Archive for the ‘Fun’ Category
Posted by tbergstrom on April 16, 2010
We’re pleased to announce this year’s Pub Stop event, scheduled for Friday, April 23. We’ll plan to depart from the Welcome Party at around 9pm and head over to The Barking Crab, located at 88 Sleeper Street about a 10 minute walk from the hotel. A map is included on our crustacean-adorned fliers (see above), which will be distributed at the registration desk and newbie orientation event next week.
For those attending the conference for the first time, the Pub event is organized by ArLiSNAP to promote general introductions and levity amongst members. We sincerely hope to see you there.
Tracy
Posted in Conference Planning, Fun, Indianapolis 2009 ARLIS/NA Conference, arlisna2010 | 1 Comment »
Posted by Bryan Loar on January 24, 2010
The Power of Love at Tom of Finland Foundation
Tom of Finland Foundation would like to invite all members of Art Libraries Society of North America and Society of American Archivists as well as students and faculty from SLIS and art programs, to come together for a romantic evening of fine dining. We love both organizations and want ARLIS and SAA to be each others “Valentines” and to encourage student memberships for both. Guests will be served delectable food, beer and wine by our sexy staff of cupids as we share some of the many heartwarming gems from our special collection. Take a romantic stroll with your honey in our beautifully lit yard, browse to arouse through our erotic books and artwork, get an exclusive viewing of Tom’s studio and his very own bedroom — but no hanky panky allowed in there!
Proceeds will be used to create the Conference Travel Fund for Allison R.
Schulte, our Library Director & International Liaison.
Space is limited as we’d like for this to be an intimate event. Society members have the option to bring one guest. Early registration recommended.
St. Valentines Day, Sunday February 14th, 6:00 PM Tom of Finland Foundation
1421 Laveta Terrace
Los Angeles, CA 90026
Price per person:
Professionals $ 40.00
Guests of professionals or students $40
Currently enrolled students $25
There are three ways to register:
-Paypal to administration@tomoffinlandfoundation.org
Please title the payment “POL Registration” and include the following in the message box:
Full Name, Full Name of Guest (if applicable), Organization to which you belong (SAA, ARLIS/NA or name of school) administration@tomoffinlandfoundation.org
-Credit Card by Phone: 213 250 1685
-Check or Credit Card by Mail
email librarian@tomoffinlandfoundation.org for a pdf of a registration form
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Posted by Meredith Kahn on May 11, 2009
As a result of feedback, you’re going to see a few new additions to the ArLiSNAP blog and community. One of the new features we’re rolling out is increased content on the site to help generate discussion about issues important to ArLiSNAP members.
Caley Cannon and Meredith Kahn are the current discussion coordinators, and we’ll be making weekly posts about a range of topics (emerging technologies, social networking sites, teaching, mentoring, transition from student to professional, changing role of art librarians, professional development, recent news in art and architecture, new developments in the publishing industry, etc.).
We hope you find these posts interesting and thought provoking, and that you feel compelled to participate in a discussion via the comments. If there are any topics you’d like us to address, please let us know.
And let the fun begin…
Posted in ArLiSNAP, Blogs, Fun, News | 2 Comments »
Posted by mmacken on December 10, 2008
What’s your look? Do you, or someone you know, have a professional fashion sense that you think others can learn from? Do you like to find just the right clothing that combines your individual style with a professional appearance? If so, then you could walk the runway at YALSA’s first ever fashion event hosted by Steven Rosengard of Project Runway Season 4!
We’re searching for 20-30 librarians who walk the walk and look the look when they work with teens and their advocates in libraries! We want to find librarians who can demonstrate how to dress professionally without having to spend a lot of money and while keeping a sense of personal style.
If you are interested in walking the runway, submit the What TO Wear application (file in pdf) along with 2 photos or a short video (no more than 3 minutes), that you think showcases your style (or the style of your nominee).
If you have questions about the application or process contact Nichole Gilbert, ngilbert@ala.org.
Posted in Advice, Advice: New Professionals, Fun, Opportunities: Events | Tagged: fashion, youth | Leave a Comment »
Posted by tbergstrom on October 31, 2008
Greetings from Indiana! We’re in full swing preparing for next year’s annual ARLIS/NA conference to be held in Indianapolis on April 16-21, 2009. If you haven’t yet seen it, the conference web site is now online.
