Month: November 2010
Food for Fines Has Begun!!
That’s right, Food for Fines is officially on for the next month. Have you got Media Services fines for Home Use Collection DVDs that were returned a bit late? Act now! This is the perfect opportunity to take care of your fines as you help others this holiday season. For the past fifteen years, the … Continue reading “Food for Fines Has Begun!!”
That’s right, Food for Fines is officially on for the next month. Have you got Media Services fines for Home Use Collection DVDs that were returned a bit late? Act now! This is the perfect opportunity to take care of your fines as you help others this holiday season.
For the past fifteen years, the AU Library has partnered with the AU community to provide food for those in need, while giving people a break on their library fines. This year the tradition continues with the Capital Area Food Bank’s Kids Cafe.
Learn more about acceptable boxed and canned food items here.
Happy Thanksgiving, from Media Services!!
Here are some Thanksgiving related picks available to take home over the holiday. If you check out a Home Use DVD today, it won’t be due back until Monday, November 29! What’s Cooking? – HU DVD 251What happens when families come together for Thanksgiving? Almost anything! Tale of four very different families, as they cook … Continue reading “Happy Thanksgiving, from Media Services!!”
Here are some Thanksgiving related picks available to take home over the holiday. If you check out a Home Use DVD today, it won’t be due back until Monday, November 29!
What’s Cooking? – HU DVD 251
What happens when families come together for Thanksgiving? Almost anything! Tale of four very different families, as they cook up some tasty holiday surprises: love, betrayal, and even a few outrageous secrets! And, ultimately, discover the astonishing power love has to reconnect us all.
Miracle on 34th Street – HU DVD 2336
The real Santa is hired by Macy’s to play the department store’s Santa in the Thanksgiving Day parade, but has to prove in court that he is who he says he is.
Simpsons – Complete Second Season Disc 2 – Bart vs Thanksgiving – HU DVD 6585
In “Bart vs. Thanksgiving”, Bart runs away from home after being accused by Homer of ruining Thanksgiving.
Ice Storm – HU DVD 4051
Thanksgiving 1973. The climate is changing, both politically and physically. As the Watergate scandal unfolds in the background, the inhabitants of a small Connecticut town begin to slip into an existentialist void. Social taboos are shattered on whims and the line between adult authority and juvenile irresponsibility is practically nonexistent. Focuses on the Hood and Carver families. Chronicles a brief period of rapid moral deterioration. Their actions – including adultery, sexual experimentation, drug use and petty crimes – become increasingly unpredictable and impulsive. Once the ’ice storm’ hits, though, reality sinks in, and the severity of their situation becomes all to apparent.
New Home Use Titles!
Somewhere in Dreamland – HU DVD 172 Red Desert – HU DVD 173 The Tudors: Season 3 – HU DVD 6569 – 6571 The Tudors: The Final Season – HU DVD 6572 – 6574 The Maid – HU DVD 7717 Princess and the Frog – HU DVD 7718 Princess and the Frog – HU BLU … Continue reading “New Home Use Titles!”
Somewhere in Dreamland – HU DVD 172
Red Desert – HU DVD 173
The Tudors: Season 3 – HU DVD 6569 – 6571
The Tudors: The Final Season – HU DVD 6572 – 6574
The Maid – HU DVD 7717
Princess and the Frog – HU DVD 7718
Princess and the Frog – HU BLU RAY DVD 7718
Alice in Wonderland – HU DVD 7719
Alice in Wonderland – HU BLU RAY DVD 7719
Crazy Heart – HU DVD 7727
The Messenger – HU DVD 7728
Zabrinskie Point – HU DVD 7729
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done – HU DVD 7730
Pedro Costa Collection: Ossos – HU DVD 7731
Pedro Costa Collection: In Vanda’s Room – HU DVD 7732
Pedro Costa Collection: Colossal Youth – HU DVD 7733
Pedro Costa Collection: Supplements – HU DVD 7734
Chocolat – HU DVD 7736
World According to Garp – HU DVD 7737
Eyes Wide Open – HU DVD 7738
The Good the Bad the Weird – HU DVD 7739
DMS Help – Extra Cool Websites for Inspiration
One of the hardest things about web design is trying to decide on what you want your site to look like. It’s true that some of the coding and development can be hairy, but the design can be just as difficult. So here’s some inspiration for you. This first list is a group of rather … Continue reading “DMS Help – Extra Cool Websites for Inspiration”
One of the hardest things about web design is trying to decide on what you want your site to look like. It’s true that some of the coding and development can be hairy, but the design can be just as difficult.
So here’s some inspiration for you.
This first list is a group of rather amazing websites. Many of them employ Flash and other bells and whistles. While some of these may seem to be well beyond your skill level, they nonetheless employ excellent design aesthetics. You can learn from these.
This list is a litany of much simpler sites. Many of these can be done with simple Dreamweaver templates. See our previous blog entries for more on Dreamweaver templates.
Todd’s Tips – Learn HTML and CSS. Now!
