New artwork adorns campuses
Pamela Reithmeiers 100-pound stainless steel Dragonfly, Brian Ferribys painted steel Semaphore and John Merigians Ensemble 1 are three of the 10 new pieces installed for the seventh annual Outdoor...
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
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Canadian GDSI Collaboration
According to GISuser : Esri Canada today announced that the company has been selected by Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) to lead the GeoFoundation Exchange project. The project, which is partly...
Is Blogging Dead?
With so much social media hype these past couple of years, sometimes I think the reasons for taking the time to blog have been lost. We are inundated by Twitter feeds, Facebook streams, Pinterest...
A tribute to Bob Moog, sonic doodler
In the mid-1960s, Dr. Robert Moog unleashed a new universe of sounds into musicdom with his invention of the electronic analog Moog Synthesizer. The timbre and tones of these keyboard instruments (...
You’ve got 6 hours of student effort per day. What will you ask of it?
We want to uncover what propels sustained energy in all students regardless of peers, parents, poverty, or tenure. What occurs systemically that, done differently, could quickly galvanize students...
Executive Board Supports Intensified Advocacy on Behalf of Member Library Buyers
That would be ALA's Executive Board after one of its board meetings, not, well, you know. At issue, persuading the general trade industry to permit public libraries to loan eBooks. See ALA...
More on GSU and the publisher response
Now that I am back from vacation and have read the GSU ruling and some of the commentary more thoroughly, I wanted to add a few additional comments. In many cases these may be repetitive of things...
Mobile App Development: How To Choose Your Partner
From technology boutiques to consultancies, your choices for mobile development services partners keep multiplying. Consider this advice from Forrester Research.
Google Progresses on Semantic Search
The keyword-free Web search may be on the horizon. Search Engine Journal reports on the progress in Google Testing Semantic Search Update . Though Google has said a full-fledged semantic Web search...
Library of Parliament Review of Legislation on Prostitution
As the status of the various Criminal Code provisions concerning prostitution floats its inevitable way upward towards the Supreme Court, now that the Ontario Court of Appeal has struck down some...