Going along with the conference’s theme of start your engines, we need to get revved up about the pub crawl. We’re looking for someone local to Indy who can:
- figure out a logical and easily locatable meeting place
- plan us a route of pubs to crawl (including one with food…)
- get word of the event out to any and all who might be interested
We’ve also been thinking about how we might use ArLiSNAP to promote events where our readers could get together and meet face-to-face. To this end, we’d like to put out a call for a Connections Liaison (or two) to take up the responsibility of distributing info about opportunities for getting together. These might include:
- announcements of local ARLIS/NA chapter or student group meetings
- info on continuing education opportunities or lectures
- any other info on events that would facilitate us getting to know one another on a greater frequency than once a year.
We’re glad for any and all volunteers for either the Pub Crawl Organizer or Connections Liaison positions, so just leave a comment if you think you might be interested.
Posted in Conference Planning, Fun, Opportunities: Volunteer | 11 Comments »
Posted by mmacken on May 29, 2008
From apple.com:
iTunes U puts the power of the iTunes Store to work for colleges and universities, so users can easily search, download, and play course content just like they do music, movies, and TV shows.
DePaul University Libraries (and probably others) offer podcasts on iTunes U. To see their page:
- Install iTunes on your computer
- Click on the following link to open iTunes U (will open your iTunes application): http://deimos3.apple.com/indigo/main/main.xml
- Look for DePaul University on the left in the Universities box.
- The DePaul University Libraries link is in the third box down on the right
Posted in Fun, Outreach, Web 2.0 | Tagged: podcasts universities itunes promotion | 4 Comments »
Posted by Bryan Loar on April 3, 2008
So a while back Brian Mathews created this video about the possible applications of Google’s SketchUP for libraries. It’s pretty cool–especially if you’re doing that space planning thing. This week I recreated a model of Fitch‘s Materials Library. It takes about an hour to get used to, but once you’ve memorized the shortcut keys it becomes very intuitive.
Anyway, now Google is trying to get some more buzz by holding a contest. Doing your whole campus (especially if you’re going as far as having it in exact scale) seems pretty daunting. But, hey, you can always do your homework/work later, right?
Image credit: CC Bryan Loar
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Posted by mmacken on April 2, 2008
You Don’t Tug on Superman’s Copyright
Lore Sjöberg 04.02.08 | 12:00 AM
April 2, 2013
In an unexpected move, a federal court today declared Superman a free agent. After decades of legal wrangling among DC Comics and the estates of Superman co-creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, a judge ruled that he would simply release the Man of Steel from any and all agreements, making him the first free agent in the high-stakes world of comic book superheroes.
Speaking from the Fortress of Limited Media Access in Nunavut, Canada, Superman said that he was “pleased” with the ruling.
“Frankly, all this legal nonsense was just giving me headaches,” said Superman, his deep, resonant voice rattling the shelves even over the speakerphone. “My supermind is as fast as a TRS-80 computer, but even I couldn’t keep track of all the rights everyone was claiming.”
more at Wired.com . . .
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Posted by mmacken on March 10, 2008
Here is a really exciting browser plug-in that makes Flickr and other image sites a lot more fun to view. It could potentially be used for presentations. Pulling images from the hard drive is not officially supported yet, but there is a way to work around this in FireFox. (Thanks to Arno Bosse for introducing me to this plug-in!)
From the PicLens site:
Think beyond the browser
PicLens instantly transforms your browser into a full-screen, 3D experience for viewing images on the web. Photos will come to life via a cinematic presentation that goes well beyond the confines of the traditional browser window. With PicLens, browsing and viewing images on the web will never be the same again.
NEW! Immerse yourself in 3D Style.
Our new interactive “3D Wall” lets you effortlessly drag, click, and zoom your way around a wall of pictures for an extraordinary, full-screen viewing experience. Why mundanely flip through online photo galleries or squint at thumbnails from Google Image Search when you can fly through an immersive, full-screen experience instead? Learn more.
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Posted by mmacken on March 5, 2008
Posted in Exhibitions, Fun, News | 1 Comment »