Kind of a sad state of affairs, no? I think one thing we can take away from this image is the idea that there are so many WYSIWYG applications out there that actually writing HTML code has become a sort of lost art. But it shouldn’t be. HMTL (Hypertext Markup Language) and its companion CSS … Continue reading “Todd’s Tips – Learn HTML and CSS. Now!”
Kind of a sad state of affairs, no? I think one thing we can take away from this image is the idea that there are so many WYSIWYG applications out there that actually writing HTML code has become a sort of lost art.
But it shouldn’t be.
HMTL (Hypertext Markup Language) and its companion CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) are essential for creating high-quality websites. While the WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) applications like Dreamweaver and Front Page can take you a long way, when you really need to alter the page in a minute way to fit your awesome idea, you’re gonna need HTML and CSS.
Let me explain…
A web browser, like the one you’re using now to read this, is built to read HMTL. At least, that was the original idea. HTML allows you to upload text (Hypertext) to the net. In the beginning one could only do the bare minimum of formatting with barebones HTML. But, after a while, CSS came along. CSS is a scripting language that acts on HMTL elements in a page. It can add a number of attributes such as color, size and most importantly positioning. Moreover, it can also be used to position Java Script objects, Flash files and other, more interactive elements. So as of right now the basic developmental elements of a web page are its HMTL base and a linked CSS file that tells all those HTML elements where to go.
So, in order for you to create the best web pages you can, you need to learn these things. And here’s where you can start:
More Basic HTML Tutorials – This website might look crappy, but that’s because it uses no CSS. Despite this, you’ll find that the tutorials are very good at explaining the basics of HTML.
Also, there are a large number of tutorials on HTML and CSS as well as other web-scripting languages such as Action Script, Java Script, PHP, Ajax and Cold Fusion on Lynda.com.
DMS Help – Dreamweaver Templates
This time of year a lot of faculty offer their students the option to create a website instead of writing a final paper. But creating a website from scratch can be a very daunting task for the uninitiated. All that code. All those pages. One way to get around this it to use Google Sites … Continue reading “DMS Help – Dreamweaver Templates”
This time of year a lot of faculty offer their students the option to create a website instead of writing a final paper. But creating a website from scratch can be a very daunting task for the uninitiated. All that code. All those pages.
One way to get around this it to use Google Sites to make a code-less webpage. The problem with Google Sites is it’s gonna look like you used Google Sites. There are templates, but some are hard to manipulate…
Another, much simpler option, is to use a Dreamweaver template and then simply plug in your own content. Dreamweaver does have a few templates built in, but they are not very exciting. However, these sites have a large number of really nice and FREE Dreamweaver templates that you can download right to your computer:
Also, don’t forget that we have Dreamweaver CS5 down in the Digital Media Studio on the first floor of the library.
DMS Help – Adobe TV Brings You the Newest and Best of Adobe
It can be hard to keep up with all of Adobe’s product updates and new version features. But now you can. Adobe TV has a myriad of videos that will keep you up-to-date on your Adobe products. But that’s not all. There are also a number of tutorials on how to use all of the … Continue reading “DMS Help – Adobe TV Brings You the Newest and Best of Adobe”
It can be hard to keep up with all of Adobe’s product updates and new version features. But now you can.
Adobe TV has a myriad of videos that will keep you up-to-date on your Adobe products. But that’s not all. There are also a number of tutorials on how to use all of the different Adobe products. Most of them are in the “getting-started” range, but there are some higher-level tutorials as well.
What’s also cool about Adobe TV is the fact that you can create your own “homepage” of sorts. You create an account, tell the site what products you use and it creates a custom page for you with videos and tutorials that are specific to your needs.
Awesome Media Services news of the High Definition kind…
So we have now upgraded all our viewing rooms to accommodate Blu-ray DVDs. The Media Classroom (Which professors can reserve here.) and Room 10 both have a JVC Blu-ray player(Which also play PAL and other region DVDs) and Room 11 has a Sony Blu-ray player(Which cannot play PAL and other region DVDs). Check them out … Continue reading “Awesome Media Services news of the High Definition kind…”
So we have now upgraded all our viewing rooms to accommodate Blu-ray DVDs. The Media Classroom (Which professors can reserve here.) and Room 10 both have a JVC Blu-ray player
Remembering Dino De Laurentiis (August 8, 1919 – November 10, 2010)
Oscar-winning Italian film producer Dino De Laurentiis, a master movie showman who brought some 500 films to the big screen including “La Strada,” “Serpico,” and “Three Days of the Condor,” has died at age 91. Read more here. Here are some of his films from the Media Services Home Use Collection: Hannibal – HU DVD … Continue reading “Remembering Dino De Laurentiis (August 8, 1919 – November 10, 2010)”
Oscar-winning Italian film producer Dino De Laurentiis, a master movie showman who brought some 500 films to the big screen including “La Strada,” “Serpico,” and “Three Days of the Condor,” has died at age 91. Read more here.
Here are some of his films from the Media Services Home Use Collection:
Hannibal – HU DVD 5375
Manhunter – HU DVD 4143
Dune – HU DVD 6106
Ragtime – HU DVD 4164
Serpico – HU DVD 5485
Nights of Cabiria – HU DVD 1452
La Strada – HU DVD 2590