http://psgvl.blogsome.com Providing information to Penn State Great Valley faculty, staff and students. Wed, 25 Jul 2007 16:27:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Learn about our Graduate Programs and Continuing Professional Education Opportunities by networking with professors, current students, alumni, and staff! Thursday, August 9, 2007 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Penn State Great Valley Safeguard Scientifics Building For more information go to: http://www.gv.psu.edu/openhouse/ http://psgvl.blogsome.com/2007/07/25/psgv-all-campus-open-house/ Penn State University Libraries recently unveiled its new website at www.libraries.psu.edu. Some of the new features on the front page include detail on Multisearch - which enables users to search multiple databases simultaneously; searching The CAT (our online catalog), Google Scholar, and Google Books in a drop down box feature; ... http://psgvl.blogsome.com/2007/01/04/university-libraries-unveils-new-website/ A more scholarly version of the popular Wikipedia - called Citizendium - will be launched in the upcoming weeks. This wiki will only contain contributions from experts and scholars of various disciplines. The project’s creator, Larry Sanger, is a co-founder of Wikipedia and has become one of its most vocal ... http://psgvl.blogsome.com/2006/10/19/a-scholarly-alternative-to-wikipedia/ Microsoft is preparing to release its wireless competitor (Zune) to Apple’s wildly popular Ipod and; a Zune Marketplace for downloads of music and other materials. Available in three colors (black, white, & brown), analysts are doubtful that the new device will erode Ipod’s popularity among the masses. Read more about Zune ... http://psgvl.blogsome.com/2006/09/15/is-microsofts-zune-the-ipod-slayer/ Apple unveiled their new Ipods today (including a smaller version of the Shuffle) that will have popular video games like PacMan and Tetris. A new 80 gigabyte Ipod will retail for about $350. Also, the Itunes store will begin selling movies from Disney, MiraMax, Touchstone, and Pixar in ... http://psgvl.blogsome.com/2006/09/12/apple-unveils-new-ipods-movie-downloads/ While news in technology has been fairly light for the past several weeks, Apple “cranks” things up by hinting of possible movie downloads for their extremely popular IPod. The rumor has gained traction with the media as many tech reports received invitations to a September 12th press event with ... http://psgvl.blogsome.com/2006/09/05/apple-hints-at-movie-downloads-through-media-invites-today/ Paranormal experts believe that they have hard core evidence that the 100 year old Phoenixville Library is haunted by the ghost of a man and his dog. According to library legend, books have been seen sliding off of the shelves and a pencil holder has been seen spinning. ... http://psgvl.blogsome.com/2006/08/16/phoenixville-library-plagued-by-ghostly-visitor/ Google has announced that there are no plans in the works to launch a national Wi-Fi Network - although they are currently rolling out wireless Internet service in Mountain View, CA (the city where Google is based). There are approximately 300 open bids in the United States for municipal Wi-Fi ... http://psgvl.blogsome.com/2006/08/16/no-plans-for-google-wi-fi-serviceyet/ University of California and Google announced plans for the university to join Google’s massive book scanning project. The deal tocovers all the libraries in UC’s 10-campus system, making this the biggest expansion of Google’s effort to convert millions of library books into digital form since a group of authors and ... http://psgvl.blogsome.com/2006/08/14/u-of-california-libraries-join-googles-book-scanning-project/ The New Orleans Public Library is in the process of rebuilding their collection and is willing to accept donations of all kinds. However, there is a frequently asked questions section for those interested in providing materials. Click onto this link to learn more. http://psgvl.blogsome.com/2006/08/08/help-the-new-orleans-public-library-rebuild/