New Media, Old Anxieties:
Why is “Brain Rot” the Word of the Year?
Josh Abbey Considers “Savage Torpor” and Other Nice Things
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New Media, Old Anxieties: Why is “Brain Rot” the Word of the Year?
In its early days, “The Word of the Year” was drawn from the idiolect of policy makers and columnists, those who set the tone of conversation in the public sphere. With the rise of social media, “T…Literary Hub
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BNI notizie 4-2024
Per la soggettazione del fascicolo n. 4-2024 della Bibliografia Nazionale Italiana, serie Monografie, abbiamo introdotto nel Thesaurus del Nuovo soggettario i seguenti nuovi termini di soggetto:
- Bambini discalculici IT 2024-4311
- Emigrati piacentini IT 2024-4000
- Giovani immigrate IT 2024-3990
- Senatoconsulto Turpilliano IT 2024-4195
- Teatro di narrazione IT 2024-4620
- Token non fungibili IT 2024-4098
- Zone di guerra IT 2024-4270
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Pubblicato on line il catalogo della mostra “Acquisti coattivi 2016-2024”
Da oggi a disposizione di tutti il catalogo della mostra Acquisti coattivi 2016-2024. Mostra di manoscritti, libri, carte, aperta in Biblioteca fino al 7 gennaio 2025.
Scopri di più nella sezione Pubblicazioni > Cataloghi di mostre del nostro sito.
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BNI Periodici – Secondo semestre 2024
È stato pubblicato il fascicolo luglio-dicembre 2024 della serie Periodici della Bibliografia nazionale italiana.
Per i fascicoli precedenti e per le altre serie rimandiamo alla pagina BNI dedicata.
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Nuovo soggettario – Notizie – novembre 2024
Di seguito, le principali novità sul Thesaurus del Nuovo soggettario, a seguito dell’ultimo aggiornamento semestrale.
- È ulteriormente cresciuto il numero di link che dai termini del Thesaurus conducono a entità equivalenti in inglese, francese, tedesco e spagnolo, consentendo così l’interoperabilità con strumenti di indicizzazione e cataloghi di altre Biblioteche nazionali.
- Continua la collaborazione della BNCF con altre istituzioni per la condivisione di dati e per la riconciliazione delle entità con risorse di archivi e musei.
- Il colloquio semantico e tecnico del Nuovo soggettario con Wikidata ha raggiunto i 13.238 link.
- Si è arricchita la rete degli enti che collaborano: da giugno 2024 sono attivi accordi con le Università degli studi di Firenze, Pisa e Siena (tramite il sistema SBART) e con la Biblioteca nazionale centrale di Roma.
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BNI notizie 5-2024
Per la soggettazione del fascicolo n. 5-2024 della Bibliografia Nazionale Italiana, serie Monografie, abbiamo introdotto nel Thesaurus del Nuovo soggettario i seguenti nuovi termini di soggetto:
- Auctoritas IT 2024-5347
- Centri provinciali per l’istruzione degli adulti IT 2024-5563
- Olio di canapa IT 2024-5585
- Pescatrici IT 2024-5581
- Sculture in cartapesta IT 2024-5769
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Tornano consultabili i volumi alluvionati
I volumi danneggiati dall’alluvione del 4 novembre 1966, soltanto parzialmente restaurati e conservati in un magazzino esterno, finora esclusi dalla circolazione, tornano disponibili per la consultazione presso la Sala Manoscritti e Rari con le seguenti modalità:
- I documenti presenti sul catalogo online (OPAC) della Biblioteca con fruizione “alluvionato” possono essere richiesti da tutti gli utenti abilitati alla Sala Manoscritti e Rari, dopo aver effettuato il login (per richiedere le abilitazioni è possibile scrivere a bnc-fi.manoscritti@cultura.gov.it; per la documentazione necessaria si può fare riferimento alle norme per le modalità di accesso).
- I documenti la cui notizia è reperibile a partire dagli appositi inventari o da altre fonti cartacee, possono essere richiesti inviando una mail a bnc-fi.manoscritti@cultura.gov.it. L’utente riceverà, tramite posta elettronica, riscontro della presa in carico della richiesta e, qualora il materiale sia effettivamente consultabile, con la medesima modalità sarà comunicata la data a partire dalla quale il materiale sarà disponibile presso la Sala Manoscritti e Rari.
Fatte salve particolari condizioni di conservazione, i volumi saranno consultabili entro un massimo di due settimane.
