzie DeGrasse!

Wed 31 Mar 2010, 2:46 pm

Suzie DeGrasse’s creative entry was the winner in the first LSW Coloring Contest.

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Fair Dancing

Thu 29 May 2008, 12:52 pm

I had a fascinating discussion about fair use and cultural materials with a group of librarians, archivists, and arts advocates at the invitation of the Dance Heritage Coalition. And I got to meet someone who once knew a teacher of mine who died in 1994.

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Oh, the digital humanities!

Mon 4 Feb 2008, 11:19 pm

Is it just me, or are digital humanities projects becoming more common and more interesting?

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Delightfully edgy

Tue 13 Nov 2007, 11:38 pm

My friend and colleague, Jessy Randall, has published a “delightfully edgy” book of poetry, titled A Day in Boyland.

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When you care enough to send a snarky ecard

Mon 24 Sep 2007, 3:19 pm

Snarky ecards about work and school from someecards.com.

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Harry Potter and the Pirated Torrents

Thu 19 Jul 2007, 11:17 pm

The supposed pirate copies of the new Harry Potter book had me re-reading Robert Darnton on book piracy in 18th century France.

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Good Copy Bad Copy: very good documentary

Tue 19 Jun 2007, 4:03 pm

“Good Copy Bad Copy” is a fascinating documentary, free to download, on copyright and creativity worldwide.

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Bloomsday

Sun 17 Jun 2007, 2:38 pm

I missed Bloomsday, so let’s watch Muppets sing “Danny Boy” instead.

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The Shakespeare Meme

Tue 28 Nov 2006, 4:45 pm

Several of the library bloggers I read (LiB, Caveat Lector, Walt at Random) have weighed in on the “Sci-Fi [and fantasy] book meme,” marking their reading history against a list of classic science fiction and fantasy titles. I’m not going to do that one here; I have read a fair amount of science fiction–and many [...]

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Misprinted Type

Mon 20 Nov 2006, 10:29 am

The always-interesting blog fade theory pointed out the wonderful eye-candy site, Misprinted Type 3.0, by Eduardo Recife. I don’t really know what is going on there, but I like it!

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Four more for the road

Tue 14 Feb 2006, 7:48 am

At the risk of being extra dorky, I thought of some other lists of four (four more lists, to be exact) that might be fun/illuminating/not horrible. Four intimidating books I haven’t read, but plan to someday, once I finish reading all these comic books graphic novels: Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne The Arcades Project by [...]

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Martin Amis, Space Invader

Fri 7 Oct 2005, 11:47 am

Martin Amis’ first book might not be what you would expect.

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Serenity now!

Tue 4 Oct 2005, 10:22 am

A brief appreciation of the Firefly movie.

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