The Library of Congress offers a peek into their historic photo collection. This project launched January 2008. Through a collaborative effort between Library of Congress and online photo sharing service Flickr, photos from the "Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information" to "the George Grantham Bain News Service, selected panoramic photographs, and other photos from the collections..." can be viewed. The photos can be found at the Library of Congress' photostream.
Nielsen Library also has hundreds if not thousands of rare and beautiful photos of people and places in the San Luis Valley. Reference Librarian Paul Mascarenas and Adams State College Student Bedawi Gomez have begun scanning these photos and posting them to Flickr. There are photos donated from local historian Ruth Marie Colville to pictures that have been stored in the archives for well over 25 years. Photos date from late 1800's & early 20th century. Pictures of downtown Alamosa in 1919 to Old La Veta Pass are now available on Flickr. This is a culturally significant project that gives the community of the San Luis Valley an opportunity to view, comment, and tag photos that might not otherwise be seen. Photos can be seen at Nielsen Library's photostream.
Paul
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Summer reading...Summer romance
Although the weather does not indicate that summer is near, we can take comfort in curling up with a good book. The problem is deciding on what to read. Should you visit your library and peruse the shelves, read book reviews, ask your co-worker what she/he is reading, Oprah?
Allow me to toss my two cents into this reading conundrum. Recently NPR aired a story about the publishing industry, more specifically: Romance Novels. You may be chuckling to yourself or you may be tempted to add a steamy novel to your summer reading list. The report was specific to author Elsie Washington, under the pen name Rosalind Welles, who is touted as the first African-American romance novelist. If you have noticed the book covers up to this point have been filled with bare chested men and enraptured women, "Lots of passion, zilch diversity." This would be Washington's only romance novel but it set the tone for aspiring "ethnic novelists" and readers. Her novel is entitled Entwined Destinies.
Another article on CNN discusses the impact romance novels has on the publishing industry. After many successful years of hard bodies and plot lines that may even make me blush, romance novels are responsible for $1.375 billion dollars in book sales each year.
Paul
Allow me to toss my two cents into this reading conundrum. Recently NPR aired a story about the publishing industry, more specifically: Romance Novels. You may be chuckling to yourself or you may be tempted to add a steamy novel to your summer reading list. The report was specific to author Elsie Washington, under the pen name Rosalind Welles, who is touted as the first African-American romance novelist. If you have noticed the book covers up to this point have been filled with bare chested men and enraptured women, "Lots of passion, zilch diversity." This would be Washington's only romance novel but it set the tone for aspiring "ethnic novelists" and readers. Her novel is entitled Entwined Destinies.
Another article on CNN discusses the impact romance novels has on the publishing industry. After many successful years of hard bodies and plot lines that may even make me blush, romance novels are responsible for $1.375 billion dollars in book sales each year.
Paul
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