Check out the edited NMTC Library page!
Thanks to the efforts of the NMTC IT department, the library site is a bit "cleaner" and easier to navigate.
Friday, November 17, 2006
Wish you were here
Postcards tell our friends what we're doing on vacation- maybe not in what we write but in the picture on the postcard.
GALILEO notes tell us that the database "Picturing Augusta: Historic Postcards from the Collection of the East Central Georgia Regional Library System consists of forty turn-of-the-twentieth century Augusta-related picture postcards selected from the collection Augusta and Environs: Picture Post Cards in Color held at the East Central Georgia Regional Library in Augusta, Georgia. The postcards in this collection depict the commercial development, economic prosperity, and social customs of Augusta and its inhabitants during the opening years of the twentieth century. Furthermore, the picture postcards document the interplay between Augusta, Georgia, North Augusta, South Carolina, and Summerville, Georgia before and immediately following Summerville's incorporation into the city of Augusta in 1912. The postcards, as collected by Augusta resident Ella C. Mayo Belz at the turn of the twentieth century through 1914, include images of notable Augusta landmarks such as the Augusta Canal, Augusta Country Club, Bon Air Hotel, Lake Olmstead, Meadow Garden (home of the youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence, George Walton), Medical College of Georgia, and the Partridge Inn. Several postcards in the online collection relate specifically to Augusta's position as the second largest inland cotton market in the United States. These postcards show cotton fields, harvested bales, mills, and other scenes of production associated with the cotton industry in Augusta. There are also many scenic postcards that depict views along the Savannah River and the commercial and residential streetscapes along both Broad and Greene Streets. "
GALILEO notes tell us that the database "Picturing Augusta: Historic Postcards from the Collection of the East Central Georgia Regional Library System consists of forty turn-of-the-twentieth century Augusta-related picture postcards selected from the collection Augusta and Environs: Picture Post Cards in Color held at the East Central Georgia Regional Library in Augusta, Georgia. The postcards in this collection depict the commercial development, economic prosperity, and social customs of Augusta and its inhabitants during the opening years of the twentieth century. Furthermore, the picture postcards document the interplay between Augusta, Georgia, North Augusta, South Carolina, and Summerville, Georgia before and immediately following Summerville's incorporation into the city of Augusta in 1912. The postcards, as collected by Augusta resident Ella C. Mayo Belz at the turn of the twentieth century through 1914, include images of notable Augusta landmarks such as the Augusta Canal, Augusta Country Club, Bon Air Hotel, Lake Olmstead, Meadow Garden (home of the youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence, George Walton), Medical College of Georgia, and the Partridge Inn. Several postcards in the online collection relate specifically to Augusta's position as the second largest inland cotton market in the United States. These postcards show cotton fields, harvested bales, mills, and other scenes of production associated with the cotton industry in Augusta. There are also many scenic postcards that depict views along the Savannah River and the commercial and residential streetscapes along both Broad and Greene Streets. "
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Registration & Orientation
8:30, 1 & 4 - the times for orientation for new students. Hear and see what students need to do to succeed in their program!
Get ready for Winter Quarter.
Get ready for Winter Quarter.
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Rainy day
Weather junkies love to read about weather happenings. Horticulture students are frequently weather junkies.
We've added 28 web sites for Horticulture to our "Web sites collected for NMTC programs" link in GALILEO.
Among those 28 sites is:
The Georgia Automated Environmental Monitoring Network which "was established in 1991 by the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences of the University of Georgia. The objective of the AEMN is to collect reliable weather information for agricultural and environmental applications. Each station monitors air temperature, relative humidity, rainfall, solar radiation, wind speed, wind direction, soil temperature at 2, 4, and 8 inch depths, atmospheric pressure, and soil moisture every 1 second. Data are summarized at 15 minute intervals and at midnight a daily summary is calculated. A microcomputer at the Georgia Experiment Station initiates telephone calls to each station periodically and downloads the recorded data. The data are processed immediately and disseminated via the world wide web ( www.Georgiaweather.net)"
What a treat for weather junkies. Graphs, charts, soil temperature, soil moisture - yesterdays conditions, today's conditions, 31 day summary. A treasure trove of information. You type in your zip code and there is all this data to peruse. A great rainy day place to surf.
GALILEO
...Databases A-Z
.....at the top of the list is the Web sites collected link
.......Horticulture
.......horticulture - scroll down a bit to find the link
OR go to the del.icio.us site for NMTC http://del.icio.us/NMTC_Librarian
We've added 28 web sites for Horticulture to our "Web sites collected for NMTC programs" link in GALILEO.
Among those 28 sites is:
The Georgia Automated Environmental Monitoring Network which "was established in 1991 by the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences of the University of Georgia. The objective of the AEMN is to collect reliable weather information for agricultural and environmental applications. Each station monitors air temperature, relative humidity, rainfall, solar radiation, wind speed, wind direction, soil temperature at 2, 4, and 8 inch depths, atmospheric pressure, and soil moisture every 1 second. Data are summarized at 15 minute intervals and at midnight a daily summary is calculated. A microcomputer at the Georgia Experiment Station initiates telephone calls to each station periodically and downloads the recorded data. The data are processed immediately and disseminated via the world wide web ( www.Georgiaweather.net)"
What a treat for weather junkies. Graphs, charts, soil temperature, soil moisture - yesterdays conditions, today's conditions, 31 day summary. A treasure trove of information. You type in your zip code and there is all this data to peruse. A great rainy day place to surf.
GALILEO
...Databases A-Z
.....at the top of the list is the Web sites collected link
.......Horticulture
.......horticulture - scroll down a bit to find the link
OR go to the del.icio.us site for NMTC http://del.icio.us/NMTC_Librarian
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Planning to travel?
Will you be driving to see friends and family over Thanksgiving?
Do you need to check up on your car?
Try using the Auto Repair Reference Center in GALILEO. It provides repair information on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles. You can print out the information to have a hard copy while you're working on your vehicle.
Best to be safe before you start out on a road trip!
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Do you need to check up on your car?
Try using the Auto Repair Reference Center in GALILEO. It provides repair information on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles. You can print out the information to have a hard copy while you're working on your vehicle.
Best to be safe before you start out on a road trip!
The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.
Monday, November 13, 2006
Holiday jobs
It may be too late to acquire the perfect Holday job. The link to these job sites has been added to GALILEO so you don't have to remember how to find them.
The Atlanta Job Bank was created to serve the needs of the Atlanta job seeker, employer, and recruiter and is offered as a completely FREE service by D&B Services, Inc.
Career Depot: CareerDepot.org was developed to provide universal access by our customers to information about resources in our region in the areas of employment, education and training, supportive services, etc.
The Atlanta Job Bank was created to serve the needs of the Atlanta job seeker, employer, and recruiter and is offered as a completely FREE service by D&B Services, Inc.
Career Depot: CareerDepot.org was developed to provide universal access by our customers to information about resources in our region in the areas of employment, education and training, supportive services, etc.
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