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Sara Gallo and David Staniunas transplanted themselves to Columbus, Ohio for SG's pursuit of the MFA in Ceramics at Ohio State. David got jealous, insisting that he have the most degrees in the household, and entered the MLIS program at Kent State. Here is where we distribute quick doses of information about things that pique our interest, projects in the works, sources for current work, pressing issues in foreign policy, and so forth. Let us know what's up, Yrs -- S G & D SPosts
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This one’s for the robots
Laurie Fendrich, of Hofstra, wonders in her Chronicle blog why oh why doesn’t anybody pipe up when she writes about art?
Neighborhood pathfinder
The irony here is that a week after I had to make this for my Reference class, I started house-hunting in Philad’a again: Indexes and narrative fun for the obsessed researcher in Philadelphia place name origins
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Fake archive
This week in Reference, we were required to develop a quick reference collection development document, fit for the sort of place we’d like to work in the future. Since I dearly miss Philadelphia, the following is what emerged. The unexpected result: my fake archive really needs a copy of Jefferson Moak’s Philadelphia Street Name Changes [...]
Girl Talk for Reference and Information Services
Apropos of giving Dr. Kearns’ Reference class a conceptual framework for the mashup… Video starts at 01:27, so don’t freak out. This is the good part… Enjoy: – ds
Beware, young Homesteaders
SO there’s a NYT article on Mayor Bing’s plans — and those of Design Ecclesiasts — to consolidate services in Detroit. No one really knows how this is going to occur, but the first demolitions will start in the winter. I got to thinking plenty of midwestern cities had cheap land and boomed after the [...]
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C I T Y | C E N T E R sketches
Intermittently working on a ppt for Urban Art Space. Trying to figure out the posture of the text; who’s speaking here, and why? Would like to avoid making a mock-later-Godard, but that boat has probably sailed. Still going to insert animated sequences and noise. Still hunting for more about the Town/High area. Anyone who wants [...]
What’s up, Lazarus?
SO: looking at the Lazarus building, working on Ohio Memory at OHS, thinking of that show coming up in the summer, I’ve been preparing materials for a big fat pseudo-educational PowerPoint presentation, all about the City of Columbus, as near as I understand it. Turns out Google has a host of stuff about the early [...]
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