Throw out your Zicam ...

"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today advised consumers to stop using three products marketed over-the-counter as cold remedies because they are associated with the loss of sense of smell (anosmia). Anosmia may be long-lasting or permanent."

Read the full FDA announcement ...

Libraries Lending a Hand in Tough Times

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

History is being made - DTV is HERE!

Say goodbye to Analog.

DTV Fact Sheet

Fotopedia: Images for Humanity

Fotopedia is breathing new life into photos by building a photo encyclopedia that lets photographers and photo enthusiasts collaborate and enrich images to be useful for the whole world wide web.

Fotopedia and its community are building the largest free, photo distribution network which will provide an effective avenue for photographers to promote and monetize their premium content. Fotopedia features a consumer-friendly interface that makes it easy for anyone to create a page about subjects that matter to them. Fotepedia also allows users to nominate and vote for the most relevant images for each page.

How To Legally Watch Your Favorite Shows Without Monthly Fees

Jason Henderson at the SWOSU Library has some neat ideas:

In the digital world of 2009, more entertainment and educational video content has become available for consumption via the World Wide Web. These services are often a great value in locations where television reception can be difficult to pick up, and the only viable alternatives until now have been cable service or satellite TV services, like Dish Network and Direct TV. Click on the blue title above to access IPTV.

Online television websites include:
HULU (www.hulu.com) Programming from several major contributors including: NBC, and FOX, as well as full length motion pictures.
CBS, (www.cbs.com) Programming from CBS - Current Shows and a great collection of classics.
ABC (www.abc.com) Programming from ABC – Much of it available in High Definition!


Until now the only “problem” with this free, on-demand form of entertainment has been the need to be confined to the computer desktop. Even with the ability to watch on portable laptop computers, most users of long form entertainment wish to view programming in a more traditional manner on an actual tv, from the comfort of their favorite easy chair or sofa. One company, Mediamall technologies has come up with a solution utilizing wired/wireless DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) networking to provide exactly the experience users are looking for.

The only “catch” is a PC is needed to run the software, and then a secondary network attached “receiver” is required to be plugged in to the TV. Devices that are “fully supported” include Microsoft XBOX 360, SONY Playstation 3, Nintendo Wii (Support coming soon). In fact many other “unofficial” DLNA enabled devices work with it as well, and are listed on the official Playon website: www.themediamall.com

Peruse Life Photos of Empire State Building Being Built.

On May 1, 1931, work on a new 102-story Art Deco tower in Midtown Manhattan — the Empire State Building — was completed, a masterpiece of architecture that would rank as the tallest building in the world for 40 years. It took 3,400 men to build, most of them European immigrants who risked their very lives to finish the skyscraper in an astounding 410 days. Try not to get vertigo while you flip through our gallery of the Empire State Building in progress, with photos of unharnessed workers hundreds of feet in the air, putting it together piece by piece. Click on blue title above to access photos.

Finals Week is Here and Summer is Around the Corner!

Select a Chance card at the Circulation Desk and see what awaits you!

Leave a comment card in the Community Chest (Library News Room) and tell us how well we are serving you.

Take study breaks in the News Room - socialize with friends, pick up free snacks and drinks, and play board games.

Where?
Library's News Room

When?
8:00p.m. to closing on...
Wednesday, April 29th
Thursday, April 30th
Sunday, May 3rd
Monday, May 4th