What's happening at the library and items of interest to the UB community
In celebration of National Library Week, Langsdale Library will be hosting 2 events in the Langsdale Auditorium. Admission is free and open to the public. On Monday, April 13th at 5:30pm, Langsdale Library will host a showing and discussion of Continue reading National Library Week Events April 13 and 15
Citizen Schaefera Maryland Public Television documentary on UB Alumnus and former Mayor and Governor William Donald Schaefer aired last Monday and will air again Wednesday, April 8 at 9 PM on MPT. (see: www.mpt.org/schedule/series.cfm?series_id=17520#201592 ) This documentary makes excellent use Continue reading Langsdale’s Special Collections are being put to good use
Langsdale will be the first host of the traveling charity art exhibition, “Art for Hope.” The mission of the exhibition is to raise awareness of children suffering for illness. The exhibition will be on display on the first and second Continue reading Langsdale Library hosts Art 4 Hope charity art exhibition
Lucy Holman, director of Langsdale Library, has been conducting research into how students conduct research, looking at everything from search strategies to whether or not they use library databases. This past week she presented preliminary results of her research at Continue reading Library Director studies student research habits
On Tuesday, February 17, 2009, President Barack Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. This bill appropriates additional federal funds for job creation and preservation, aid for those most affected by the recession, infrastructure projects (transportation, environmental, Continue reading New Guide: Federal Stimulus Bill (2009)
In celebration of Women’s History Month, Langsdale Library is highlighting works that touch on this year’s theme: “Women Taking the Lead to Save our Planet.” We have also highlighted some other works by or about women that may be of Continue reading Women’s History Month 2009
The aim of Irish American Heritage Month is to bring to the attention of all Americans the contributions made throughout America’s history by Irish immigrants and their descendants. Langsdale Library presents the following resources, among many, that showcase the rich Continue reading Irish American Heritage Month 2009
The renovation of the elevator in Langsdale Library is now complete. Not only does Lansgdale let you borrow books for free, but you can now get a free ride from the 3rd to the 1st floor when you go to Continue reading Going Up! (in the elevator)
This is a very busy week in Langsdale Library. First of all we have several workshops going on in the library on topics like: Zotero: Free Citation Management Software (Mon at 12:30 and Tues at 4:30) Is that for here Continue reading This week in Langsdale: Feb 16 edition
Several students have asked if they could use SPSS on the public computers in Langsdales. Until now, we only had it available on a 4 of the computers here. Thanks to the work of OTS staff, SPSS is now available Continue reading SPSS has a stronger correlation to Langsdale