What's happening at the library and items of interest to the UB community
This fall the library is piloting a study to find out more about how what we do helps students. We’ll be asking for your help in gathering a little more information sometimes about who you are and what you are Continue reading Langsdale Studies Student Success!
Eva Anderson’s Baltimore Dance Theater, poster detail (photo collage), 1982 Anderson floating on air during rehearsal, 1977 Modern dance legend and Howard County resident Eva Anderson has bestowed many gifts in her illustrious life. For more than 40 years, Anderson Continue reading Footnotes: Eva Anderson’s Baltimore Dance Theater Collection Comes to Langsdale
Langsdale and the ALC are thrilled to brag a little about our Fall 2017 semester offering of workshops. We’re gearing up for this semester with a full staff and a full list of workshops FREE to UB students. Whether you’re Continue reading New Semester, New Workshops!
Did you know that Langsdale Library offers a list of all of our newest materials? We do! Each month we’ll post an update letting you know about a few select titles, but there are far too many to mention here Continue reading New Materials at Langsdale!
Dance Troupe, 1972. Robert Breck Chapman Collection. Via flickr When I decided last week to do a seasonal library display of items in Special Collections with a theme of “summertime leisure”, I couldn’t imagine a fluffier, less serious topic. I Continue reading The Other Side of Summer
Did you know that Langsdale Library offers a list of all of our newest materials? We do! Each month we’ll post an update letting you know about a few select titles, but there are far too many to mention here Continue reading New Materials at Langsdale!
Visit the fundraising page to lend a hand When researchers are finished working with the archival boxes Special Collections pulls for them, I occasionally sneak a peek at the stash– just to be nosy, or to share an item of interest Continue reading Turn up the Volume on Voices from the Past
Charles Dyer and Joan Harris, outside UB’s Hilda and Michael Bogomolny Room Last Saturday, Langsdale Library honored the legacy of archival collection donor, Joan Y. Harris, ACSW. Ms. Harris devoted her career to Baltimore as a public school social worker, Continue reading Joan Y. Harris: Celebrating an Archival Legacy
Quad Tape, soon to appear at a nonprofit regional archive near you. Tick-tock! Time is running out for videophiles to enjoy the glitchy, retro pleasures of analog media. Last year, the last videocassette recorder (VCR) was manufactured in Japan, and Continue reading Be Kind, Rewind: Putting Endangered Collections First
Langsdale Library and the ALC are open all summer long and we’re here to support you through all your tough summer courses! Working on a research project? Make an appointment with a Reference Librarian or drop by the reference desk Continue reading Academic Support @ Langsdale