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This past legislative session $482,632 was appropriated by the South Dakota Legislature to help meet the increasing costs of library media. University librarians have been working with faculty to identify electronic resources that will enhance research and scholarly activities throughout the state. Watch this space for announcments as resources become available.

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One year ago Hurricane Katrina was pounding the gulf coast. Read more about it in On risk and disaster : lessons from Hurricane Katrina and find out why New Orleans was at such profound risk in An unnatural metropolis : wresting New Orleans from nature . For more books about Katrina: Hurricane Katrina, 2005 Use Engineering Village at http://www.engineeringvillage2.org for engineering related Katrina articles such as Restoring Katrina-ravaged bridges On August 31, 1897, Thomas Edison received a patent for the kinetoscope, the forerunner of the motion-picture film projector.