ollection management in art history requires a diverse and multifaceted approach to collections activity. Not only does the librarian require a strong grounding in art historical and fine arts librarianship, but a sound appreciation of research and publishing trends inherent to art history. Among various approaches to selecting for art history, mapping dissertation research trends may not alway...

For the past two decades, the postmodern debates dominated the cultural and intellectual scene in many fields throughout the world. In aesthetic and cultural theory, polemics emerged over whether modernism in the arts was or was not dead and what sort of postmodern art was succeeding it. In philosophy, debates erupted concerning whether or not the tradition of modern philosophy had ended, and m...

A b r a n c h o f N o tre D am e F e d e r a l C re d i t U n ion in L a F o r tu n e Student Center will be t­ ter serve s tuden ts’ needs than the Key Bank office it r e p la c e d , U n ive rs i ty officials said. The move happened in early August, bu t plans for the change began in April. With Key B ank’s l e a s e e x p i r i n g in l a t e J u ly , N o t r e D am e p u t the student cente...

Ki (in Japanese) or Qi (in Chinese) is the key concept in Eastern medicine, Eastern philosophy, as well as in martial arts. We explain the philosophical and psychological background of Ki. We emphasize that the unique aspects of Eastern philosophy are 'non-linearity' and 'holistic' approach. We then present physics aspect of Ki. Our experiments demonstrated that a 'Ki-beam' carries 'entropy' (o...