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The University of Baltimore Libraries to migrate from Ex Libris ALEPH system to Alma/Primo system over Spring 2024

Posted on February 2, 2024 by Sean Hogan

This spring, The University of Baltimore Libraries, along with the 17 libraries across the University System of Maryland and Affiliated Institutions (USMAI) will be implementing a new integrated library system (ILS), Alma, that will go live on May 23, 2024. Continue reading The University of Baltimore Libraries to migrate from Ex Libris ALEPH system to Alma/Primo system over Spring 2024→

The Internet may not be forever

Posted on April 13, 2019 by Michael Shochet

You may have heard warnings to be careful what you post on the Internet, because the Internet is forever. But is it really? The BBC recently looked into the question of why there’s so little left of the early internet Continue reading The Internet may not be forever→

I’ll Take Boredom Over Facebook Anyday

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Library Staff

Socrates:“The unexamined life is not worth living.“ About two weeks ago, I was talking to a friend about a couple we both knew. They’d been married for a few years, not too long (I can’t remember how long exactly), and Continue reading I’ll Take Boredom Over Facebook Anyday→

Information wants to be expensive.

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Library Staff

flickr user nirak In the late 60’s, Stewart Brown posited that information wants to be expensive and free at the same time. That the tension between these competing desires will not go away, they will always fight one another. This continues Continue reading Information wants to be expensive.→

Columbus and a Sea of Blue Ideas

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Library Staff

Columbus Breaking the Egg (Christopher Columbus) by William Hogarth For a scientist — or anyone for that matter — to proclaim the discovery of a physical thing (a country, a particle, a planet, a new species of fish) has always Continue reading Columbus and a Sea of Blue Ideas→

The Wizard and the Great Zeitgeist

Posted on September 6, 2012 by Library Staff

“House of Knowledge” by Jaume Plensa If the internet or blogs were old enough to have what one might call a tradition, we can be sure that it would be predominantly based in retelling what is new, what is breaking Continue reading The Wizard and the Great Zeitgeist→

Finding good information online: A Biologist’s perspective

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Library Staff

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→

College students eager to learn but need help negotiating the information overload!

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Library Staff

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!→