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It Plays Therefore It Is: The Cartesian Problem For Film Preservationists, Greg Wilsbacher

Faculty and Staff Publications

Film archivists are facing a new challenge as we move from digitizing analog video tape to digitizing motion picture film. Specifically, we must ask ourselves whether we want to preserve the moving image as an essence or motion picture film as a material artifact.

Together We Can: Collaborating To Meet The Needs Of At-Risk Students., Karen Gavigan, Stephanie Kurtts

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Cultural Rights And Library Development And Discourse In Sub-Saharan Africa: Is The Colonial Legacy Still Alive?, Natalia T. Bowdoin

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Reflections - Fall 2010, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Reflections

Contents:

Dignitaries Honor Hollings, Celebrate Library Dedication.....p. 1
From the Dean of Libraries.....p. 2
Scholar Commons: The Institutional Repository of the University of South Carolina.....p. 2
The Robert W. Books Collection at the Music Library.....p. 3
Hollings Library Offers New Facilities for Teaching and Special Programs.....p. 5
Libraries Acquire State-of-the-Art Scanner.....p. 6
Thomas Cooper Library Study Rooms Get a Makeover.....p. 6
Irvin Department Acquires Rare Medieval Bible.....p. 7
Exhibits at South Caroliniana Library.....p. 7
Robert E. McNair: In His Own Words.....p. 8
News From Moving Image Research Collections.....p. 8
Projects Begin for The Simms Initiatives.....p. 9
SCPC Launches Film Festival.....p. …

Thomas Cooper Society Newsletter - Fall 2010, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Thomas Cooper Society Newsletter

Contents:

University Celebrates Opening of the Ernest F. Hollings Special Collections Library..... p.1
Current and Upcoming Exhibits..... p.2
Plaques and Rooms Recognize Special Collections Library Supporters..... p.3
Hollings Library Offers New Facilities for Teaching and Special Programs..... p.6
Recent Gifts and Acquisitions..... p.7
Irvin Department Wins Advocacy Award..... p.8
Thomas Cooper Society Officers, 2010–2011..... p.8
Thomas Cooper Society Board Members, 2010–2011..... p.8

Caroliniana Columns - Fall 2010, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

University South Caroliniana Society Newsletter - Columns

Contents:

Report from the President..... p.1
Anna Heyward Taylor Artworks and Correspondences Featured..... p.1
A New Face: Harold L. Newfield..... p.2
Book Signing Features South Carolina Authors..... p.2
Report from the Director..... p.3
New Collections..... p.3-5
Blondelle Malone “The Garden Artist of America”..... p.6
Simms Initiatives to Enhance Scholarship about a Major South Carolina Author..... p.10
A Love Story on Three Continents..... p.12
Fish in the Fountain (photo)..... p.16
Carolina Day in Charleston (photo)..... p.16
Memorials..... p.16

Critical Theory, Libraries And Culture, Jenny Bossaller, Denice Adkins, Kim M. Thompson

Faculty Publications

There are disparate notions among people within the broad field of information and library science regarding exactly what comprises information science. One broad definition is provided by Tefko Saracevic: “Information science is a field of professional practice and scientific inquiry addressing the problem of effective communication of knowledge records – ʻliteratureʼ – among humans in the context of social, organizational, and individual need for and use of information” (1055- 1056). At its most basic, it seems that information science could be a neutral science if, indeed, it studies everything that is communicated, in any form. However, as noted in the …

Embedded Information Literacy In The Basic Oral Communication Course: From Conception Through Assessment, Kari D. Weaver, Penni M. Pier

Faculty Publications

This paper explores the process of embedding information literacy into a basic oral communication course. Discussion includes student performance as an impetus for change, collaborative course design between the oral communication teaching team and instructional librarians, and assessment initiatives. Suggestions for future collaborative work are articulated.

Thomas Cooper Society Newsletter - Spring 2010, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Thomas Cooper Society Newsletter

Contents:

Ernest F. Hollings Special Collections Library Set to Open this Summer at Thomas Cooper..... p.1
The Thomas Cooper Society 2009-2010 Report of the President..... p.2
The End of an Era: 45 Years of Mezzanine Exhibitions..... p.4
New Collections, New Exhibits..... p.5
In Memoriam: Dorothy Anne Petersen Ackerman, Dorothy Katherine Payne and Mary Alice Copeland Patterson..... p.6
One Hundred Fifty Thousand Rare and Special Treasures are on the Move..... p.6
Christina Rossetti Exhibit Displayed in Thomas Cooper Library..... p.7
Recent Gift Enriches Book Arts Collection..... p.7
Student Researchers Working in Graniteville Room..... p.8
Thomas Cooper Society Officers, 2009–2010..... p.8
Thomas …

Caroliniana Society Annual Gifts Report - April 2010, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

University South Caroliniana Society - Annual Report of Gifts

Contents:

Presidents - The University South Caroliniana Society..... p.1
Address by Dr. Drew Gilpin Faust..... p.2
Report of Gifts to the Library by Members of the Society During the Past Year.....p. 10
Robert Barnwell Rhett Papers, 1752–1780, 1816–1953 and undated.....p. 10
Blease & Griffith Records, 1895-1970.....p. 20
Anderson Family Papers, 1857–1865..... p. 67
Miscellaneous Items (Manuscripts, Letters, Photographs, etc.).....p. 71
Selected List of Printed South Caroliniana..... p.95
Pictorial South Caroliniana..... p.99
List of Donors of Unlisted South Caroliniana Items..... p. 105
List of New Life Members and other Contributors to the Society’s Endowment Fund..... p.106
Endowments and Funds to Benefit …

Reflections - Spring 2010, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Reflections

Contents:

Ernest F. Hollings Special Collections Library to Open in June.....p. 1
Technology Lounge Dedicated at Thomas Cooper Library.....p. 1
From the Dean of Libraries.....p. 2
Thomas Cooper Library Receives a Facelift.....p. 2
South Caroliniana Library Exhibit Honors Old Columbia Neighborhood.....p. 4
News Briefs.....p. 4
It’s All in the Cards: Celebrating and Commemorating the University Libraries Card Catalog.....p. 5
South Carolina Political Collections.....p. 6
Rare Books and Special Collections.....p. 7
Digital Collections.....p. 7
South Carolina Political Collections Exhibits.....p. 8
In Memoriam: Dorothy Anne Petersen Ackerman and Mary Alice Copeland Patterson.....p. 8
Christina Rossetti Exhibit displayed in Thomas Cooper Library.....p. 9 …

Caroliniana Columns - Spring 2010, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

University South Caroliniana Society Newsletter - Columns

Contents:

Report from the Director..... p.1
Report from the President..... p.2
Treasures from the South Caroliniana Library..... p.3
“Student Activism, Southern Style”..... p.3
Elephants Are Buried in South Carolina: True or False?..... p.4
Columbia’s Historic Gardens..... p.6
My Decade with Mary Chesnut or, the Joys of the Caroliniana Library..... p.10
University of South Carolina Student Exams, 1854 - 1917..... p.12
Southern Railway Photographic Negatives..... p.14
Papers of the Sinkler Family..... p.14
Three-volume Anthology on South Carolina Women Nears Completion..... p.15
William Gilmore Simms Conference..... p.16
Memorials..... p.16

Sc Social Studies Standards & Standards For The 21st-Century Learner Grades K-5, Sharon Matney

Student Publications

No abstract provided.

Sc Ela Standards & Standards For The 21st-Century Learner Grades K-5, Sharon Matney

Student Publications

No abstract provided.

Copyright And Education: Lessons On African Copyright And Access To Knowledge, Tobias Schonwetter, Jeremy De Beer, Dick Kawooya, Achal Prabhala

Faculty Publications

The African Copyright and Access to Knowledge (ACA2K) project is a pan-African research network of academics and researchers from law, economics and the information sciences, spanning Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Mozambique, Senegal, South Africa and Uganda. Research conducted by the project was designed to investigate the extent to which copyright is fulfilling its objective of facilitating access to knowledge, and learning materials in particular, in the study countries. The hypotheses tested during the course of research were that: (a) the copyright environments in study countries are not maximising access to learning materials, and (b) the copyright environments in study countries …

Burn After Viewing, Or, Fire In The Vaults: Nitrate Decomposition And Combustibility, Heather M. Heckman

Faculty and Staff Publications

Although the fire risks associated with nitrate film stock are widely known, understanding of the relationship between nitrate decomposition and combustibility remains weak. This paper surveys the contradictory descriptions of decomposition and combustibility of motion picture film in current archival and safety literature, evaluates their sources, and compares them to descriptions by image stability researchers and chemists. Throughout, the author argues that the dialogue among the archival, safety, and scientific communities is inadequate and that no community has satisfactorily established the evolution of flammability as nitrate decomposes. The author concludes by outlining a plan for nitrate research and advocacy over …