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Accelerated extractions of North Atlantic cod and herring, 1520–1790
Abstract: We propose the concept of Accelerated Marine Extraction to signify two periods when rapidly increasing cod (Gadus morhua, Gadidae) and herring (Clupea harengus, Clupeidae) fisheries, c.1540–1600 and c. 1730–1790...
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Three Georgia Girls Jan. 8, 1947
Winthrop News Service
Jan 01, 0001
Three Winthrop College seniors, all from Georgia, were selected for Who's Who among students in American colleges and universities for 1946-47. Mary Lay Ewing of Augusta is a journalism major and editor of The Johnsonian. Billye...
Published by: Winthrop University
Winthrop Students Compete in "Battle of the Brains" at Georgia Southern
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
The "Battle of the Brains" contest will bring the smartest IT talent from the region to Georgia Southern University on Oct. 29. The team that solves the most problems correctly in the least amount of time will win a coveted spot...
Published by: Winthrop University
Georgia Southern Administrator Selected as Dean of Richard W. Riley College of Education
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
Dr. Jennie Rakestraw, associate dean for graduate programs and a professor in the College of Education at Georgia Southern University, was named today as the dean of the Richard W. Riley College of Education at Winthrop...
Published by: Winthrop University
Comment on Herring et al. The Use of "Retardation" in FRAXA, FMRP, FMR1 and Other Designations. Cells 2022, 11, 1044.
This commentary is written in response to the recent article from Herring et al., discussing the eradication of the offensive term "retardation" from gene nomenclature. We discuss the work of the HUGO (Human Genome Organisation)...
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Inspired Images: On Georgia O'Keeffe & Alfred Stieglitz's Collaborative Photographs
Jack A Meyer
Jan 01, 0001
American painter Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) and the American photographer Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946) collaborated on a twenty year photographic portrait. With Stieglitz as photographer, and O'Keeffe as model, the two artists...
Published by: Ursinus College
Revisiting Gregg v. Georgia: Racial Bias and the Legality of the Death Penalty
Joseph Heasley
Jan 01, 0001
In Furman v. Georgia (1972), the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the capital convictions of Jackson Furman and other African American inmates sentenced to death, holding that the death penalty could not be applied lawfully given...
Published by: Ursinus College
Save the Internet
Mark Y. Herring
Jan 01, 0001
With rare exception, nothing has galvanized activists and those of us in libraries more these days than net neutrality. It's also "a thing" with just about everyone else. If you "google" the phrase, the first two or three...
Published by: Winthrop University
Library Permanently Closed: See Google
Mark Y. Herring
Jan 01, 0001
magine if you will the near perfect statefunded program. Yes, I know, such words sound like an oxymoron, given the track record of both state and federally-funded programs, past, present and undoubtedly in the future. Indeed...
Published by: Winthrop University
Here's looking at You, Selfie
Mark Y. Herring
Jan 01, 0001
By the time you read this column this story may have lost all it relevance but it has made a bit of a dust up lately and so I think it deserves some further treatment. About two weeks ago, the cyberverse was all a twitter about...
Published by: Winthrop University
Using Twitter to Form Professional Learning Communities
Social media has become an important tool for informal teacher professional development. Although there is a growing body of research investigating issues across the US, there is a lack of research on teacher professional...
Can A Leopard Change Its Spots?
Mark Y. Herring
Jan 01, 0001
At the time of this writing, the single biggest library-related news is Elsevier's acquisition of bepress [sic]. The move startled information pundits on several counts. First, none of us knew about the deal until it had been...
Published by: Winthrop University
But a Whimper
Mark Y. Herring
Jan 01, 0001
In my last rustication, I opined the details of the 300-page Google Book Deal settlement made in late 2008 between Google and authors and publishers vis-à-vis Google's massive digitization scheme (those cases, viz., Authors...
Published by: Winthrop University
We ' re All Me-ists Now
Mark Y. Herring
Jan 01, 0001
While greed isn't good, read is. But reading is taking a beating in this digital age. Can reading survive? If it can't, is there any hope for libraries?
Published by: Winthrop University
How Do You Like Your Librarianship: Straight-up or Blended?
Mark Y. Herring
Jan 01, 0001
Is blended librarianship another fad in a long list of them, or is it a new trick for old dogs?
Published by: Winthrop University
Oh! The Tangled Web
Mark Y. Herring
Jan 01, 0001
Now before hundreds rush in with that inane, "One man's Mede is another man's Persian" argument, permit me to define Internet pornography. It isn't difficult at all.
Published by: Winthrop University
Libraries in the Cyberage, Part III
Mark Y. Herring
Jan 01, 0001
The roots of librarianship have been sorely shaken by the Internet, but to what extent and how much remains to be seen.
Published by: Winthrop University
YouIdiot.com
Mark Y. Herring
Jan 01, 0001
While researching something else, I ran across an item in a business journal my eye ran across another item. In research this is called serendipity, something we do not hear so much about any more these days.
Published by: Winthrop University
Libraries in the Cyberage
Mark Y. Herring
Jan 01, 0001
Carol Clancy, Senior Council for the National Center for Children and Families, makes a scholarly plea for libraries to filter pornography.
Published by: Winthrop University
Work in the Wuhan Wilderness
Mark Y. Herring
Jan 01, 0001
Although we had thought through just about everything, working from home proffers numerous challenges. I've never been a fan of work from home, nor flextime, though as dean I have allowed both for a short time. While I did think...
Published by: Winthrop University
Save the Internet
Mark Y. Herring
Jan 01, 0001
With rare exception, nothing has galvanized activists and those of us in libraries more these days than net neutrality. It's also "a thing" with just about everyone else. If you "google" the phrase, the first two or three...
Published by: Winthrop University
E-e-e-e-asy Does It
Mark Y. Herring
Jan 01, 0001
Is it just my e-magination, or are we in an e-lust for e-books? E-verywhere I look, now, I seem to e-ncounter something about eBooks. I have been ebombarded recently with a glut of eBook offers.
Published by: Winthrop University

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