5 #duke only started this process near the end of the semester. The staff and prof side of the firing has been publicly shared. I have not seen anyone mention the #librarians being fired. IMO it feels as if they waited for students to leave before they took these actions.

#academia #library

3 What will happen to a university with less staff, profs, and #librarians? How can the #library be managed if multiple area specialists are being fired. How can those areas be managed?

#academia

In positive #library news...

#academiclibraries #videoediting #WeVideo

https://creativelibrarypractice.org/2025/05/20/checking-out-video-creativity/

Kevin at the Library

Kevin visits the library.
Silence happens.
So does internal screaming.

Bad jokes, bad art, good intentions.

#SketchMeat #funny #jokes #library #art #humor #stickman #sketch

I made this jam with Rust!

🐦‍⬛ **caw** — Software-defined modular synthesizer.

🦀 Build synthesizers as Rust programs.

🐭 Terminal version coming soon! (WIP)

⭐ GitHub: https://github.com/gridbugs/caw

#rustlang #synthesizer #modularsynthesis #modular #music #library

In unserem Online-Seminar „Die Bibliothek erzählt: Mit Storytelling mehr Aufmerksamkeit im kommunalen Netzwerk erzielen“ erfahrt ihr, wie ihr mit kreativen Geschichten eure Bibliothek sichtbar macht – auch mit kleinem Team und Budget.

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#Storytelling #Weiterbildung #ZBIW #ThKoeln #Library #Seminar #Bibliothek #Zukunft #Strategie

A strange fascination – Studies of exotic materials called “strange metals” point to a whole new way to understand electricity – Science

Two tiny fingers of a strange metal (above, at right) are ready for their close-up, in which a beam of neutrons will probe the behavior of the sample’s electrons. DMYTRO INOSOV /DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

A strange fascination – Studies of exotic materials called “strange metals” point to a whole new way to understand electricity

22 May 20252:00 PM ET ByZack Savitsky

A version of this story appeared in Science, Vol 388, Issue 6749.
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Strange metals and our own personal ‘oxidation fields’
BY Sarah Crespi, Zack Savitsky
Podcast
22 May 2025

Something strange is afoot in Silke Bühler Paschen’s lab at the Vienna University of Technology. The walls of the room are plastered in copper foil to keep out electromagnetic waves. A blue refrigerator dangles through a hole in the ceiling, suspended from robotic shock absorbers that precisely counteract the slightest vibrations, including from subway cars passing deep underground. Condensation drips down the fridge into a Minion-themed kiddie pool. Inside, a hair-thin sample of an exotic material is cooled to thousandths of a degree above absolute zero. What happens within this material, and the way it conducts electricity, is one of the biggest mysteries in condensed matter physics.

The electrons begin their journey through Paschen’s lab from an ordinary wall outlet. According to the standard theory of electricity, they migrate individually or in small clusters through the wires leading to the refrigerator. But once the electrons reach the sample—a compound of ytterbium, rhodium, and silicon—this simple picture breaks down. The sample belongs to a class of materials that physicists call “strange metals.” For 4 decades, they’ve puzzled over the fact that in these compounds, the standard theory of electricity just doesn’t work.

Recent experiments in Paschen’s lab and others suggest that in strange metals, electrons lose their individuality. “They magically disappear,” she says. Instead, electric charge appears somehow to pass through the metal as a diffuse amorphous blob—like water without individual H2O molecules. Researchers are still debating the microscopic details of this bizarre picture. But it’s already clear that the stakes are higher than just understanding a dozen or so oddball materials. “It’s really a mysterious state with big consequences,” Paschen says.

Read more: A strange fascination – Studies of exotic materials called “strange metals” point to a whole new way to understand electricity – ScienceSource Links: ‘Strange metals’ point to a whole new way to understand electricity | Science | AAAS

#2025 #AAAS #America #Books #Electricity #Energy #Libraries #Library #Materials #Metals #Research #Science #UnitedStates

If you see this, post a monster! I like #bookworms but some people say they munch too many #books, these monsters! Here's the #book #beetle. #paperArt #sciArt #library #bookworm

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Wetlands – a lightweight Python library for managing Conda environments

https://arthursw.github.io/wetlands/0.2.0/

#HackerNews #Wetlands #Python #Conda #Library #Environment #Management #Lightweight

‘Harry Potter’ TV Show Cast Guide: Who’s Who in Hogwarts? – Variety

May 27, 2025 8:50am PT
‘Harry Potter’ TV Show Cast Guide: Who’s Who in Hogwarts?

