1,325 research outputs found
The Carnegie Maya: the Carnegie Institution of Washington Maya Research Program, 1913-1957
No full textIncludes bibliographical references and index.The Carnegie Maya I -- The Carnegie Maya II -- The Carnegie Maya III -- The Carnegie Maya IV
Map shewing country traversed by the author 1894-1895 [cartographic material] : May 1895.
No full textDepths and relief shown by contours.; Shows routes of prospecting expeditions of Carnegie and Luck (1894); Carnegie, Conly and Egan (1895) and other explorers.; Covers East Murchison, North Coolgardie, and East Coolgardie regions.; Numbered blocks denote land held by The Hampton Plains Land Company.; Bears annolation: "This plan has been adopted by the Department of Mines, Perth W.A., for temporary use until further Government detailed surveys are performed. Henry C. Princip, Under Secretary for Mines".; Published with: Spinifex & sand. London : C. Arthur Pearson Ltd., 1895. (Ferguson no. 7960); Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm2356.Spinifex and san
Addressing staff concerns in changing times: supporting the institution\u27s greatest asset
No full textThe strategic plan at Carnegie Mellon University highlights the important contributions that staff members make to the organization. Concomitantly the university encourages the growth of a diverse campus community and stresses the important of developing a culture of respect. The university libraries have embraced these two threads – recognizing the important contributions made by staff and the desirability of a diverse work force. This paper discusses the importance of these two threads and highlights the various steps taken to acknowledge staff contributions and to create a culture of respect
Books, bluster, and bounty: local politics in the Intermountain West and Carnegie library building grants, 1898-1920
No full textIncludes bibliographical references and index.Susan Swetnam uses case studies of western applications for Carnegie libraries to examine how local support was mustered for cultural institutions in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century interior West. This is a comparative study involving the entire region between the Rockies and the Cascades/Sierras, including all of Idaho, Utah, Nevada, and Arizona, western Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado, eastern Oregon and Washington and small parts of California and New Mexico. The study addresses not just the how of the process of establishing Carnegie libraries but, more importantly, the variable why. Although virtually all citizens and communities in the West who sought Carnegie libraries were after tangible benefits that were only tangentially related to books, what they specifically wanted varied in correlation with the diversity of the communities of the West: Library proponents in Inland Empire boom towns, for example, touted Carnegie libraries to their fellow citizens as instruments of economic advantage over rival communities citizens in rural LDS communities promoted Carnegie libraries as a force against the encroaching secular influences they feared threatened their children a small cadre of Carnegie library proponents in several of Utah's largest cities, in stark contrast, actually promoted the projects to their fellow Gentiles as a corrective to LDS insularity. Economically stable Idaho communities sought Carnegie libraries to reinforce their self-perceived cultural superiority communities in newly American Arizona sought them to counter perceptions of their towns as 'Hispanic mud villages.' And so on'.--Provided by publisher
Preserving Carnegie Libraries in Louisville, Kentucky
No full textThe great industrialist, Andrew Carnegie, believed he had a moral responsibility to share his considerable wealth in a manner that would best serve the public good. He chose public libraries as his principal philanthropy because he held the democratic ideal that access to culture, education, and enlightenment should be shared by rich and poor alike, based on an easily accessible public education made available through the public library. The scale of his philanthropic endeavor was unprecedented. Between 1893 and 1917, Andrew Carnegie gave a total of $41,748,689 to fund 1,689 public libraries in 1,419 communities across the country. When the last grant was made in 1917, Carnegie was responsible for the construction of over one half of the public libraries in the nation and had implemented the largest and most influential philanthropic program in American history. On the one hundredth anniversary of their construction, only 772 of the 1,689 public libraries constructed still function as public libraries while another 350 still stand but have been adapted to new, non library-related uses. Others have been lost to the wrecking ball and some remain vacant. Their future is uncertain. This thesis finds that Carnegie libraries provide tangible evidence of the Andrew Carnegie's imprint on American education, culture, and architecture. They are an important resource set worthy of preservation. The author examined Carnegie libraries in Louisville, Kentucky, Cincinnati, Ohio, and in other cities, and has determined that a preservation plan for continued library stewardship is needed. The plan should speak to the potentials that Carnegie library buildings hold for the community. A multi-faceted approach should be used that addresses architectural styles, character-defining features, and inherent design issues. Identification of the character-defining exterior and interior features of the Carnegie library building should serve as the basis for a preservation plan. After rehabilitation, a cyclical building maintenance plan should be developed and adopted to ensure responsible, long-term stewardship. Protective mechanisms such as local landmark designations and restrictive covenants or easements should also be explored and implemented. By learning more about Carnegie library buildings, librarians and public officials will recognize the functional as well as historic values of these buildings and will realize that these buildings, when rehabilitated "to work" are cost effective