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Corpi, strumenti, cure: Immagini dalla Libraria del duca di Urbino – lunedì 16 dicembre ore 11.00
Seminario della Prof.ssa Maria Conforti, presso la sala Bio Bibliografica della Biblioteca Universitaria Alessandrina: un incontro nell’ambito del progetto di ricerca “Immaginare i Saperi: tutte le immagini di una biblioteca” a cura di Daniela Fugaro e Massimo Moretti.
“Il ragazzo e il faraone”: presentazione del libro – 6 dicembre 2024
Venerdì 6 dicembre alle ore 17.00 si terrà l’evento di presentazione del libro “Il ragazzo e il faraone”: incontro con l’autore Davide F. Jabes ed intervento introduttivo dello storico militare Gastone Breccia.
3 dicembre 2024, Giornata internazionale delle persone con disabilità – Presentazione piattaforma “ASCOLTALO DA NOI”
“Ascoltalo da noi” è un progetto nato grazie ai fondi PNRR con lo specifico intento di abbattere le barriere cognitive e facilitare l’approccio alla cultura.
Partendo dalla costatazione di quanto ampia e variegata sia l’utenza della Biblioteca Universitaria Alessandrina abbiamo immaginato una struttura di podcast che per ora si articola su due tronchi – uno dedicato ad Alberto Manzi e l’altro ai docenti dell’Ateneo Sapienza – ma potrà in seguito evolvere con molte altre ramificazioni. L’ascolto del romanzo di Alberto Manzi “Orzowei”, letto dai bambini dell’Istituto comprensivo Fratelli Bandiera, o quello di saggi richiesti da docenti universitari, speriamo possa rendere a tutti più facile sognare.
MARTEDI’ 3 DICEMBRE, dalle ORE 17.00, evento di presentazione in Sala Multimediale con la partecipazione del Prof. Gianfranco Crupi, Referente per gli studenti disabili e DSA.
Le BAD GIRLS dei Roaring Twenties: Edna e Dotorhy
Sabato 30 novembre ore 17.00 in Sala Bio-Bibliografica, Silvo Raffo legge le sue traduzioni delle poesie di Edna St. Vincent Millay e Dorothy Parker
A seguire la proiezione dell’incipit del film “Il circolo vizioso di Mrs. Parker”
Cantico di Natale.
L'opera di Dickens che può meglio celebrare le feste natalizie, con l'immancabile Scrooge e le miserie di Londra nel XIX secolo, si può scaricare gratis, in pdf, epub e come audiolibro, da:
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Cantico di Natale
Il Canto di Natale (A Christmas Carol: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In), noto anche come Cantico di Natale, Ballata di Natale o Racconto di Natale, è un romanzo breve di genere fantastico del 1843 di Charles D…Liber Liber
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#OTD in 1818.
The first performance of "Silent Night" takes place in the Nikolauskirche in Oberndorf, Austria.
The song was first recorded in 1905. It was declared an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO in 2011.
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#OTD in 1851.
A fire at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., destroys 35,000 books, about two–thirds of the collection. Between 1890 and 1897, a new library building (Thomas Jefferson Building), was constructed. Two additional buildings, the John Adams Building (opened in 1939) and the James Madison Memorial Building (opened in 1980), were later added.
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#OTD in 1904.
Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio program, a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech, from Brant Rock, Massachusetts. By 1899 he was able to send radiotelegraph messages between Pittsburgh and Allegheny City (now an area of Pittsburgh), using a receiver of his own design.
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Connie: fumetto-game porno
Nel mio intervento ad Aldeno (TN) per International Games Month @ your library, non essendomi ancora arrivato il fumetto-game di Valentino Sergi e Gian Luca Maconi Connie la barbara. Prigionieri di…ossessioni e contaminazioni by francesco mazzetta
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Trattato di Erone di Alessandria, tradotto e "aggiustato" da Bernardo Davanzati nel XVII secolo. Si può scaricare gratis, in pdf, da:
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Della natura del voto
Di Erone Alessandrino, insigne meccanico vissuto circa un secolo innanzi l'era cristiana, non ci sono rimaste che pochissime opere; delle quali il trattato intorno alle macchine a vento, intitolato Spiritalia.Liber Liber
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After Failing Math Twice, a Young Benjamin Franklin Turned to This Popular 17th-Century Textbook
A 19th-century scholar claimed that “Cocker’s Arithmetick” had “probably made as much stir and noise in the English world as any [book]—next to the Bible”
By James Fox
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1716 edition of Cocker's Arithmetick is available at @internetarchive
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After Failing Math Twice, a Young Benjamin Franklin Turned to This Popular 17th-Century Textbook
A 19th-century scholar claimed that "Cocker's Arithmetick" had "probably made as much stir and noise in the English world as any [book]—next to the Bible"James Fox (Smithsonian Magazine)
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Incredible Victorian Voice Recordings Allow Us to Step Into the Past
This Video Reveals What Victorian Voices Sounded Like
By Eva Baron
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George Gouraud's 1888 Recordings are available via @internetarchive
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This Video Reveals What Victorian Voices Sounded Like
Over a century old, these recordings showcase how people spoke during the Victorian era and how recording technology developed across time.Eva Baron (My Modern Met)
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#OTD in 1815.
