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  • Tea at Two: “The Work of Art, Technology, and Love in the Age of Digital Reproduction”

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    On March 20, at 2:00pm at Ackland Art Museum in Chapel Hill, ibiblio’s Paul Jones (Journalism and Mass Communication, UNC-Chapel Hill) will explore aspects of love in contemporary art and culture in connection with the exhibition “More Love: Art, Politics, and Sharing since the 1990.”

    What do light-weight, long-lasting batteries, Match.com, 4chan, Kittehz, SnapChat, Skype, Open Source software, Wikileaks and texting have to do with love and art? They put very contemporary twists on Walter Benjamin’s “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” and on “More Love’s” subtitle: “Art, Politics, and Sharing since the 1990s.”

    Space is limited; advanced notice and the opportunity to RSVP are given to members at the Contributor level and above.

    Free for members, $10 for non-member guests.

    RSVP here: [Linked content no longer available]

  • Any Questions?

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    ibiblio recently acquired some really cool troubleshooting software that grants our community members the ability to become resources for each other.

    Like a real-time FAQ, answers.ibiblio.org allows users to browse questions that have been posted on the forum, browse the answers to those questions, and if possible provide answers of their own. Questions and answers can be voted up or down by users, so the more members that participate, the more valuable and useful the forum will be.

    If you have a question about anything ibiblio-related, chances are, someone else out there has had the same question. Also, chances are someone out there has the answer. Answers.ibiblio.org is here to bring those parties together.

    Answers.ibiblio.org is an implementation of AnswerHub made possible by a generous gift from D-Zone.

  • Lawrence Lessig: Rooting out Corruption in Politics: Complicity and Complacency by the Media

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    March 4, 6:30-8:00pm UNC School of Law Rotunda

    The Fourth Estate: What is journalism’s role, and where has it been in the face of outside interestes influencing the way our government is run?

    Harvard Law Professor Lawrence Lessig will speak at the UNC Law School about how we can restore the faith that journalism is a trustworthy watchdog of government.

    For more information visit the UNC Center for Media Law

    Also, you can see Professor Lessig talk about Internet governance when he was here in 1998 in a talk posted in our Speaker Series: