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INSPIRED BY “FOTO-NOVELAS” COMBINES THE EVERYDAY AND THE FANTASTIC

San Francisco, CA)— In October 1997, the Independent Television Service (ITVS), first presented Executive Producer Carlos Avila’s FOTO-NOVELAS, four original dramas inspired by the fantastic elements of the Mexican and Latin American pulp novel tradition, where everyday reality is woven with otherworld surrealism. This innovative and entertaining quartet of half-hour dramas produced, directed, written and […]

Publishing for the Little Folks

For $2 a pop, all the public documents filed in the case against the Los Angeles Lakers basketball star can be downloaded from the RedPaper, a 3-week-old collaborative website written by “citizen reporters.” Read the Full Article

Real-time, Synchronous Web conference on: accessibility and Usability

EASI is the premiere provider of online learning about accessible information technology having reached more than 4,000 participants in more than 3 dozen countries since 1993. EASI continues to deliver month-long courses, but we are now adding interact, voice chat presentations lasting 60-90 minutes. The web conference room has a limited number of seats, and […]

World’s largest astronomical CCD camera installed on Palomar Observatory telescope

This telescope has been working to improve our understanding of the universe for nearly 55 years. The new upgrade will help it to push the limits of the unknown for years to come. Read the Full Article

Eloquent Images: Word and Image in the Age of New Media

Some scholars celebrate the proliferation of digital images, arguing that it suggests a return to a pictorial age when knowledge was communicated through images as well as through words. Others argue that the inherent conflict between texts and images creates a battleground between the feminized, seductive power of images and the masculine rationality of the […]

Independent Lens Kicks Off New Season With “Worst Possible Illusion: The Curiosity Cabinet Of Vik Muniz” Magical, Exhilarating Film About Rising Latino Artist

(San Francisco, CA)— It’s not often that a documentary film leaves the viewer smiling, joyful—even inspired—but WORST POSSIBLE ILLUSION: The Curiosity Cabinet of Vik Muniz is just such a film. An intimate look at the life and work of one of the art world’s rising young stars, the film reveals Brazilian artist Vik Muniz and […]

Books24x7 Signs Agreement with John Wiley & Sons to Add Full Line of Wrox Titles to Its Online Library for IT Professionals

Under the agreement, Books24x7 will begin to immediately add the full line of Wrox titles to ITPro, its online library for technical professionals; all 36 titles should be live by the end of 2003. Books24x7 also plans to add new titles published under the Wrox imprint as they are released. Founded in 1992, Wrox Press […]

Canada’s Digital Collections

This Web site is one of the richest, most significant sources of Canadian content on the Internet. As a visitor to this award-winning site you can explore a vast array of multimedia resources celebrating Canada’s history and culture, its landscapes, technology, scientific discoveries, and Aboriginal communities.Read the Full Article

Netstudy.ca

Qualitative research using the Internet is the MAIN focus, but the site may also more generally serve anyone interested in the practices, products, and effects of the Internet. The site is hosted in Canada and strives to maintain a traditionally Canadian approach to communications scholarship. Read the Full Article

Oregon State University Offers Historic Images Of Willamette Online

The project is part of the University Libraries’ commitment to making important research materials more widely available through digital technology, officials say. Read the Full Article