A Bi-Weekly Update
1/29/10
Jim Bloom, Blogger
Jim Bloom has kindly accepted our invitation to be a guest blogger on the Trexler Library Blog (access from the library home page) for Spring Semester. Here are two entries he’s penned recently. Enjoy!
Praise for Theatre in Video database
Charlie Richter writes:
“The Theatre in Video database allows my students to access video performances by major contemporary theatre artists on their own computers. Making the performance of a play as accessible as a play script adds a terrific new dimension to theatre education.”
Access the Theatre in Video from the library home page:
http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library > Online Reference Shelf > Theatre in Video
Infomaniac Tip
by Jen Jarson, Information Literacy and Assessment Librarian
Wondering what happened with the Internet in 2009? Check out the numbers!
http://royal.pingdom.com/2010/01/22/internet-2009-in-numbers/
Highlights:
- 90 trillion emails were sent in 2009, with an average of 247 billion per day and 81% of which were spam
- 1.73 billion Internet users worldwide
- Top four regions: 738,257,230 in Asia; 418,029,796 in Europe; 252,908,000 in North America; 179,031,479 in Latin American / Caribbean
- 12.2 billion videos viewed per month on YouTube in the US
Calendar of Events
1/29: Meditation Group. Open to the public. (Trexler Library Rare Books Room, 5:00PM-6:00PM.)
2/2: media:scape Demonstration. Come and see how this collaborative work station can assist with group projects by projecting laptop screens to large monitors. Good for DVD viewing too. Refreshments will be served. (Trexler Library Level A Reference Alcove, 10:00AM-11:00AM & 4:30PM-5:30PM.)
2/5: Meditation Group. Open to the public. (Trexler Library Rare Books Room, 5:00PM-6:00PM.)
2/12: Meditation Group. Open to the public. (Trexler Library Rare Books Room, 5:00PM-6:00PM.)
2/18: Faculty and Staff Favorite Book Series: Discussion led by Lisa Perfetti. – “The Space Between Us” by Thrity Umrigar. Open to the public. (Trexler Library Periodicals Reading Room, 12 noon-1:00PM.)
2/19: Meditation Group. Open to the public. (Trexler Library Rare Books Room, 5:00PM-6:00PM.)
2/24: Faculty/Author reception for Michael Huber and Jim Bloom. Alec Marsh will mediate a discussion on their new publications. (Trexler Library Fulford Room, 4:30PM-5:30PM.)
