Week+03


 * Week 3 (2/7) Reading in 2011: What is a medium? **

Your thoughts and comments on the thoughts of your classmates (Auster; Karasik, Mazzuchelli & Auster, and McCloud) by Friday 1/28.
 * DUE TODAY: **
 * PLEASE POST YOUR COMMENTS AND RESPONSES TO THE COMMENTS OF OTHERS IN THE DISCUSSION TAB OF WEEK 3 (THIS WEEK). **

What kind of medium is a book? A Kindle? An Ipad? What kind of a medium is YouTube? TV? How does the medium affect our relationship to the content?
 * QUESTIONS: **

Auster, P. (2006). City of glass. In // The New York trilogy: City of glass, Ghosts, The locked room. // Penguin classics deluxe edition. New York: Penguin Books.
 * READ: **

Karasik, P., Mazzucchelli, D., & Auster, P. (2004). // City of glass // (graphic novel). New York: Picador.

McCloud, S. (2005). // Understanding comics: The invisible art //. New York: HarperPerennial.

boyd, danah. 2006. A blogger’s blog: Exploring the definition of a medium. // Reconstruction //. 6(4).

Introduction to Woody Allen's //Manhattan// (1979)
 * WATCH: **

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Flash-based webcomics using internet tools as a medium: The Truth About Elephants Scott McCloud's website
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Using the Discussion tab of Week 3, post your thoughts on the following: How is our concept of the novel evolving in light of new technologies? What does it mean to read in 2011? How must libraries change the way we work with patrons and students in order to account for these changes? Please post your thoughts by Friday, 2/4 and use the weekend to read and comment on the posts of others.
 * DUE NEXT WEEK: **

Form an affinity group for the final project based on your common interest in a particular library setting. Send a Google Doc briefly describing your group’s intention to the instructor.
 * ALSO DUE NEXT WEEK: **