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Satellite Conference
Photograph video conferencing screen from SLIS first use of satellite for conferencing
Saint George and the Dragon
"This Caldecott Medal-winning book retells the story from Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene of the Red Cross knight and his quest to save an English kingdom from the wrath of a fire-breathing dragon. Hyman's stunning illustrations are perfect for…
Tags: Children's Books, Mythology
Sail to India: A Game of Exploration and Trade
Players: 3-4
Playing time: 60 minutes
Age: 14 and up
Introduction: It is the Age of Discovery! With the Mediterranean under Osman Turkish control, the Portuguese are looking for alternative routes to the East Indies, moved by the trade of gold,…
Playing time: 60 minutes
Age: 14 and up
Introduction: It is the Age of Discovery! With the Mediterranean under Osman Turkish control, the Portuguese are looking for alternative routes to the East Indies, moved by the trade of gold,…
Tags: 14+, 3-4 players, 60 mins, Adventures, Cards, Games, India, Mediterranean, Portuguese, Sailing, ships, small
Sagas of the Icelanders: A Roleplaying Games About the Lives of Icelandic Settlers in in the Saga Period
Introduction: In the year 874, the first Norse stylers set foot on iceland. They were escaping war, poverty and the dissolution of their political Freedoms on the mainland. Their families and people followed and claimed the empty lands, free from…
Tags: Games, Generations, History, Iceland, RPG, Saga period
Rowdy, Hostile Northern Australia Mirrors Arctic
Montreal, Quebec
Part five of a six part co-series with Cartoonist Ed McNally about spending several weeks in Australia. Desbarats writes about a very rough Austalian bar with an electric international mix of labourers from a uranium and copper…
Part five of a six part co-series with Cartoonist Ed McNally about spending several weeks in Australia. Desbarats writes about a very rough Austalian bar with an electric international mix of labourers from a uranium and copper…
Rosetta Stone [facsimile]
Good to very good ; facsimile of original Rosetta Stone tablet.
Revolution!
This is a 1st Edition, 1st Printing
Players: 3-4
Playing time: 1 hour
Ages: 13 and up
Game Objective:
The land bubbles with intrigue and unrest. The people clamor for change. Revolution is coming. When the old regime falls, who will the…
Players: 3-4
Playing time: 1 hour
Ages: 13 and up
Game Objective:
The land bubbles with intrigue and unrest. The people clamor for change. Revolution is coming. When the old regime falls, who will the…
Tags: 1 hr, 13+, 3-4 players, Board game, Games, large
Reserve and renew: the LIS mental health zine
"A compilation zine with submissions from people who work/volunteer in libraries or archives (or are working towards a library degree) exploring the intersections of mental health, mental illness, and library/archives work."
- From the creators
- From the creators
Tags: LIS, United States, Zine
Rene's Our Mann in Current Crop of Biographies
Montreal, Quebec
A surveying article on the sales of political and historical non-fiction books. Desbarats's biography on Rene Levesque is showcased as the current best selling book, despite laments from Francophones regarding the book's…
A surveying article on the sales of political and historical non-fiction books. Desbarats's biography on Rene Levesque is showcased as the current best selling book, despite laments from Francophones regarding the book's…
Reluctantly Alice (Alice series)
Reluctantly Alice is the third book in the Alice series. The series follows Alice McKinely as she grows up in Silver Spring, Maryland with her dad and brother (her mom passed away when she was five). The Reluctantly Alice book sees Alice through the…
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textures of your pandemic experience
A collaborative zine made about the FIMS community experience with the COVID19 pandemic.