Margaret Carnegie, Holbrook, New South Wales, ca. 1975, 1 [picture] /
No full textMargaret Carnegie lived at Kildrummie near Holbrook. She is the author of Friday Mount and Morgan the Bold Bushranger and is a collector of art.; Part of: Sheilas, a tribute to Australian women collection, ca. 1975.; Title devised by cataloguer based on information supplied by photographer.; Also available in an electronic version via the internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4227509
Government Responsiveness in Race-Related Crisis Events
No full textGovernment Responsiveness in Race-Related Crisis Events argues that decision-making in crisis events related to race and ethnicity (RRCEs) is distinctive based upon the historical treatment of people of color and current narratives surrounding race in the United States. The author presents racially sensitive crisis events, not as independent problems, but as symptoms of an underlying condition which began upon the country\u27s founding. She contends public officials will need to recognize and draw upon the interrelated nature of these crises for effective solutions and introduces a decision-making model for race-related crisis events. The author uses grounded theory and a critical race lens to explore the decision-making of public officials in Alabama, South Carolina, and Mississippi concerning the removal of the Confederate Flag from state grounds in the aftermath of the 2015 Charleston Church Shooting. [From the publisher]https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/publicservice_books/1012/thumbnail.jp
Mitigating Visual Discomfort on HMDs using Dynamic Depth of Field
No full textVirtual Reality (VR) applications on Head Mounted Displays (HMDs) are now more common and accessible for personal viewing than before with the introduction of consumer-level devices like the Oculus Rift. However, exposure to VR applications on HMDs results in significant discomfort for the majority of people, the severity of which can both increase or decrease after repeated exposures. This is disadvantageous for the development and adoption of VR, as a long adaptation period cannot be relied on for making Virtual Environments palatable.
Symptoms of discomfort caused by the viewing of content on VR devices including HMDs are historically described as “Simulator Sickness” and include eye fatigue, headaches, nausea and sweating; symptoms very similar to those experienced by sufferers of motion sickness. We refer to the specific subset of Simulator Sickness Symptoms caused by visual stimuli as symptoms of “Visual Discomfort”.
A conflict between accommodation and vergence depth cues on stereoscopic displays is known to be a significant cause of visual discomfort. This report describes a psychophysical evaluation used for judging the effectiveness of dynamic Depth of Field (DoF) blurring on reducing visual discomfort caused by initial exposure to stereoscopic content on HMDs.
Our DoF implementation adjusts the focal region of stereoscopic content based on an estimation of users’ view vectors in real time and is realised in a commercial game engine. Participants report a significant reduction of visual discomfort using a simulator sickness questionnaire when DoF blurring is enabled. On average, a 34% reduction in our sickness measure is observed, indicating that dynamic DoF blurring is an effective rendering technique for reducing visual discomfort
The Carnegie Image Tube Committee and the Development of Electronic Imaging Devices in Astronomy, 1953-1976
No full textabstract: This dissertation examines the efforts of the Carnegie Image Tube Committee (CITC), a group created by Vannevar Bush and composed of astronomers and physicists, who sought to develop a photoelectric imaging device, generally called an image tube, to aid astronomical observations. The Carnegie Institution of Washington’s Department of Terrestrial Magnetism coordinated the CITC, but the committee included members from observatories and laboratories across the United States. The CITC, which operated from 1954 to 1976, sought to replace direct photography as the primary means of astronomical imaging.
Physicists, who gained training in electronics during World War II, led the early push for the development of image tubes in astronomy. Vannevar Bush’s concern for scientific prestige led him to form a committee to investigate image tube technology, and postwar federal funding for the sciences helped the CITC sustain development efforts for a decade. During those development years, the CITC acted as a mediator between the astronomical community and the image tube producers but failed to engage astronomers concerning various development paths, resulting in a user group without real buy-in on the final product.
After a decade of development efforts, the CITC designed an image tube, which Radio Corporation of American manufactured, and, with additional funding from the National Science Foundation, the committee distributed to observatories around the world. While excited about the potential of electronic imaging, few astronomers used the Carnegie-developed device regularly. Although the CITC’s efforts did not result in an overwhelming adoption of image tubes by the astronomical community, examining the design, funding, production, and marketing of the Carnegie image tube shows the many and varied processes through which astronomers have acquired new tools. Astronomers’ use of the Carnegie image tube to acquire useful scientific data illustrates factors that contribute to astronomers’ adoption or non-adoption of those new tools.Dissertation/ThesisDoctoral Dissertation History and Philosophy of Science 201
Botanical books, prints & drawings from the collection of Mrs. Roy Arthur Hunt ; 1952, January third to February seventeenth, Department of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
No full textDescriptions of the botanical books in this collection include a physical description, references, and notes on the book, illustrations, and author. Drawing and print descriptions include title, plant subject, artist, and size
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