GENERAL NEWS: Spring Fling (from March 30, 2010)

March 30, 2010 (sorry for the hiatus from the blog, I'm back!)
Dear Friends and Colleagues,

Eighty degrees! That’s right, 80° and watching each spring bud is like time-lapse photography as they are opening so quickly. Bradford Pears and Cherries are out, Dogwoods and Azaleas on the way! Hurray!

So it must be time for a SPRING FLING! Join us in celebration at Dr. Sam’s house on Friday, April 16 around 6 p.m. Dress is casual and families are welcome. I hear there may be a BOCCE BALL game, good food, cold drinks, great music and fun for all – rain or shine.

2928 Delano
Columbia 29204
803-782-3256

In the meantime, here are 5 things of interest:

1. How we'll get a gigabit to US hospitals, libraries, colleges [Ars Technica]
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/03/how-well-get-1gbps-to-every-us-hospital-library-and-college.ars

2. Decision on Google library likely to change publishing indelibly [The Seattle Times]
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2011400151_googlelibrary21.html

3. Texts Without Context [The New York Times]
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/books/21mash.html

4. How today’s college students use Wikipedia for course-related research [First Monday]
http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2830/2476

5. Library of humans [Macleans]
http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2010/03/05/library-of-humans/

Yours,
Sam