Academic Libraries

Jazz Discovery at Library of Congress

November 2, 1999 - 12:00pm — Rochelle

Here is a
story from the New York Times on the discovery by the Library of Congress of a
previously unknown recording of the Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane.
There are very few recordings of this period of John Coltrane's career. "During this period, Coltrane fully collected himself as an improviser, challenged by Monk and the discipline of his unusual harmonic sense. Thus began the 10-year sprint during which he changed jazz completely, before his death in 1967."
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Too soon to let computers replace university libraries

November 2, 1999 - 12:00pm — Rochelle

Anonymous Patron writes "The Japan Times Online has one that looks at The University of Texas (UT) at Austin's decision to remove almost all the books from its undergraduate library to provide space for a digital learning center, where students can use computers to access a wide variety of information. University officials are proud to be leading a trend.
It is good to see academia catching up with technology. But what are the repercussions of this shift? I am thinking about this from various perspectives: Teacher, researcher, author and reader.

Note from RH: The article mistakenly identifies the library as being in Houston. It's at the UT-Austin."

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Student tasered at UCLA library

November 2, 1999 - 12:00pm — Bibliofuture

madcow writes "Story, with video, of a student being tasered at UCLA's Powell Library CLICC computer lab, after not producing a student ID.
Read here."

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Man pleads guilty to watching child porn at uni

November 2, 1999 - 12:00pm — Rochelle

Mister Cow Cow writes "From Iowa: Man pleads guilty to watching child porn at university library, A man accused of watching child pornography on a computer at the main library at the University of Iowa last summer has pleaded guilty to a charge of sexual exploitation of a minor.

Russell Pitcher of Coralville faces up to five years in prison and a 75-hundred dollar fine.

According to campus police, Pitcher was caught watching child porn at the library in August. He also had a box of computer disks, two of which contained child porn."

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