What's happening at the library and items of interest to the UB community
Hi! I’m Pete Ramsey, one of the Reference and Instruction librarians at Langsdale Library, and I also teach the Information Literacy (IDIS 110) course in first-year student learning communities. For your consideration: Dipity.com In my non-librarian role as a professor, Continue reading Dipity Timelines for Class Projects
You can find Langsdale Library on social media. We want to make sure everyone is updated on scheduled events, renovations, closings and free giveaways (woo-hoo!). It’s important for a college library to connect with its students and keep them informed Continue reading Socially Up-To-Date with Langsdale
Blue Clamp by Jim Dine (Photo via Flicker, Smath) Love is…Authors, poets, song writers, altruists alike have something to say about love. We fall in love and out of love. We seek love and run from love. There is pure Continue reading Valentine’s day: Love is…
Feeling playful? To dovetail our February case display theme—vintage toys—Langsdale has some particularly juicy reads in its collection about invention and the business of playthings. The books Barbie and Ruth by Robin Gerber, and Toy Monster by Jerry Oppenheimer are Continue reading Tomes About Toys
As the student liaison for the library, I’m updated on changes and improvements happening at Langsdale. By asking students around campus, I got a better idea of their opinions on Langsdale’s progress. The students who frequently came to the library Continue reading Langsdale: A Student’s Perspective
Faculty members, did you know that the Langsdale Library records the books you have authored/edited to identify you as a UB faculty author? There is a “local note” in the library record that looks like this: Here is a road Continue reading Langsdale’s Catalog Salutes UB Faculty Authors
Fair Warning: This post has little to do with Dead Poet’s Society. And only slightly more to do with a defense of poetry or a defense of that particular poem read at the inauguration. I’m not sure if any of Continue reading Zombie Poetry That Looks Just Like Healthy Poetry (and Could Very Well Be Healthy and Not Undead)
From the upcoming Langsdale Link: Aiden Faust, digital collections librarian in Special Collections, has received a Baltimore Renaissance Seed Scholars Fund Grant for his proposed oral history project to document the involvement of artists in the development of the Station Continue reading Oral History: Station North
Welcome back! Today marks the beginning of the new semester, and while recent arctic temperatures are forcing us to pull out our long underwear and thick coats as we go into the Spring semester, there are new and interesting happenings Continue reading Welcome back!