clio697tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-6297462008-04-03T13:03:52-04:00TypePadThe New York Public Library and Oral Comprehensivestag:typepad.com,2003:post-479228402008-04-03T13:03:52-04:002008-04-03T13:03:52-04:00I'm stuck in a time warp preparing for oral comprehensives for the PhD in American History at George Mason. It's an amorphous, foggy place where the quest for resolution and definition unceasingly chases its own tail. The New York Public...lee ghajarhttp://tracing.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/04/the-new-york-pu.htmlWho reads history? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-453597062008-02-08T22:47:55-05:002008-02-08T22:47:55-05:00CBS news anchor, Katie Couric, asked presidential candidates ten tough questions, including, "Which book, besides the Bible, would you consider essential to have at the White House? History materials predominate, with the exception of Huckabee who selected a book co-authored...lee ghajarhttp://tracing.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/02/who-reads-histo.htmlFlickr and the Library of Congress...further adventures in the democratization of historytag:typepad.com,2003:post-450060222008-02-01T16:09:20-05:002008-02-01T16:09:20-05:00The Library of Congress hasn't always been friendly to the public-at-large. Well into the latter half of the twentieth century, institutional culture reflected its original purpose as a reference library for Congress, and directions to researchers seeking access to its...lee ghajarhttp://tracing.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/02/flickr-and-the.htmlNew semester, new blog reduxtag:typepad.com,2003:post-391032152007-09-19T11:22:43-04:002007-09-19T11:22:43-04:00The fall semester, 2007, History and New Media course at George Mason University is History and Cartography, again taught by Professor Paula Petrik. So, new semester, new class, new blog...lee ghajarhttp://tracing.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/09/new-semester-ne.htmlGone fishin'...tag:typepad.com,2003:post-349529562007-06-05T11:56:37-04:002007-06-05T11:56:37-04:00lee ghajarhttp://tracing.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/06/away_for_the_su.htmlWhat is there about this class???tag:typepad.com,2003:post-338334442007-05-08T19:37:36-04:002007-05-08T19:37:36-04:00The Clio classes at George Mason are difficult and take many of us places we've never gone before. Read the blogs...people go gray, spew bitter invective, question their self-worth, consider dropping out of grad school, and evaluate the merits of...lee ghajarhttp://tracing.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/05/what_is_there_a.htmlGaming, redux...tag:typepad.com,2003:post-332254622007-04-23T12:24:39-04:002007-04-23T12:24:39-04:00Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester of the 617th Military Police Company, a National Guard unit out of Richmond, Ky., received the Silver Star for actions during a convoy ambush in Iraq. She was the first woman to earn that medal since...lee ghajarhttp://tracing.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/04/gaming_redux.htmlWikipedia, instrument of the devil or new media success story?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-329749222007-04-16T17:30:21-04:002007-04-16T17:30:21-04:00For the last couple of days, the Virginia History List, a discussion service of the Library of Virginia in Richmond, has tackled the issue of Wikipedia. Negative critics mingle with enthusiastic proponents, but two criticisms predominate--the issue of accuracy and...lee ghajarhttp://tracing.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/04/wikipedia_instr.htmlInteractivity, gaming and learningtag:typepad.com,2003:post-327286302007-04-10T18:26:05-04:002007-04-10T18:26:05-04:00A propos of this week's site visits assigned in Clio: The Lost Museum: three stars because of the linkage between narrative, image and archival materials, albeit a sometimes tenuous one in terms of locational linkage, and the option to dig...lee ghajarhttp://tracing.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/04/interactivity_g.htmlMinimalism works...tag:typepad.com,2003:post-324593762007-04-03T11:18:07-04:002007-04-03T11:18:07-04:00This week's Clio class readings cover visual architecture in site design. The presentation of Carole Guevin's article, Visual Architecture: The Rule of Three ignores her own best rules, yet demonstrates perhaps equally relevant points for historians that Wroblewski emphasizes in...lee ghajarhttp://tracing.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/04/minimalism_work.html