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Archive for September, 2007

Get the Regent Library toolbar for your browser

Posted by comartslibrarian on September 29, 2007

Power up your web browser with this free LibX toolbar and search the Regent Library Catalog, Journal Finder, Google Scholar and WorldCat.org from one convenient toolbar!

LibX Firefox toolbar: http://libx.org/editions/regent/libx-regent.xpi

LibX Internet Explorer 6.x/7 .x toolbar: http://libx.org/editions/regent/libx-regent.exe
(requires .Net 2.0 be installed first from Microsoft — see http://tinyurl.com/b88mw)

More details at: http://libx.org/editions/download.php?edition=regent

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links for 2007-09-29

Posted by comartslibrarian on September 29, 2007

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Indoctrinate U – Our Education, Their Politics

Posted by comartslibrarian on September 28, 2007

As featured at CBN.com:

Earlier this week, Columbia University came under fire for extending a speaking invitation to Iran’s radical president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Some wanted to know why the school would let a radical leader speak, but would banned the founder of a pro-border security group.

This type of double-standard is the subject for a new film called Indoctrinate U. It’s a documentary that explores the assault on free thought going on in college campuses across America. The movie opens tonight at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

Award-winning filmmaker Evan Coyne Maloney is the man behind Indocrinate U.” He’s been called “Michael Moore with integrity.”

Visit the official website of Indoctrinate U.

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Forget the classics, try a Facebook college course

Posted by comartslibrarian on September 28, 2007

“There’s no one more employable right now than someone who can program in Facebook,” said Rodney Rumford, publisher of FaceReviews.com, a blog that tracks and provides commentary on Facebook applications.

Read the story by Reuters…

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