…a thoughtful article here on a topic sounded off on here (Odyssey Online) about reading, and reading books. Julia Jackson has published a piece on reading via digital devices (versus reading a print monograph) and whether a transcendent reading experience is possible with the former. Is there something in the hyper-connectivity that simply short circuits a reading experience powerful enough to be like a religious experience? Or is this yet another case of resisting a technology to better understand circumstance…
Entries from November 2011
Julia Jackson on Reading
November 28th, 2011 · Comments Off on Julia Jackson on Reading
Tags: Books · Essay on Bibliography · Essay on Technology
Homecoming in ODY
November 4th, 2011 · Comments Off on Homecoming in ODY
…a quick shout out to all of you coming to Homecoming, a program in our Special Collections Saturday. Back to the Future, A SLU Homing Retrospective 12-4 in the Piskor Reading Room. We have a great archive of photographs and St. Lawrence ephemera and why not take a moment to take it in!
Tags: SLU Library Event
Who We Are, What We Did
November 2nd, 2011 · Comments Off on Who We Are, What We Did
Vampire Friends of the Libraries explained.
Tags: SLU Library Event