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The Oxford English Dictionary has expanded its definition of Information to over 9,000 words. Think there’s not that much to say about it? You can view parts of the for free OED online, or access the full version in City Tech’s databases.

LIB 1201
Research & Documentation in the Information Age
COMM Core
3 cl hrs, 3 cr
In this course students will explore issues in research and documentation for text (in print and online), images, sound, and multimedia. We will investigate where information comes from and how it is organized in both traditional and emerging media. Students will examine the ethics of information use and determine how to critically evaluate sources. Throughout the course, students will create and present research and documentation projects using traditional and emerging media and technologies.
Prerequisite: ENG 1101/EG 101
For more information, please contact Professor Anne Leonard.

Come by the library this Thursday, Dec 9th between 12:00 and 2:00 to pick up some new (ish) books and multimedia at this semester’s book sale!

Images above from George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead (1968) and Murnau’s Nosferatu (1922)
Editors at the Oxford English Dictionary has compiled a handy chart to help us find the answer to this immortal question. Data representing the frequency of the appearance of the words vampire and zombie in the Oxford English Corpus over the past ten years show a close race. To see how close, take a look at the data in this helpful graph, and we’ll table any discussion of werewolves (for now).

Thanks to all who visited with us at yesterday’s annual poster session. We are happy to announce that Jill Bouratoglou of Architectural Tech was the winner of the Book Court gift certificate. Happy book shopping, Jill, and thanks again to everyone for sharing their scholarship and making this a great event.
Image courtesy flickr user alykat via a Creative Commons share/remix license.

Stop by the library table at the 9th Annual Faculty Poster Session tomorrow, November 17th between 1:00 and 3:00 in Kiltgord Gym to learn about some ways that the library supports and participates in scholarship at City Tech!
Background image made available by flickr user fotologic via a share, remix & attribution Creative Commons license.

Oxford University Press on Monday named “refudiate” as the 2010 “word of the year.” The Sarah Palin creation beat out such words as “gleek,” “retweet,” and “Tea Party.” Language purists need not worry: winning this “honor” doesn’t mean the word will be added to the New Oxford American Dictionary.
source: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/11/16/qt/oxford_press_picks_word_of_the_year_refudiate

Here is a fun article by Jess Nevins on the history of science fiction pulps.

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