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The Science and Society Picture Library in South Kensington, London, represents images from the UK Science Museum; the National Museum of Photography, Film, and Television; the National Railway Museum.

The collections include 4000 personalities, the Daily Herald and Manchester Daily Express archives, the Kodak collection, the Photographic Advertising Archive, and the work of Julia Margaret Cameron, William Henry Fox Talbot and Tony Ray-Jones.

Check out the galleries for highlights of the collections or browse the main subjects by using detailed categories.

In his New York Times article, Charles McGrath ponders the necessity of public television, noting the abundance of speciality cable channels and increasing costs to create stellar programming.  McGrath points out that while public television continues to experience shrinking audiences, public radio actually has increasing listeners with "30 million listeners now, compared to just 2 million in 1980." 

Has public television seen its heyday?

The Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia recently honored Temple University station WRTI for its accomplishments as a home for broadcasters wishing to learn the craft for the past 60 years. 

Until the 1980s, WRTI was a student station. Now a non-profit, member-supported public radio station, WRTI is a broadcast service of Temple University and operates as a professional classical and jazz radio station. 

To learn more, read the entire story.

CBS 3 (KYW-TV) recently donated its vast video archive to Temple University's Urban Archives.

The video archive comprises over 20,000 videotapes, including daily local newscasts and video clips from the last 30 years of Eyewitness News as well as 15 years of the local lifestyle show, Evening Magazine. Once cataloged, the collection will be available to students and the local community.

For additional information, see the Temple Times article, or watch the KYW-TV news coverage of CBS 3 President and General Manager, Michael Colleran presenting the video archive to Temple President, Ann Weaver Hart and Dean of Libraries, Larry Alford during the recent ceremony and reception.

In his article appearing in the LA Times, David Sarno notes that an increasing number of vintage television programs and commercials are being uploaded to YouTube (sneak a peak at the TV Networks channel, for example), quickly making the popular video sharing website one of the largest repositories of television history -- and rivaling the nation's leading broadcast museums in both content scope and accessibility.

The Atwater Kent Museum is currently featuring an exhibition entitled, "Wonderful World of Radio" through mid-September.

In conjunction with the exhibition, a special program, entitled "Radio Broadcasting in Philadelphia" will be offered on Saturday, May 5, 2:00-3:30pm. Five of the city´s radio legends - Jerry Blavat, Tony Brown, Tom Moran, Karin Phillips, and Dean Tyler - wil be center stage in a conversation about radio broadcasting in Philadelphia.

More information is included below.

Atwater Kent Museum of Philadelphia
15 South 7th Street (between Market & Chestnut)
Free admission with AKMP admission: adults, $5; seniors and ages 13-17, $3; AKMP members, free.
Galleries open at 1:00pm; refreshments served.

Temple University Libraries now has access to Sage Journals Online, a collection of over 400 journals in the social sciences, humanities, medicine, engineering, and physical and life sciences from Sage Publications.

Well over 100,000 articles devoted to Communication Studies are inlcuded, focussing on communication theories, behaviors, and research, plus media, mass communications, radio, journalism education, broadcasting, and so much more.

Katie Couric's much anticipated debut on "CBS Evening News" Tuesday evening was fodder for Wednesday's news. Commentaries seemed to focus on the lack of newsiness of the day, in addition to Couric's attire and weight - presumably due to the recent Couric photograph snafu. See commentaries from select media below.

While the Boston Globe deemed Couric and the program "competent and safe," The Washington Post declared the evening "a hit." Tim Goodman of The San Francisco Chronicle simply stated that Couric's 22 minutes was "different," hinting at the "softer," feminine aspect of the program. The Chicago Sun-Times also commented on the softness of the program, exclaiming that future news programs may be filled with 15 minutes of hard news and 15 minutes of soft news.