"How can we teach empathy through artmaking?" Graduate Extern Hanna-Mae Greenfield investigates the way 3D scanning and digitization can bridge the physical world and conceptual understanding in art education in this blog post:

Brrrrr, get in from the cold and join us for a pair of programs for fun this week! We have crafts and video games to enjoy this Friday.
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Events requiring registration:
Winter Holiday Decor
charlesstudy.temple.edu/event/15216519

Virtual Reality, 3D modeling, and wax worms, oh my! Read about how Graduate Extern Jiayu Yang’s project uses 3D and VR to simulate and capture the "more-than-human reality” of wax worms:

We've got an exciting collection of programs for this week! Come join us to learn some of the basics of digitizing objects for study or come by for laser cutting and rocket league later in the week.

Ever tried 3D scanning? Have any everyday objects you want to preserve as digital artifacts? In this 90-minute workshop, participants will learn the different ways that researchers use scanning technologies to preserve cultural heritage. Register at library.temple.edu/events/2146

The LCDSS's graduate extern fellow Ye Ju Ki is using their scholarship to address the lack of asexual representation in contemporary media. Learn more about how their project combines media studies with digital methods: sites.temple.edu/tudsc/2025/1...

This week we've got some great programs! Learn to examine media with Intro to Video Analysis, play Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes, or join us to practice mending skills.

Join graduate extern Ye Ju Ki at Intro to Video Analysis: Analyzing Representation on Screen on Wednesday 11/12 from 1-2:30pm. We'll be going over the tools ELAN, Cinemetrics, and Distant Viewing Lab to examine and analyze visual portrayals of identity and diversity in film and television.

Explore simulations of real (or not so real) life! Whether you're looking to get silly in Ultimate Chicken Horse or explore the possibilities of Biospheres, we're capturing both ends of the spectrum this week.

How do we visualize the complex connections of the living world? Join graduate extern Jiayu Yang for Intro to 3D Modeling: Imagining Biospheres on Tuesday 11/4 from 12-1:30pm. We'll introduce attendees to using Tilt Brush and Unity’s 3D modeling capabilities to design and explore living biospheres.

Happy Halloween Week! We've got an exciting group of programs this week, both in VR and in the Makerspace. Most of them require registration, so make sure to grab your spot while space is open!

See these and more events on the library calendar: library.temple.edu/events

Join graduate extern Jo Liberman on Tuesday 10/28 from 12-1:30pm for Intro to VR: Creating Environments in VR and Exploring VR Applications. We'll cover how to use virtual reality software to conduct research, developing VR environments in Unity, as well as its potential uses in a variety of fields.

LCDSS’s Alex Wermer-Colan and Texas A&M University’s Sarah Potvin’s "Legal and Ethical Considerations for Curating Copyrighted Literary Collections as Data" will appear in the IMLS’s forthcoming Text and Data Mining Literacy for Librarians! Learn more about their work at dataspeculations.org

This week is light in number, but heavy in content! See these and more events on the library calendar: library.temple.edu/events

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Events requiring registration:
Games and Learning: Rosenstrasse
library.temple.edu/events/2152

Book banners really are judging books by their covers 📚

More than 80% of banned titles show people on the cover — and most of those feature women or people of color.

Research by @alexwermercolan.bsky.social:

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#bannedbooks #polisky #books

We've got a great lineup of programs this week! Some repeating, some new. See these and more events on the library calendar: library.temple.edu/events

Thanks for joining us on Bluesky! Stay tuned for resources, event information, and more! 🦉📚

Photo by Ryan Brandenberg