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Updated 4/5/2021 6:42 AM Chicago's Media Burn Independent Video Archive has received a $459,150 grant from the Council on Library Resources to collaborate with the University of Chicago on digitizing hundreds of previously unseen videotapes from the 1970s, Robert Feder writes. In addition to Media Burn's content, the new Guerrilla Television Network will include work from Appalshop, Community TV Network, Experimental TV Center, Kartemquin Films and New Orleans Video Access Center.   The grant marks a significant expansion for the nonprofit treasure founded in 2003 by legendary Chicago produc...

: taught by  “ Cherie Bush,  “ : panel discussion hosted by  Allison DePrey Singleton,  MA, MLS, Sr. Librarian, Genealogy Center, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana. The CDC estimates that 20% of people age 55 years or older experience some type of mental health concern. The most common conditions include anxiety, severe cognitive impairment, and mood disorders (such as depression or bipolar disorder) - see:  https://www.cdc.gov/aging/ pdf/mental_health.pdf.  Research has shown that loneliness and social isolation can result in long-term negative health outcomes. St...

SU election supplement 2021: Acclaimed executives Vice-president academic: Renzo Pereyra  The vice-president academic is responsible for improving the academic experience and promoting undergraduate research. Their job mostly consists of sitting on committees, meeting with various members of university administration and administering programs like the Teaching Excellence Awards and Undergraduate Research Symposium. Remember that one election where some first-year student ran for president? Well, that student would be Renzo Pereyra, and he’s back — this time securing the acclaimed posit...

Coming up at the Melrose Library Community Content Library Holiday Schedule: Digital services are available 24/7 at http://melrosepubliclibrary.org. New: Introducing our new pickup printing capabilities! You can email your print jobs, up to 10 pages, to melprint@noblenet.org. There is a 24 business hour turnaround time and Reference will contact you when your document is ready to pick up at the Front Door Pickup table. There will be no cost for these prints. 
Email your document to melprint@noblenet.org. 
Please include the following details in your email:
 your name,
number of copie...

McIntosh Memorial Library of Viroqua will be launching a one-year reading and activity program on Jan. 1, 2021 titled “Creating Community Beyond Biases: Library Resources.” The program is a self-directed reading and activity humanities program intended for all ages. Through Dec. 31, 2021 the library will be acknowledging a “Heritage,” “History” or “Awareness” of-the-Month by hosting interactive virtual programs and providing accredited reading lists for diversity, inclusion, and direct-action resources. The program will offer, age specific lists of libr...