The Sistine Chapel Reaches Second Life
Posted: July 3, 2007 Filed under: Art History, Images, Museums, News, Personal Websites, SecondLife, Technology Comments OffSteven J. Taylor, director of academic computing at Vassar College, has recreated the interior of the Sistine Chapel in the virtual world Second Life. On the college’s Second Life island, visitors can step inside a pale-yellow building and view a replica of the frescoes that adorn the 15th-century chapel in Vatican City. They can even fly up to the ceiling to get a close up of the nine stories from the Book of Genesis painted by Michelangelo. The purpose of the project is to help students learn about art and architecture, says Mr. Taylor, who created the interior from photographs. –Andrea Foster
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/2186/the-sistine-chapel-reaches-second-life
Hockney vs. iPod
Posted: June 15, 2007 Filed under: Art History, Fun, Museums, News, Personal Websites, Technology, [ Creating the ARLIS/NA Student Blog ] 1 Comment »David Hockney argues that the rise of portable music is causing the demise of visual culture. Are we shuffling our way to an artless society?
Second Life, Museums, and Archaeological Modeling
Posted: June 15, 2007 Filed under: Museums, Personal Websites, SecondLife, Student Research, Technology, [ Suggestions for Improving this Blog ] 1 Comment »Richard Urban blogs at Inherent Vice on his collaborative poster session, “Second Life, Museums, and Archaeological Modeling” for the Digital Humanities Conference.
The researchers have identified the trend of user-created cultural institutions, rather than institution-created cultural sites. Plus, “serious leisure” and Oldenburg’s “third spaces” – what an amazing opportunity to create new spaces for cultural creativity!
Buy a T-shirt, Fund an MLS Graduation!
Posted: February 25, 2007 Filed under: Fun, Personal Websites Comments OffHello everyone,
My MLS graduation is coming up this August. I attend a distance program in Portland, OR through Emporia State University.
Unfortunately since we are a distance program, we have to
supply our own graduation! We can get re-embursed (up to $1500) for a certain things (venue, decorations, keynote speaker).
However it won’t cover everything (refreshments, cap and gown, etc) and frankly events are not cheap! There are only 30 some students in our class so we are having to pay a lot of out of pocket money.
This is the link to help make our graduation not too crappy. There is merchandise from cafe press plus a button to give $$$ through Paypal.
http://studentaccess.emporia.edu/~kmoore1/orvifundraisingportal/index.html
Please check it out and maybe buy a funny t-shirt to help us make a graduation to remember!
Sorry about the shameless plug but we really need some help!
Thanks,
jennifer whitlock
MLS Candidate
Emporia State University
Library Assistant
Portland Art Museum
Featured Blog: The Tyro Librarian
Posted: December 19, 2006 Filed under: Personal Websites Comments OffIts really cool to celebrate others’ triumphs and encourage them during their challenges as we all learn on the job!
Tiffany is a new academic librarian who’s been blogging about her experiences at The Tyro Librarian. She says that her blog is a place “where a novice could ask questions, receive answers, and display the advice for other beginning librarians would be beneficial not only to me but other tyro librarians as well.”
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 . . .
Advertising Your Personal Web Site on ArLiSNAP
Posted: September 20, 2006 Filed under: Personal Websites, Resumes Comments OffInclude your personal web site or blog in your wordpress.com profile to increase the number of links to your site (it will move your site up on search engine results). Every time you post or comment at ArLiSNAP, your webpage will be hyperlinked to your name, if you are signed in. For a good example, see jesmesfes‘ posts and comments. You can also contact the blog administrator to add your site to the Resources Page.
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