Jane Austen's novel Emma is published anonymously by John Murray in London dated 1816. About 1500 copies sell over the next 5 years. Murray offered Austen £450 for this plus the copyrights of Mansfield Park and Sense and Sensibility, which she refused. Instead, she published two thousand copies of the novel at her own expense, retaining the copyright and paying a 10% commission to Murray.
Emma at PG:
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Emma by Jane Austen
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#OTD in 1823.
Clement Clarke Moore's poem, A Visit from St. Nicholas is published anonymously in the Troy, New York, Sentinel, and introduces the eponym "Santa Claus". Authorship has been attributed to Clement Clarke Moore, who claimed authorship in 1837, but it has also been suggested that Henry Livingston Jr. may have written it.
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Twas the Night before Christmas (1912 edition, illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith) at PG:
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Twas the Night before Christmas: A Visit from St. Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore
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Gli affreschi di Pietro Cavallini a Santa Cecilia in Trastevere.
La storia emozionante di una scoperta archeologica, compiuta da Federico Hermanin nel 1900. L'opera, mai pubblicata a stampa, si può scaricare gratis, in pdf, da:
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Gli affreschi di Pietro Cavallini a Santa Cecilia in Trastevere
Nella memoria autografa e inedita, conservata nei faldoni delle carte di famiglia nell’Archivio centrale dello Stato, Federico Hermanin scrive: «Era una di quelle mattine stanche di primavera, quando si ha più voglia di sognare che di lavorare ed io …Liber Liber
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What Is Entropy? A Measure of Just How Little We Really Know.
Exactly 200 years ago, a French engineer introduced an idea that would quantify the universe’s inexorable slide into decay. But entropy, as it’s currently understood, is less a fact about the world than a reflection of our growing ignorance. Embracing that truth is leading to a rethink of everything from rational decision-making to the limits of machines.
By Zack Savistky
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"All the glories of the sunset,
In the sunrise one may see;
That which others call the dawning
Is the night for you and me."
Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt , who died #OTD in 1919, was an American poet. She published hundreds of poems in nationally circulated newspapers, magazines, and anthologies as well as in eighteen volumes of poems, two of which she co-authored with her husband, the poet John James Piatt.
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A Confederate Girl's Diary by Sarah Morgan Dawson
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To G. H. Hardy who had expressed worry that the number of a taxi - 1729:
"No, it is a very interesting number; it is the smallest number expressible as a sum of two cubes in two different ways, the two ways being 1^3+12^3 and 9^3+10^3."
Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan was born #OTD in 1887. He is noted for his extraordinary achievements in the field of mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series, and continued fractions.
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#OTD in 1872.
Jules Verne's novel Around the World in Eighty Days (Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours) finishes serialisation (since November 2) in the daily Le Temps, the day after the concluding date of the narrative. The story was published in installments over the next 45 days, with its ending timed to synchronize Fogg's December 21 deadline with the real world.
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![Cover of the French first edition of Jules Verne's Around the World in Eighty Days. Published on January 30, 1873,[1] printed by Gauthier-Villars, published by Pierre-Jules Hetzel & Cie, Paris. 217 pages, illustrated with B/W engravings by De Neuville and Benett. (publisher's binding).
Centered prominently is the title, "Le Tour du Monde en Quatre-Vingts Jours," surrounded by ornate borders and motifs inspired by travel, exploration, and exotic destinations. Visual elements such as globes, compasses, and decorative frames emphasize the book's focus on global circumnavigation.
