What's happening at the library and items of interest to the UB community
The University of Baltimore has been selected as one of 75 institutions to participate in the Association of College and Research Libraries’ (ACRL) program Assessment in Action: Academic Libraries and Student Success. The schools selected to participate in the program Continue reading Assessment in Action at Langsdale
via Flicker (schani) The most important thing for most college students is sleep. Of course, there are your grades, work, and final exams, but, I feel the most important thing is sleep. So please take my advice: SLEEP SLEEP SLEEP. Continue reading Get Some Rest … and then Get Back to Work
May is a busy month around campus as student are finishing up classes and preparing for final exam week. At the end of the semester students are like: So, Langsdale Library is giving the tired, stressed-out, “can’t-wait-for-the-semester-to-end” students some extra Continue reading Free Coffee, Game Night, and a Publications Showcase at Langsdale
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