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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, 2008

A Vision of Students Today

Friday, February 29th, 2008

This video about today’s college student from Prof. Wesch and students at the University of Kansas is worth repeating, and if you’ve never seen it, its definitely worth the 4 min. run time. Also take a look at their earlier video, The Machine is Us/ing Us.

Using MRI (MediaMark Reporter)

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Learn the basics of using MediaMark Reporter (MRI) to find demographic information on consumer products with this screencast by Chad Boeninger, Business Librarian.
The MRI database contains a great deal of raw statistical data on media and product use by consumers.  For more information and other suggestions for finding this kind of information, see the CommWiki [...]

Oscar Night Benefit for the Athens FilmFest

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

Your proceeds will help benefit the Athens International Film & Video Festival.  Please think about coming and supporting alternative film in Athens.
Spend Oscar Night in Athens on Sunday, February 24th at the Athena Theatre in uptown Athens. This fundraiser is organized by Friends of the Festival. Be ready to strut your stuff for the camera, [...]

Newspaper Workshop

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

The re-scheduled Newspaper Workshop will be held Wed Feb. 13 at noon in Alden Library Room 323. This workshop is open to all faculty, staff and students — no registration.
“This workshop will introduce you to the basics of searching for newspaper articles. We’ll go over the best places to look for both current and [...]

Cinematheque Films for February

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

Help spread the word — February’s Arts for Ohio Cinematheque is offering seven films, including many good documentaries.  Students attend FREE.
More about the Cinematheque