The illustrations by De Neuville and Benett, reproduced in black and white within the 217 pages, add further detail to the narrative, bringing key scenes to life with precision and dramatic flair. The overall design of the cover communicates a sense of grandeur and excitement, perfectly encapsulating the spirit of Verne’s iconic tale.](https://poliverso.org/photo/preview/640/29100566 "Cover of the French first edition of Jules Verne's Around the World in Eighty Days. Published on January 30, 1873,[1] printed by Gauthier-Villars, published by Pierre-Jules Hetzel & Cie, Paris. 217 pages, illustrated with B/W engravings by De Neuville and Benett. (publisher's binding).
Centered prominently is the title, \"Le Tour du Monde en Quatre-Vingts Jours,\" surrounded by ornate borders and motifs inspired by travel, exploration, and exotic destinations. Visual elements such as globes, compasses, and decorative frames emphasize the book's focus on global circumnavigation.
The illustrations by De Neuville and Benett, reproduced in black and white within the 217 pages, add further detail to the narrative, bringing key scenes to life with precision and dramatic flair. The overall design of the cover communicates a sense of grandeur and excitement, perfectly encapsulating the spirit of Verne’s iconic tale.")
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#OTD in 1894.
Claude Debussy's symphonic poem Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, a free interpretation of Stéphane Mallarmé's 1876 poem, "L'Après-midi d'un faune", is premièred in Paris. It was conducted by Gustave Doret.The flute solo was played by Georges Barrère.
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3 philosophy classics that are better than self-help books
Self-help often distills philosophical ideas for the modern ear. Sometimes, its better to go back to the source.
By Jonny Thomson
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I had an astrophysics TA who had learned Latin so he could read Newton in the original form. He said the ACTUAL text was full of jokes, puns and commentary the translations omit.
Of course, I couldn't confirm this…
We do have his version of Principia in Latin:
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Perhaps we should try some day...
Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica by Isaac Newton
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The Remarkable Life of Charles Dickens: Hard Times & Great Expectations
One of the greatest writers of English literary history, Charles Dickens’ rags-to-riches story is as incredible as any of his greatest works of fiction.
By Catherine Dent
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It was the best of haircuts, it was the worst of haircuts.
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The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
Plato's cave allegory is a timeless journey from darkness into light, igniting a quest for truth in a world awash with shadows.
By Viktoriya Sus
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The Republic by Plato at PG:
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Beatrix Potter’s Quiet Rebellion
The writer’s tales for children helped her claim the independence she longed for
By Hannah Stamler
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La collana di velluto.
Un breve romanzo di Dumas padre, che sconfina nel gotico-horror, pur mantenendo una ambientazione storica negli anni del Terrore. Si può scaricare gratis, in pdf, da:
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“La collana di velluto” di Alexandre Dumas
Questo breve romanzo di Dumas fu scritto nel 1849 e comparve con il titolo La Femme aux Collier de Velours all’interno della raccolta Les Mille et Un Fantômes, con altri romanzi brevi di ispirazione fantastica.Liber Liber
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"There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt."
Torvald Helmer, Act I
#OTD in 1879.
The first production of Henrik Ibsen's controversial "modern drama" A Doll's House takes place at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen, after publication there on December 4.
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A Doll's House : a play by Henrik Ibsen
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Went to watch that last month at the Crucible in Sheffield. So much of it is every bit as relevant today. Not a cheery thought.
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#OTD in 1892.
Brandon Thomas' farce Charley's Aunt begins a record-breaking London run at the Royalty Theatre (following a pre-London opening at Bury St Edmunds on February 29).
The play was an immediate success, opening to enthusiastic audiences & excellent notices from the press. It ran for a record-breaking 1,466 performances across four years, closing on 19 December 1896.
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#OTD in 1904.
The first of Virginia Woolf's published writings, "Haworth, November 1904", an account of a visit to the Brontë family home, appears anonymously in a women's supplement to a clerical journal, The Guardian. (A book review written later has appeared in the same journal a week earlier.)
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Virginia's editor at the time was Kathleen Lyttelton, activist for Women’s education and wife of the former Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge. Virginia was initially grateful for the chance to be published, but a year later was complaining that Mrs L. "sticks her broad thumb into the middle of my sentences and improves the moral tone".
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On Henry James and the Enduring Lessons of Love
Katherine J. Chen Rediscovers James (and Falls in Love)
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On Henry James and the Enduring Lessons of Love
In my late teens, when I read Henry James for the first time, the experience did nothing for me. I felt faintly repelled by the blocks of unyielding text, the walls of what appeared to be sadistica…Literary Hub
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in reply to Project Gutenberg • • •As a decorative element it hasn't aged well, but I do observe the LoC hasn't burned down since.