Disappointed with the results you get when you use your iPod or smartphone to videotape your latest escapades? We have found the perfect solution: the “Do It Yourself Steadicam Using A Chicken.” Here in the library we are always keeping an eye out for the latest technology.
(Chicken by Rob Neilson)
Did you know that you can get a student office in the library? The library accepts applications for the nine offices we have available during the first week of class. Click here for more information and a link to the online form.
Need a good way to manage your bibliography? You can use RefWorks. It’s a web-based citation manager provided by the library. You can draft your bibliography using the entries in your RefWorks account in AAA, ACS, APA, Chicago, and MLA style, plus dozens of formats for publication in specific journals.
It’s that time of year when we are all looking forward to seeing our distant relatives. Don’t forget to vote for your favorite photo at the Little Fockers Holiday Photo Contest before you hit the road!
Steve and Tim were at it again today… Who knows what tomorrow will hold?
There will be a new reference desk when the students return from winter break. Here are a couple of pictures of the men at work this morning. They are dismantling the old media desk to create a larger reference desk. Look for more progress in the next couple of days.
We have digitized images from some really cool old books for the English 527 History of the Book students. You can find them in the Selections from LU Special Collections digital image collection. The students have written abstracts about their research that you can find in the item descriptions for their book selections. Have fun!
We are up to something in the Visual Resources Library. It involves old books, velvet, cameras, duct tape, and an image collection for History of the Book English 527. Check back in a couple of days for more…
All Hallow’s Read is a (brand new) Hallowe’en tradition proposed by the author of The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman. Here’s what he says “Give children scary books they’ll like and can handle. Give adults scary books they’ll enjoy.” To find out more check out the brand new page about this tradition at all hallow’s read.
“Lover of Ugly Little Dogs.” Need a good Epitaph for that cardboard gravestone you are planting on your lawn this Halloween? Looking for a long lost relative? Check out the web site Find A Grave where you can find millions of cemetery records and some interesting pictures of gravestones.
Need an image for the article you are writing but don’t have time to find the image and seek permissions? Like other faculty at Lawrence, you may find what you are looking for in ARTstor. There are over 10,300 images available for academic publishing, free of charge, and coypright cleared.
“Images for Academic Publishing (IAP) seeks to facilitate scholarship in the arts by reducing the costs associated with publishing images in academic journals and similar publications. Image providers participating in IAP have supplied publication-quality images and agreed to make them available free-of-charge for use in scholarly publications.”
To read more about this from ARTstor you can go to their information page at:
http://www.artstor.org/what-is-artstor/w-html/services-publishing.shtml
If you are interested in IAP, and would like help using ARTstor please contact Colette at: colette.brautigam@lawrence.edu
