What's happening at the library and items of interest to the UB community
While we were lucky here at Langsdale, with virtually no damage after the earthquake, some of our sister libraries were not so fortunate. Here are photos of McKeldin Library that had large numbers of books fall off the shelves.
What, a librarian promoting Google Scholar? Yes, I use it often – it’s a great way to track down a source, check citations, etc. In fact, Langsdale has teamed up with Google to show our own full text resources within Continue reading For Faculty: Google Scholar – Soon you can track your own citations
Staff are working on Langsdale’s annual report for FY2011, which we hope will be released in September. In the meantime, here are a few numbers: 1,387,916 items retrieved from online databases 91,265 guests visited the library 141,793 users visited the Continue reading Langsdale by the numbers
It is fairly easy to find information on the internet, but how can we find good information on the web? A blogger for Scientific American provides several tips for finding high quality content on the web. Among his recommendations are Continue reading Finding good information online: A Biologist’s perspective
UB Faculty members Jessica I. Elfenbein, Thomas L. Hollowak and Elizabeth M. Nix recently published Baltimore ’68: Riots and Rebirth in an American City. This book offers chapters on events leading up to the turmoil, the riots, and the aftermath Continue reading UB Faculty publish Baltimore ’68
Tina Fey’s memoir, Bossypants, has arrived at Langsdale Library. Part of the leisure reading collection, this popular title can be requested from the library’s catalog. Fey’s feminism informs her humor, according to Adele Marley, a library technician at Langsdale, who Continue reading Tina Fey’s Bossypants at the Library
Langsdale has been working hard this summer to make the library more study-friendly. Last semester we mixed things up by moving the Circulation and Reference desks to accommodate more study tables on the first floor, and we have since added Continue reading Need study space? We’ve got it!
Almost 120 years ago descendents of those who fought in wars before the American Revolution formed the Society of Colonial Wars “to perpetuate the memory of those events, and of the men who, in military, naval, and civil positions of Continue reading Book Recommendation
Seattle Times guest columnists Alison J. Head and Michael B. Eisenberg push back on the prevailing idea that today’s college students are slackers. Rather, these researchers argue that colleges must retool to help young people learn the skills to negotiate Continue reading College students eager to learn but need help negotiating the information overload!
If your own skin didn’t already inform you that it’s warm outside, there’s that overhead hum-drip of window-mounted air conditioners, the shimmering of heatwaves on every concrete surface, and the street vendors hollering about ice-cold snowballs and $1 bottles of Continue reading Baltimore Summer Events!