Monthly Archives: January 2009

Digital ICE

Posted on January 28, 2009 by

Digital ICE is a technology which works specifically with transparent and semi-transparent materials like photographic film. It fairly reliably reduces or eliminates dust, scratches, and dirt that would be otherwise visible in a scanned image, without loss of quality of … Continue reading →

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Happy 25th Anniversary to the Macintosh!

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Poster Printing at the Biomedical Library!

Posted on January 23, 2009 by

Very exciting news! The printer is open to Penn faculty, students, staff, UPHS staff, and affiliates. The poster printing service is intended for professional posters only, with priority given to scientific posters. Staff is available to print your poster, but … Continue reading →

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CALL FOR FILM SUBMISSIONS!

Posted on January 22, 2009 by

What: Greater Philadelphia Student Film Festival (GPSFF) Submission Deadlines: Regular submission ends February 1, 2009. This is about two weeks after school begins. There is no submission fee for regular submission. Late submission is from February 2nd – February 13, … Continue reading →

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Going Digital: Electronic Literature and Wikipedia (1/21/09)

Posted on January 21, 2009 by

The students in Mara Mills’ Science, Technology and Society course studied electronic literature using the multimedia facilities at the Information Commons. They also received instruction in the philosophy and design of Wikis, after which they constructed their own pages related … Continue reading →

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Backward Compatibility

Posted on January 20, 2009 by

Hi guys. Now that Adobe’s CS4 software is out, we’re starting to see people show up with files created on the newer versions that don’t open up properly in the CS3 version that we have here in the lab. Especially … Continue reading →

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Inaugural Events Viewing

Posted on January 18, 2009 by

The Library is opening the Class of 1955 Conference Room (2nd floor West, just outside of Lippincott Library) for anyone who would like to view the Presidential inauguration. The room will open for viewing at 10am on Tuesday, January 20.

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Green IT Website

Posted on January 16, 2009 by

The University’s Green Computing site has been updated and expanded. Check it out for tips on saving money and energy, extending the life of your electronic equipment, safely disposing of e-waste, and more. http://www.upenn.edu/computing/greenit/

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New Poster Printer Prices

Posted on January 14, 2009 by

Starting today, we will be charging $0.02 per square inch inch for poster printing. So if your poster is 24 inches by 36 inches, the charge would be $0.02 x 24x 36 = $17.28. Additionally, we are now required to … Continue reading →

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My Bike wins 4th in National Contest

Posted on January 13, 2009 by

Congratulations to Vince Levy, whose video, “My Bike,” just won 4th place in the national Total Recut contest. The same video won 2nd prize in our own Video Mashup contest last year. Vince created “My Bike,” a music video for … Continue reading →

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