What's happening at the library and items of interest to the UB community
There really are only a few things that I believe myself truly, unabashedly, and unapologetically good at. And right at the top of that short list is procrastination. It’s a gift, I don’t mind saying. Since college, though, I’ve learned Continue reading The Research Paper that Grew Legs and Destroyed Cities
Image courtesy of Vancouver Film School UB’s own Anastasia Salter, Assistant Professor of Information Arts and Technologies wrote a useful post for the Chronicle of Higher Education’s Wired Campus blog in the ProfHacker column. In it she provides useful tips Continue reading Effective Management of Student Team Projects
I love deadlines. I love the whooshing sound they make as they go by.Douglas Adams by flicker user anniemole When it comes to writing, we all have to face down deadlines. Whether it’s a student working on a term paper, a librarian trying Continue reading Churnalism: Holding Journalists Accountable
On Thursday, April 18, 2013 the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) was launched without much fanfare. Actually, there was supposed to be much fanfare—at a public event at the Boston Public Library—but given the bombing that happened just outside Continue reading Free to All
In honor of National Library and Student Employee Appreciation Week, enjoy a poem written by CarlaJean Valluzzi, Student Assistant, Circulation Department. Such Gainful EmploymentBy CarlaJean Valluzzi I push the cart | weave a path through the stacks | forgetting it Continue reading Such Gainful Employment: A Poem by CarlaJean Valluzzi
Poetry Center, Chicago It isn’t the easiest thing to talk about books on the radio or on a podcast or, for that matter, in the classroom, and make them interesting. I’m sure you’ve seen, at one point or another, some Continue reading Dusty Books and Podcasts
Langsdale Library’s Special Collections has been working in partnership with the UB Post staff and student workers to make a collection of back issues of the student newspaper kept in the university archives available online. Recent digital back issues and Continue reading UB Post Available Online
A few weeks ago, Michael Shochet contributed a post on libraries in the world of MOOCs (massively open online courses). Last week Jennifer Howard wrote an interesting article in the Chronicle of Higher Education’s Wired Campus blog reporting on a recent conference of librarians discussing the Continue reading MOOCs and Libraries, Part II
The Bibliotheca Alexandrina (photo: Argenberg) If you are a student, you probably have a feeling that textbooks are enormously expensive. It turns out that over the past few decades the cost of textbooks have been rising at a rate much Continue reading Finding Inspriration from the Great Library of Alexandria