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14013. Teri Whitaker - COVID-19 Is a Serious Threat to My Life (04:34)

Date:
2021-09-09
Main contributors:
Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:
“I really don't think there's an area of my life that the pandemic hasn't touched, whether it's through my home healthcare or my ability to go out and do things socially.” Teri Whitaker has muscular dystrophy, which impacts her lung function. She needs to take many more precautions than most people to stay safe. Teri also discussed the pandemic’s impact on her psychological well-being. “I know, I, myself, and many other people with disabilities that are my friends who aren't really typically people that are depressed have had to seek out professional help to deal with, you know, the emotions of all of this.” To keep herself busy, Teri was able to do remote volunteer and advocacy work. “I find that it has been a real help for me, psychologically, to not feel like a victim of this pandemic." To address the vaccination inequities of people with disabilities, Teri helped create the High-Risk Indiana Coalition. The coalition was involved in public forums, conducted interviews, and distributed information on the COVID risks to people with disabilities.

14014. Terminology Services (45:18)

Date:
2010-09-29
Main contributors:
Durbin, Mike
Summary:
The use of controlled vocabularies in digital library applications can be expanded with ease when thesauri are made available using a standard service oriented architecture. Adopting this approach the DLP has been able to easily adapt existing tools to use controlled vocabularies and to better take advantage of a wide array of controlled vocabulary sources. This talk will focus on the technical architecture and implementation of our vocabulary services and the improvements made in various applications. This talk will conclude with demonstrations of cataloging applications, discovery applications and various other tools that were enhanced to utilize the new services.

14015. Ternary Form (29:38)

Date:
1958
Summary:
In this discussion, Dr. Jones explains thatternary form is the repetition of an opening section of a composition after further development of the theme. This repetition brings the opening in to a relationship of tension with the rest of the piece since it closes or completes the structure, which would collapse without the repetition.

14016. Terra cotta sculpture (29:31)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses the use of terra cotta clay in sculpturing. Shows the modeling of a figure in terra cotta clay. Explains the nature of this medium and the problems of working with it. Tells how terra cotta clay differs from ordinary modeling clay. Demonstrates the "inside-outside" method of working with terra cotta. Illustrates with examples of completed figures in different kinds of terra cotta clay. Features Merrell Gage, sculptor and Professor of Fine Arts, University of Southern California. (USC) Film.