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Chalkboard Animation: FireKites “Autumn Story”
This is a really cool chalkboard animation that is very well made. I can’t imagine how long this took to draw, but it there must be hundreds, if not thousands of drawings from this one animation....
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Unshelved Library Comic
Here is a great comic strip that deals specifically with libraries and library issues, and it includes an archive which can be browsed. http://www.unshelved.com/Posted in Art, Libraries, Unshelved...
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Creative Commons Images in Google Image Search
According to the Google Operating System (unofficial Google blog), Google will add an option to limit images searches to those with Creative Commons licenses. In other words, you will be able to search...
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Scholarly Communication in the PHD Comics
For those who are involved with the scholarly publication process, here is a comic that discusses the publication process (from the publisher’s perspective): scientists give their work to publishers...
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Wordle
You’ve probably seen the work of Wordle without knowing what it is or does. From a campus meeting that took place yesterday, I discovered Wordle.net. It groups and aggregates words that are displayed...
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The Arts and Literature
Does literature inspire art, or does art inspire literature? That’s easy to answer–art and literature inspire each other. I recently ran across a new form of poetry called “Flarf.” According to...
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More Amazing Libraries
The Huffington Post has brought together some amazing library photos once again from around the world. Canadian Library of Parliament in Ottawa Last month, we brought you a slideshow of the most...
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Olympic Data Meets Music
For sports whose winners are determined by time (the fastest participant wins), here is a fun example of how data can be represented both audibly and visually. The New York Times put together this fun...
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How to Design a Book Cover
Now this is really cool! It even include a time-lapse video (2 minutes). I had to watch the video screen by screen so I didn’t miss anything. I flies by so fast and is packed with info that I missed...
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Doodle 4 Google 2010
A little late in posting this… Google 4 Doodle Google lets kids design next logo Google kicked off its third installment of Doodle 4 Google, a yearly nationwide art contest for students in grades K–12....
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Google and Visual Arts
Considering all of the legal battles that Google has to attend to, I’ve seriously considered adding a section in my blog for Google Court Decisions. While Google continues to tackle issues with the...
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Portable Library
I had to post this link after seeing this image. It was also posted on the ALA email list… This is an awesome art exhibit/engineering/architecture statement. Read original blog post from...
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