Vatican II: Colloquium & Research Guide
On September 20, 2012, Loyola University Chicago’s Center for Catholic Intellectual Heritage will host a special colloquium celebrating the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council of the Roman Catholic Church. Prominent scholars will present and discuss the living legacy of Vatican II, addressing topics such as ecclesiology, women in the Church, […]
Tech Trends w/ Tara: Earth Day Edition
In 1970, Senator Gaylord Nelson championed the creation of Earth Day as a way to bring the public’s growing ecological and environmental concerns to the forefront of the national agenda. We would see the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency in December of that year and the Clean Air and Water Acts ushered in a […]
Tech Trends w/ Tara: Mobile Security
Everyone knows they need security on their personal computers to protect them from malicious exploits and attacks. But what about our mobile devices with web capabilities? We use smartphones and tablets to access our bank accounts, medical records, company resources, and other sensitive data. We click away on unknown links, download 3rd party apps, and […]
Tech Trends w/ Tara: Apple’s big education announcement
Today Apple announced its official entrance into the e-textbook field promising to revolutionize education’s outdated, static, and expensive print model. Here’s a run down of the 3 main parts of today’s announcement. iBooks 2: Apple released an update for its primary reading application chock full of education enhancements. These include the ability to highlight, […]
Tech Trends w/ Tara: Webpages into Ebooks
Just a quick Tech Trends post as everyone races to holiday gatherings near and far… There is a new Google Chrome browser extension called dotEPUB which allows you to download webpages into EPUB formatted documents. This means you can find articles on the web, convert them into EPUBs, and download them onto your favorite EPUB-friendly device […]
Season’s Greetings from ARTstor!
Celebrating the season with ARTstor Click here for the original post: December 6, 2011 by ARTstor The Loyola Libraries invite you to get into the holiday spirit with images of celebrations and feasts, from leftovers at a Greek party in 2nd century AD to a rollicking Hasidic dance in 1940, from our great online image database, ARTstor. […]