By Abigail Lee, Lauren Coates, Jordan Moreau

It’s almost time for a whole new generation of wizards and witches to be welcomed into Hogwarts.

“Harry Potter,” the beloved fantasy book series from author J.K. Rowling that was turned into a blockbuster film franchise, is coming to HBO as a new TV series. Each of the seven books in the series, “Sorcerer’s Stone,” “Chamber of Secrets,” “Prisoner of Azkaban,” “Goblet of Fire,” “Order of the Phoenix,” “Half-Blood Prince” and “Deathly Hallows,” will each be adapted into one season of TV.

In May 2025, the trio of lead roles had finally been unveiled: Dominic McLaughlin will play the role of Harry Potter, Arabella Stanton will play Hermione Granger and Alastair Stout will play Ron Weasley. The three are largely newcomers with few prior acting credits. McLaughlin acted in “Grow,” a comedy on Sky with Nick Frost and Golda Rosheuvel, Stanton starred as Matilda in the musical of the same name in the West End, and Stout had no prior acting credits.

HBO auditioned more than 32,000 children for the lead role of Harry Potter, famously originated by Daniel Radcliffe. Executive producer Mark Mylod said that the casting team had been reviewing between 500 and 1,000 audition tapes per day.

“After an extraordinary search led by casting directors Lucy Bevan and Emily Brockmann, we are delighted to announce we have found our Harry, Hermione, and Ron. The talent of these three unique actors is wonderful to behold, and we cannot wait for the world to witness their magic together onscreen. We would like to thank all the tens of thousands of children who auditioned. It’s been a real pleasure to discover the plethora of young talent out there,” said showrunner Francesca Gardiner and executive producer and director Mark Mylod in a statement revealing the three actors.

Read more: ‘Harry Potter’ TV Show Cast Guide: Who’s Who in Hogwarts? – Variety

Source Links: Harry Potter TV Show Cast Guide: All the Characters in Hogwarts

#2025 #Books #Film #HarryPotter #History #Hogwarts #JKRowling #Libraries #Library #Movies #Reading #Television #TVShow #UnitedStates

The library website I built now has a dark mode theme! Hoping this option enhances accessibility.

https://library.vermontlaw.edu

#accessibility #website #library

1,000+ newly digitised and georeferenced historical #maps from the ETH Library collection are now online! 🗺️ Take a look!

https://daas.library.ethz.ch/rib/v3/e-maps

#ethlibrary #carte #georeference #geotiff #historicalmaps #bibliothek #library #perpignan #france #opendata #publicdomain #foret

📷 "Essai d'une carte botanique et forestière de la France", Feuille de Perpignan, Paris 1897. ETH Library, Public Domain Mark / OpenStreetMap, 28.05.2025, Lizenz: ODbL 1.0

boston, massachusetts
august 1959

sconces
dartmouth street entrance, boston public library

https://www.flickr.com/photos/dboo/52053150190/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dboo/12776728744/

part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf

© the Nick DeWolf Foundation
Image-use requests are welcome via nickdewolfphotoarchive [at] gmail [dot] com

#photography #film #blackandwhite #bw #boston #massachusetts #lights #sconce #wroughtiron #library #bpl #dartmouthstreet #1950s

1000+ neue digitalisierte und georeferenzierte historische #Karten aus dem Bestand der ETH-Bibliothek: Schaut rein!

https://daas.library.ethz.ch/rib/v3/e-maps

#ethbibliothek #maps #carte #georeference #geotiff #georeferenzierung #historicalmaps #bibliothek #library #Kartensammlung #perpignan #france #publicdomain #foret

📷 "Essai d'une carte botanique et forestière de la France", Feuille de Perpignan, Paris 1897. ETH-Bibliothek, Public Domain Mark / OpenStreetMap, Stand: 28.05.2025, Lizenz: ODbL 1.0

Mit einem regennassen Blick auf den Altbau der Stabi wünschen wir einen guten Start in den Mittwoch. #bibliothek #hamburg #welovehamburg #library #stabihh

Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge: Books that Need a Sequel
#WritingCommunity #WriterCommunity #BloggingCommunity #BloggerCommunity #WednesdayWeeklyBloggingChallenge #Challenge #Wednesday #blog #Mars #Mermaid #Library #Books #Orwell

http://georgelthomas.com/2025/05/28/wednesday-weekly-blogging-challenge-books-that-need-a-sequel/