Millions in state bonds on NM ballot

Edit Albuquerque Journal 21 Oct 2016
While higher education is the biggest ticket on the ballot, voters will also decide state bond issues for a variety of other infrastructure improvements – new buildings, senior center improvements, more books for libraries, state information technology and even a crime lab ... To support that argument, UNM created a short video showing the current state of the physics building ... Libraries ... $10,167,000, libraries improvement....

Library Advisory Commission (City of Palo Alto, CA)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Oct 2016
Apply herefor the Library Advisory Commission. The purpose of the Library Advisory Commission is to advise the City Council on matters relating to the Palo Alto City Library, excluding daily administrative operations ... The purpose of the Library Advisory Commission is to advise the City Council on matters relating to the Palo Alto City Library, excluding daily administrative operations ... Library Advisory Commission, P.O....

Taipans on the ball to promote literacy (Cairns Regional Council)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Oct 2016
Players will join local youngsters for a special First 5 Forever Storytime at the City Library next Wednesday at 10.30am. Council's Sport and Community Services Chair Cr Cathy Zeiger said it was a great opportunity for parents and children to discover the wonders of the library ... 'There is plenty of interaction and it's a wonderful way to start exploring the library as a family.'....

Dedication Ceremony (News) (City of Palo Alto, CA)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Oct 2016
Members of the community are invited to attend the grand unveiling of a new sign marking the location of the Palo Alto Art Center and Rinconada Library at the corner of Newell and Embarcadero roads ... Rinconada Library ......

Digital classrooms launched

Edit The Hindu 21 Oct 2016
Terming it as a unique experiment in the country that would pave the way to make Andhra Pradesh a knowledge State, the Chief Minister said digital content on subjects would be provided and schools linked for video-conferencing through the AP Fibre Grid ... The best persons would be selected for teaching live all over the State, covering 30-40 schools, and the video-conferencing facility would enable students clear their doubts....

Riverboat re-enacts mail on film (Coorong District Council)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Oct 2016
Coorong District Councillors have agreed to contribute $2,500 towards the production of a retail video of the mail run re-enactment across the lakes. Council will receive intellectual property rights in the production for use of the video in marketing and tourism activities ... of generating a resource library of marketing material for promotional use....

Library echo to be ‘third performer’ in unique composition (University of Salford)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Oct 2016
A composer and a scientist from the University of Salford have collaborated to create a unique piece of music designed to be played against Manchester Central Library's famous echo. Alan Williams, Professor of Collaborative Composition, has teamed up with Trevor Cox, Professor of Acoustic Engineering, on the composition which will be performed in the library's reading room on Wednesday October 26....

Faculty panel to discuss experiences with open access (Ohio University)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Oct 2016
The world of publishing is constantly changing, and in response to that change, OHIO Libraries is hosting a panel discussion on the benefits and challenges of open publishing ... The book is available for free online with a Creative Commons license through Knowledge Unlatched, an organization that works with libraries and publishers to make research more freely available....

The art of Vaughan and Bleau brings color to Gafney Library

Edit Conway Daily Sun 21 Oct 2016
WAKEFIELD — The walls of the Gafney Library in Sanbornville jump with colorful, large works with various themes this month as artists Anne Vaughan and Ruth Bleau share exhibit space ... She has displayed at Ben Franklin, Second Landing, Poppy Seed, Sarah Orne Jewett House, University of Southern Maine, and in libraries in Rochester, Dover, Somersworth, North Berwick, York and Durham....

Positive Ageing Sessions – engaging older members of our community (Armadale City Council)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Oct 2016
(Source. Armadale City Council). An introduction to Family History Research. Wednesday 2 November, 1.30 - 2.30pm. Armadale Library. Ernie Fowler, a genealogy research and family history volunteer, will provide a brief introduction to family history and discuss. Where and how to research your family history and ancestors. What the pitfalls are ... Armadale Library ... Visit library.armadale.wa.gov.au or call 9394 5125 ... (noodl. 35921546) ....

Emerging technology will be here sooner than expected

Edit Business Insider 21 Oct 2016
The report also lays out what types of content users and developers can expect on VR platforms, including gaming, video entertainment, and advertising ... VR headset manufacturers are driving both the development and distribution of VR content by investing significant technical and monetary resources in developers, in an effort to build up an exclusive content library....

45 years of Indonesian scholarship (Flinders University)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Oct 2016
A special Flinders 50th Anniversary Jembatan exhibition of the Anton Lucas Collection will open in the Noel Stockdale Room at the Flinders University Central Library from 3pm on Friday 21 October ... All are welcome at the Noel Stockdale Room at the Central Library (21 October) from 3-6pm....

Engineers Australia Queensland President’s Update (Engineers Australia)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Oct 2016
Engineers Australia Queensland President Dr Peter Ho AM FIEAust CPEng RPEQ updates you on two events he recently attended on behalf of Engineers Australia Queensland, including a children's event at the State Library of Queensland and a national climate reality series hosted at the Engineers Australia Queensland office....
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