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Obama’s Brackets

March 24th, 2010

Sure, health care reform is big news, but what about March Madness? Get firsthand information on the presidential picks in this ESPN interview.

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google maps assignment

March 24th, 2010

google maps assignment for digital media production

1. learn google maps.

2. create a google map with at least three pins. the content attached to those pins is entirely up to you. experiment heavily with the design and layout of the pins.

3. when your map is ready, tweet about it.

4. in class on thursday, be ready to demo your map.

5. finally, find a USF student who currently has an internship or service project in san francisco. be ready to discuss the internship/project in class on thursday.

keep in mind:

a. the main thing i am testing is your ability to learn google maps with zero instruction from me.

b. i am also testing your ability to design and deliver digital content in strategic and creative ways. don't settle on your first or second idea.

c. if you have no new content to demo on thursday, do not come to class.

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Charles Everett Rush 1885-1958

March 23rd, 2010

Today (March 23) is the 125th anniversary of the birth of Charles Everett Rush. Rush began his library career as a library assistant at Earlham College in 1904 and retired as Director of the Library of the University of North Carolina in 1954. In between he held a number of library administrative posts, both public and academic. He directed the public libraries of Jackson, MI; St. Joseph, MO; Des Moines, IA; Indianapolis, IN; and Cleveland, OH. He served as Associate Librarian of Yale University and Director of Libraries for the Teachers College of Columbia University. Rush took a leave as Director of the Indianapolis Public Library in 1918 to work for the Library War Service of the American Library Association (ALA). Rush was active in ALA and other library associations and served as Vice-President of ALA (1931-32). A biographical entry for Rush by Robert L. Logsdon appears in the Dictionary of American Library Biography. A photograph of Rush is located HERE. The American Library Association Archives contains some of Rush's papers. The envelope above was mailed from the Yale University Library to the Stadtbiliothek in Frankfurt, Germany on January 30, 1935 while Rush was Associate Librarian.

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Bowl Down Poverty

March 23rd, 2010

You can make a difference in the lives of the poor by joining the members of GK at USF as we bowl down poverty! Come out for a night of fun and games for a great cause! All proceeds will benefit Gawad Kalinga (GK) at USF and our mission to take action against poverty.

Date: Wednesday, March 31st
Time: 9pm-12am
Location: AMF University Lanes
Address: 13109 North 56th Street Tampa, FL, 33617

$10 advance / $12 at door (for unlimited bowling & shoe rental)

::What is GK at USF?::

GK at USF is a newly formed student organization that is driven and inspired by the movement of Gawad Kalinga. GK is a growing global army against poverty and has already built over 1,800 villages for the poorest of the poor in the Philippines and other third world countries.

For more information about Gawad Kalinga, please visit http://www.gk1world.com and register online for the monthly newsletter.

::A Call to Action!::

The members of GK at USF believe that our generation has what it takes to “Be the change (we) want to see in the world.” We invite you to make a difference in the lives of others by refusing to pass on a world of poverty and suffering to the generations that will come after us. No matter who you are or what your background is, you can be an ordinary person doing extraordinary things. GK is a movement larger than life and you can be a part of history.

For more information about GK at USF, please join our group page at http://www.facebook.com/?sk=messages&tid=380135872591#!/group.php?gid=176438917387 or email us at usf.gawadkalinga@gmail.com

Facebook Event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=105826319439006&ref=ts

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Spencer Iowa’s Carnegie Window

March 22nd, 2010

The Spencer Public Library in Spencer, Iowa has become famous because of a cat named Dewey. But long before there was a cat named Dewey, there was a Carnegie library building in Spencer. Like Dewey, the Carnegie is no longer around to please or inspire. It met the wrecking ball in 1970, but a special architectural detail of the building still survives. That architectural detail is the leaded glass window with the word "Carnegie" which was above the entry to the library. The window is now in the possession of Paul Brenner, a resident of Spencer, IA. Paul is interested in finding our if this is a unique artifact or if something similar was used in another Carnegie library building. The architectural firm that designed the Spencer Carnegie building was Patton & Miller of Chicago, a firm that designed many libraries in the Mid-west. Placing his name on the building was not a condition for receiving a grant for a library building from Andrew Carnegie.