Chicago Library System: Popular Culture

Smart Mobs

Wed, 04 Dec 2002 17:31:44 GMT

Smart Mobs:

LISNews.com's has an brief article entitled "Mob behavior being altered by technology." It's a synoptic view of Howard Rheingold's new book Smart Mobs.

Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator

Thu, 24 Oct 2002 16:47:07 GMT

Harry Potter News Aggregator:

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Harry Potter Update

Wed, 09 Oct 2002 16:56:57 GMT

Harry Potter Update:

To find out the latest Harry Potter news, check out this link "Kepping Current On Your Harry News" courtesy of [LISNews.com].

Janis Ian on MP3s

Fri, 30 Aug 2002 16:29:26 GMT

More on the music industry and MP3s:

ZDNet has this piece by David Coursey, entitled "Why this Grammy winner gives away her music," on its news site. The article is based on an interview with Janis Ian, an award winning singer/songwriter.

Tue, 13 Aug 2002 21:47:17 GMT

Comics in libraries: The Daily Herald, a Suburban Chicago newspaper, has this story about comics in libraries. Also, this year at the ALA Annual Conference there was a YALSA preconference on graphic novels and several sessions on comics and young adults. Also, the State University of New York at Buffalo's Department of Library and Information Studies uses this web site in support of a course, entitled "Resources and Services for Young Adults" (LIS 535).