Monthly Archives: April 2013

I’m famous! I’m famous!

Posted on April 5, 2013 by lingner

I can now cross “Get a photo published by a Swedish newspaper” off the list. – Tom http://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/konst-form/nya-sidor-av-anders-zorn-pa-turne-i-usa

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The Shelf

Posted on April 4, 2013 by billcomstock

For many years, Imaging Services has been copying — on microfilm, and now digitally — books that are picked from the flood of patron returns. Todd Bachmann has been writing blog posts about some of the amazing titles that have … Continue reading →

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Graflex PhotoRecord

Posted on April 4, 2013 by billcomstock

Some version of this camera was used in Widener in the early days of employing photographic technology to reproduce library materials. This camera was eventually replaced by Kodak microflim cameras. According to Wikipedia, “Harvard University Library was the first major … Continue reading →

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Lance Keimig workshop at the Griffin

Posted on April 4, 2013 by kelliher

Not that any of us really need it, but it looks like fun. Now if I could just convince  our own Mary Kocol to do a cyanotype scarf class! http://www.griffinmuseum.org/blog/product/night-photography-workshop-with-lance-keimig/

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Colourful Notions

Posted on April 2, 2013 by David

“This BBC video above “Colorful Notions” from 1985 first summarizes the classical theory of color vision and follows with the ideas of Edwin Land who personally explains and demonstrates his experiments. It can be viewed as an introduction to this … Continue reading →

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