Jeanne K. posted an article on Books for Ears - Oct 27, 2009, 5:54 am
Rag and Bone Shop Author: Robert Cormier Reader: Scott Shina Short Review: Cormier’s final novel, published posthumously, read by the talented Scott Shina. It’s disturbing, and upsett...
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Jeanne K. posted an article on SpellboundBlog.com - Archives, Digital Humanities, Cultural Heritage, Technology - Oct 15, 2009, 11:37 pm
In honor of Blog Action Day 2009’s theme of Climate Change, I am revisiting the subject of a post I wrote back in the summer of 2007: International Environmental Data Rescue Organization (IEDRO)...
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Jeanne K. posted an article on Books for Ears - Oct 13, 2009, 12:00 am
The Hunger Games (also available from Audible) Author: Suzanne Collins Reader: Carolyn McCormick Short Review: ...
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Jeanne K. posted an article on SpellboundBlog.com - Archives, Digital Humanities, Cultural Heritage, Technology - Oct 11, 2009, 11:21 pm
Over the past month I have been playing with Flickr’s new Galleries. Each gallery is limited to 18 images from anywhere in Flickr (provided that the image owner has made their image available fo...
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Jeanne K. posted an article on Books for Ears - Oct 4, 2009, 9:26 am
The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories Author: Susanna Clarke Readers: Davina Porter and Simon Prebble Short Review: Clarke’s entrancing, charming short stories about the magical world i...
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Jeanne K. posted an article on Books for Ears - Sep 29, 2009, 11:45 pm
Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side Author: Beth Fantaskey Readers: Katherine Kellgren & Jeff Woodman Short Review: Fairly standard ‘boy meets girl, boy turns out to be vampire&#...
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Jeanne K. posted an article on SpellboundBlog.com - Archives, Digital Humanities, Cultural Heritage, Technology - Sep 12, 2009, 2:21 am
Each week brings announcements of archives launching new websites. Today both my email and Twitter told me about  University of Maryland, Baltimore County’s new Digital Collections site. Who ca...
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Jeanne K. posted an article on SpellboundBlog.com - Archives, Digital Humanities, Cultural Heritage, Technology - Sep 8, 2009, 1:21 am
Andrew Flinn, University College London (UCL), was the second speaker during SAA09’s Session 202 with his presentation ‘A History of Our Own, Representing Communities and Identities on the...
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Jeanne K. posted an article on Books for Ears - Sep 6, 2009, 12:30 am
... first installment of the Southern Vampire Mysteries series (better known now as the books that inspired HBO’s TrueBlood series). Sookie ... the logical choice. Dead Until Dark is a murde...
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Jeanne K. posted an article on SpellboundBlog.com - Archives, Digital Humanities, Cultural Heritage, Technology - Aug 25, 2009, 12:07 am
Expanding Your Local and Global Audiences (Session 405, SAA 2009) shared how three institutions of higher education are using the web to reach out to new audiences. While the general public may still ...
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Jeanne K. posted an article on Books for Ears - Aug 17, 2009, 8:31 pm
Skinny Dip Author: Carl Hiaasen Reader: Stephen Hoye Short Review: An engaging, funny, environmental crime novel set in the Florida Everglades. Hiaasen is a gem, and Hoye is good but doesn’t...
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Jeanne K. posted an article on SpellboundBlog.com - Archives, Digital Humanities, Cultural Heritage, Technology - Aug 13, 2009, 10:24 am
Thank you to everyone who came to our session this morning (Building, Managing, and Participating in Online Communities: Avoiding Culture Shock Online). Word on the street is that we had about 150 peo...
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Jeanne K. posted an article on Books for Ears - Aug 6, 2009, 11:05 am
Making Money Author: Terry Pratchett Reader: Stephen Briggs Short Review: This follow-up to Going Postal follows Moist Von Lipwig as he embarks on a new venture: running the Mint at the all-too-poi...
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Jeanne K. posted an article on Books for Ears - Aug 3, 2009, 12:16 pm
Johnny and the Dead Author: Terry Pratchett Reader: Richard Mitchley Short Review: A standout story from Pratchett’s Johnny Maxwell trilogy, read with great personality and skill by Richard M...
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Jeanne K. posted an article on SpellboundBlog.com - Archives, Digital Humanities, Cultural Heritage, Technology - Jul 24, 2009, 11:27 pm
THATCamp Austin 2009 will be the first regional THATCamp. Slated for Tuesday evening August 11st, 2009 in Austin, Texas it will be held on the campus of the University of Texas, Austin. ‘THAT...
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Jeanne K. posted an article on Books for Ears - Jul 3, 2009, 4:45 pm
The Dragon’s Eye (Erec Rex) Author: Kaza Kingsley Reader: Simon Jones Extra: Introduction by author Kaza Kinglsley in which she explains how she got the idea of Erec Rex and some of her proce...
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Jeanne K. posted an article on SpellboundBlog.com - Archives, Digital Humanities, Cultural Heritage, Technology - Jun 29, 2009, 9:25 pm
Session Title: Digital Curiosities: Resource Creation Via Amateur Digitisation Speaker: Melissa Terras Overview: Review of 100 virtual museum websites and multiple flickr groups plus surveys of amat...
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