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Archive for August, 2004

Sunday, August 29th, 2004

How to illuminate a manuscript and more patron saints

Just in case you wanted to know, here is how manuscripts were illuminated.
From this article I found out that libraries and librarians have three patron saints; Catherine of Alexandria, Jerome, and Lawrence.

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Sunday, August 29th, 2004

The new Knoxville library… RIP

I’ve been following the saga of the proposed new library, but it’s been a while since I wrote about it. Back in March a new library seemed certain. But by the end of last month, the library was in limbo. The proposed site was shifting, and even how to pay for was in question.
These are [...]

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Thursday, August 19th, 2004

The rain in Spain

A friend of mine from high school, Tony, is currently living it up in Spain. And to show everyone how much fun he is having, he has put up a photo gallery. And if there are any University High Class of 1996 folks out there, be sure to check out thre alumni database and message [...]

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Wednesday, August 18th, 2004

Librarians and copyright

Wired is reporting that the American Library Association will be providing educational materials for school libraries to teach students about copyright. The idea is to provide balance to the hardline copyright stance of the Business Software Alliance, the Motion Picture Association of America, and others, to the detriment of fair use.
Always lively discussion can [...]

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Monday, August 2nd, 2004

Attack of Mozilla and the alternative browsers

With all the holes and security problems found in Internet Explorer lately, people have been looking for alternatives. Wired has an article on alternatives to IE. PC Magazine also chimes in. Personally, I use Mozilla Firefox.
You can enhance Firefox by installing extensions to add new features. Wired has an article on some of [...]

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