Archive for the ‘Media’ Category

New Subject Guide for Vintage Advertising

Thursday, April 29th, 2010 - phoebe

The UGA Libraries has a new online guide listing resources for finding vintage advertising - both print ads and television commercials. Resources for online advertising archives are listed, and so are ways to find vintage ads in print or microfilm versions of  contemporary magazines on the library shelves. (Click image ...

Oscar-nominated documentary uses footage from our collection

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 - Amy Watts

The Oscar nominated documentary The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers has footage from the Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection in it. The footage, of Richard Nixon, was partially used in the representative clip shown during the Academy Awards broadcast. More information about the ...

Question of the Week: Limiting a GIL Search

Monday, October 19th, 2009 - phoebe

A student asked if it was possible to browse our collection of DVDs; she was looking for documentaries on a subject, but didn't know of any specific titles, and a keyword search of GIL seemed to return only books. In fact, you can limit a search of the GIL catalog by ...

Peabody Awards Collection now streaming on campus

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009 - Peabody Awards Collection

One of UGA's hidden treasures is about to step into the spotlight.  Selected programs from the Peabody Awards Collection are now available for online viewing on the UGA campus. The Peabody Awards Collection, part of the UGA Libraries Walter J. Brown Media Archives, is one of the largest broadcasting archives in ...

Miyazaki film showing tonight

Friday, September 25th, 2009 - Amy Watts

Come to the Lamar Dodd School of Arts (tonight, Sept 25, at 7 pm) to enjoy the 2nd Miyazaki FIlm Festival, hosted by Art X and the Main Library Media Department. It's free! Plot: Critically acclaimed as one of the most delightful and charming family films ever, MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO is a ...

Black History Month screening series concludes

Monday, February 23rd, 2009 - Peabody Awards Collection

The fourth and final program in the 2009 Peabody Awards Collection Black History Month screening series will be presented this Tuesday, February 24 at 7 p.m. in Room 348 of the Miller Learning Center.  In The Return of the King, an episode of the animated series Boondocks, Dr. Martin Luther ...

Third Black History Month Screening this week

Monday, February 16th, 2009 - Peabody Awards Collection

The 2009 Peabody Awards Collection Black History Month screening series continues this Tuesday, February 17, with "Out of Control: AIDS in Black America,"a shocking ABC News report that explores the conditions which have led to the devastating effects of AIDS in African-American communities and lays responsibility for stopping the epidemic ...

Black History Month screening series continues

Monday, February 9th, 2009 - Peabody Awards Collection

The 2009 Peabody Awards Collection Black History Month screening series continues this Tuesday, February 10 with "The Education of Ms. Groves," a Peabody-Award winning Dateline NBC report that chronicles the adventures of Teach for America volunteer Monica Groves in an Atlanta middle school. The film will be shown at 7 p.m. ...

Black History Month Screening Series begins

Monday, February 2nd, 2009 - Peabody Awards Collection

The 2009 Peabody Awards Collection Black History Month screening series begins Tuesday, February 3 with "Sisters-in-Law." This festival favorite from Vixen Films has won over 20 awards, including a 2007 Peabody Award. The film will be shown at 7 p.m. in Room 348 of the Miller Learning Center. Free and open ...

The UGA Libraries are podcasting!

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 - Ian Thomas, Science Library

The UGA Libraries and Russell Library now feature podcasts on a variety of topics, ranging from a discussion with Dr. Michael Conroy about using models to guide decision making in wildlife conservation to samples from the Russell Library's oral history project on Georgia politics. All podcasts are available through the ...