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Posts from the Communications Subject Specialists at Ohio University Libraries for the Faculty, Staff & Students of the E.W. Scripps College of Communication

Archive for February, 2006

Broadcast Transcripts in Factiva

Tuesday, February 28th, 2006

The Factiva database contains broadcast transcripts from news and other programs from major networks such as CBS, BBC, CNN, ABC, CNBC, FOX, NPR and more. To search for transcripts:
Enter a search string into the large search box at the top
Click the box next to Sources, then choose Transcripts under Publication Type
Then conduct the Search
See [...]

Katrina and Recovery on NPR

Monday, February 27th, 2006

Katrina and Recovery on NPR
New and archived NPR broadcast news stories on Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, including government reports and additional information.

Faculty Recognition for Publishing

Thursday, February 23rd, 2006

The OU Friends of the Libraries will hold its annual reception in honor of OU faculty and staff who have published or performed works in the previous year on Wednesday, April 5, 2006 from 3:30-4:30 p.m. If you have published a book, produced a film or other such work*, please let Diana Nichols know [...]

Photo Exhibit: War, Farms & Family in the 1930s

Tuesday, February 21st, 2006

An online exhibit that may be of interest to Photojournalism and Visual Communication students:
Bound for Glory : America in Color, 1939-1943 : A Library of Congress Exhibition
“Collection of rarely-seen color photographs taken between 1939 and 1943
by the United States Farm Security Administration/Office of War
Information. The images depict rural and farm life, the mobilization of
workers for [...]

Featured Film: Afghanistan Unveiled

Friday, February 17th, 2006

As you all probably know, I catalog new films acquired by the library. When a great title on a Communications topic comes across my desk, I’d like to share it with you. So here is the first installment of “Featured Film”:
Afghanistan Unveiled
“In November and December of 2002, 14 young women, trained as video [...]