The following three stories are from the Center for Social Media blog and were written by Pat Aufderheide. Public TV and Documentarians at Silverdocs Posted by Patricia Aufderheide on June 21, 2012 At this year’s Silverdocs film festival, the largest documentary festival in the nation, public television […]
Continue readingFair Use Question of the Month: Digitizing & Streaming Videos from a University Library
This was originally posted by Kate Bieze on the Center for Social Media blog. This month’s fair use question comes from an employee in the IT department at a unversity library who is looking to take advantage of fair use in order to fulfill a professor’s request. Dear Center for Social Media, I work in […]
Continue readingWriter/Director Nora Ephron dies at age 71
Nora Ephron, the writer and director responsible for some of the most charming movies in recent memory, passed away Tuesday at the age of 71 from a bout with leukemia. In her illustrious career, Ephron wroteSilkwood, When Harry Met Sally and My Blue Heaven as well as wrote and directed Sleepless in Seattle, You’ve Got Mail, Michael and most recently Julie […]
Continue readingBreathtaking Examples of Minimal Color and Beautiful Color in Web Design
Minimal Color See more examples of minimal color in web design as seen on Web Design Ledger.Beautiful Color See more examples of beautiful color usage in web design as seen on Web Design Ledger.
Continue readingChronological Pulp Fiction Infographic
Digital media designer Noah Daniel Smith designed this cool infographic which illustrates the film in chronological order. View a larger version. As seen on Slashfilm You can also check out a high-speed two minute video version below or the regular speed version, which is available from the Media Services Home Use Collection: Pulp Fiction – […]
Continue readingSummer Software Training at the New Media Center
The New Media Center is located on the lower level of the library past the Technology Services desk, next to Media Services. The NMC conducts open workshops on a variety of topics related to multimedia production. These 30 to 60 minute sessions are open to all AU faculty, staff and students with all levels of […]
Continue readingThe AFI Discovery Channel Silver Docs Festival has begun!
The 10th Annual AFI Discovery Channel Silver Docs Documentary Festival: June 18-24, 2012Silverdocs encompasses a seven-day international film festival and five-day concurrent conference that promotes documentary film as a leading art form, supports the work of independent filmmakers and fosters an atmosphere for public dialogue and civic engagement around the issues and ideas explored in the […]
Continue readingSelected New Home Use Titles in Media Services
Check out these titles that were recently added to the Media Services Home Use Collection! Being John Malkovich – HU DVD 91* Black Hawk Down – HU DVD 346*Psycho – HU DVD 411*Elephant – HU DVD 790* Kiss Me Deadly – HU 1058*The Architecture of Doom – HU DVD 1148*Glory – HU DVD 1171*Band of […]
Continue readingTexture Tuesday: Brought to you by Abduzeedo.com
Designer Paolo Canabarro posts these great textures available for others to download and use in their graphic design and web design projects. Each Tuesday he posts new ones on Abduzeedo.com in a series called Tuesday Total Textures. Check them out!
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