Many young adults burning out on social websites
Posted: November 9, 2006 Filed under: Blogs, News Comments OffIf you believe the buzz, the latest incarnation of the Web is all about sharing, connecting, and community. But even as the phenomenon continues to swell, the effort to maintain an active social life on the Web is taking its toll. Some have grown tired of what once was novel. Some feel bombarded by unsolicited messages, friend requests, and advertisements. And some are cutting back….
San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 2
Student finds unpublished Plath poem in Plath Archives at IU
Posted: October 31, 2006 Filed under: Archival Management, Blogs, News Comments OffThis is not directly related to visual art librarianship, but it does involve archives and other art forms!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061031/ap_en_ot/plath_poem
ArLiSNAP on Australia’s Zeroland
Posted: October 31, 2006 Filed under: ArLiSNAP Press, Blogs Comments OffArLiSNAP has recently been added to the gateway directory Zeroland (http://www.zeroland.co.nz/).
To view our listing, go to http://www.zeroland.co.nz/arts_library.html
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About Zeroland
Zeroland links to arts webpages, especially those of special artistic, literary, imaginative, creative, spiritual, intellectual, scholarly, informative or historical value. As such, webpages are predominantly associated with reputable universities, schools, museums, galleries, organisations, scholars, artists and writers.
Featured Blog: Heather’s Art Blog
Posted: October 19, 2006 Filed under: Blogs, Personal Websites, Student Research Comments OffHeather Saunders is an up-and-coming art library student based out of Toronto. Some of you may remember her talk, “Internet Art and the Archivist’s Conflicting Roles” from the New Voices in the Profession panel at Banff earlier this year. Heather is now blogging at Heather’s Art Blog. Check out her artist’s statement as well as images of her work. She’s also tackled some heavy Library 2.0 issues if you’re interested . . .
New Resources
Posted: October 2, 2006 Filed under: Architecture Librarianship, Blogs, Professional Literature, Journals, Publications Comments OffGreen Design / Sustainable Architecture: Resources by Susan Koskinen at UC Berkeley Environmental Design Library
Design Research at Virginia Tech by Heather Ball
Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide: A Journal of Nineteenth-Century Visual Culture
Blogs
Posted: July 13, 2006 Filed under: Blogs Comments OffBlogs
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Yale Art Lbirary
http://yaleart.blogspot.com/
Fine Arts Library Bloomington (I think you are probably familiar with this one – hey, artisblog anyone?)
http://www.bloglines.com/blog/bbsewell
Art Blog: Art exhibition in the Frederick and Kazuko Harris Fine Arts Library
http://www.library.ohiou.edu/subjects/artblog/
(these were pulled from http://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net/links/index.php?title=Academic_libraries)
Art Institute of Dallas
http://aidlibrary.blogspot.com/
Pacific NW College of Art, Fine Art Library
http://library.pnca.edu/
arlisna (unofficial I assume)
http://arlisna.blogspot.com/
Heather Ball (not really in service)
http://heatherball.blogspot.com/2006/05/materials-libraries.html
Tony Gill (of the ADAM Gateway fame – this blog seems more personal than professional)
http://home.earthlink.net/~tonygill99/blog/
