What's New in ARTStor

Paintings and Tapestries from the Getty:
ARTstor is pleased to announce two new collections from the Getty. The first, J. Paul Getty Museum Collection, contains nearly 400 paintings from the 14th century through the early 20th century. The second collection, Study Photographs of Tapestries in the Getty Research Library, contains over 4,000 images from the Tapestries Collection. Read more ...

Greek, Hellenistic and Roman sculptures from the Berlin State Museums:
ARTstor has just added 301 images of Greek, Hellenistic and Roman sculptures from the Collection of Classical Antiquities at the Berlin State Museums. Read more ...

Historic Illustrations of Art and Architecture:
ARTstor has released over 300 images of historic art and architecture illustrations to the Digital Library. This collection, created by Allan Kohl, contains illustrations originally published during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Read more ...

To access ARTStor, visit Library Online and select "Articles and Databases." Contact a librarian for current username and password and for information on how to setup an ARTStor account.

SPC is named one of top 10 tech-savvy community colleges!

The Center for Digital Education, "examines and documents how community colleges have progressed in using information technology to deliver services to their students, faculty and staff." St. Petersburg College was ranked 3rd in the United States for large colleges (i.e., 7,500 students or more). Click here to read the 2007 Digital Community Colleges Survey.

InfoTubey Award-winning Video

The Computers in Libraries conference conducted its 1st annual InfoTubey Awards tonight. I was there and wanted to share my favorite library video: Seneca Library Holiday Song. Unfortunately, Mark was unable to attend the ceremony, so he recorded his acceptance speech. Watch it here.

If you'd like to watch the 4 other award-winning videos visit: http://www.infotoday.com/cil2007/Presentations/InfoTubies/InfoTUbies.ppt


Fun!

Novelist Kurt Vonnegut Jr., RIP, 4/11/07

Novelist Kurt Vonnegut Jr. passed away Wednesday April 11th 2007. He was 84 years old. Click here to read/listen to an NPR story regarding the life and works of Kurt Vonnegut Jr.