Monthly Archives: June 2006

Freaks, Monsters, & Prodigies: an Image Database for Literary Studies

By way of boingboing, as usual, I discovered an unbelievable example of how image repositories and the study of literature are made for one another. John Anzalone, professor of French at Skidmore College, in collaboration with the Tom Hickerson and … Continue reading

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Social Networking and Global Nationalisms

Fred Stutzman, manager of the Lyceum project and co-founder of claimID.com, has an excellent post about five huge social networking sites. Despite frequent assumptions that Web 2.0’s social networking is always already a global phenomenon, the five sites listed in … Continue reading

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Ten Years Online @ The Washington Post

This article looks back at the Washington Post’s ten year relationship to the online publishing world, arguing that not until quite recently has the MSM started imagining the full potential of online publishing -with a little help from the blogosphere … Continue reading

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WSJ on Craigslist Refusal to Advertise

Interesting article in WSJ about Craigslist turning its nose up at half a billion dollars in advertising revenue. Craigslist’s obstinate insistence on giving away what newspapers have made their bread and butter has gotten the company a lot of media … Continue reading

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Setting up a MySQL Database for Lyceum

I had mentioned that I would further detail the steps of setting up a MySQL database for Lyceum for those of you that may be unfamiliar with the process. Keep in mind, however, that the following steps assume that you … Continue reading

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DAMS: thinking the future of scholarship digitally

Update: For a nice overview of Digital Asset Management Systems on college campuses check out the recent article in Campus Technology. Thanks Andy! Well, I have been away from bavatuesdays for a while now, and I have been beating myself … Continue reading

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