Oddities-themed week [March 24-28, 2008]

Welcome to a special Oddities-themed week from In Media Res. All the pieces curated this week are from librarians addressing audio-visual archives and other library-based collections. Please feel free to respond to the contributors’ comments. This week’s In Media Res line-up: Monday, March 24, 2008 – Laurie Taylor (George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida) presents: “Re-contextualizing Archives” Tuesday, March 25, 2008 – Joel Adams (Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) presents: “The Public Good and Corporate Goodies: A Genealogical Snapshot” Wednesday, March 26, 2008 – Randall Renner (George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida) presents: “The power of the cliché in Televisionland” Thursday, March 27, 2008 – Dina Benson (George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida) presents: ” My piece is: Bug vs. Book: The Eternal Struggle” Friday, March 28, 2008 – Matt Mariner (George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida) presents: “Cream butter? Where’s the milk?!”