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Free digital textbooks from the University of North Georgia Press
In partnership with the Affordable Learning Georgia initiative, the University of North Georgia Press offers a number of free digital textbooks. Most of the free digital textbooks include a Creative Commons license that allows them to be uploaded to iCollege … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Design, English, For Faculty, History, Services, Uncategorized
Tagged affordable learning georgia, art, English, history, open education; OER; open educational resources; textbooks
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Photo of the Week: Reality from “Channeled” Negatives
For his senior art portfolio, artist Pascal Raymond recycles deteriorated negatives of car wrecks to create a diptych evoking a spiritual and economic reality. The artist is using 4 x 5 inch negatives of 1960s automobile accidents originally photographed by … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Design, Economics, For Faculty, For Students, General News, Religious Studies, Special Collections & Archives
Tagged abstract, accidents, art, automobiles, Economics, Photography, spirituality
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Darwin’s Impact – A Georgia State University Library Exhibit
When was the last time you got a good look at a Neandertal’s skull? Well check out the Georgia State University Library’s Exhibit on “Darwin’s Impact.” This display is part of the university’s commemoration of the 200th anniversary of Charles … Continue reading
Posted in Books, For Faculty, For Graduate Students, For Students
Tagged anthropology, art, Biology, Charles Darwin, Darwin, Exhibits and Displays, fossils, Frank L’Engle Williams, Learning Technologies, literature, On The Origin of Species, philosophy, Psychology, research, Sean Carroll, skulls
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World’s Largest Monastery Library Restored To Baroque Splendour
“Hidden in the Austrian Alps some 250 kilometres (155 miles) southwest of Vienna, Admont’s Benedictine monastery, which was founded in 1074 and spreads over 270 square kilometres (66,720 acres), has always striven for opulence. “During expansion work in the 18th … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, art, Baroque, Books and Libraries, Libraries, Libraries - Historic Buildings
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A Compendium of Beautiful Libraries
The Curious Expeditions weblog issue of September 6 carries images of cathedrals of the book from all over the world. Click here to start.
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Tagged architecture, art, Books and Libraries, Libraries, Libraries - Historic Buildings, Libraries - Historic Collections, lilbraries
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