What's happening at the library and items of interest to the UB community
It’s exam time, and you need a quiet place to study. Check out our recently renovated basement – it’s quiet, it’s bright (so you won’t fall asleep), and it’s a great place to focus on that tough final! All the Continue reading Looking for a quiet place to study?
Ship’s Bell of U.S. Cruisers Maryland and Baltimore Returned to Library – Along with Scholarship Over four years ago it was announced that “The great bronze bell that has stood at the center of the John and Frances Angelos Law Continue reading The Bell is Back!
The basement in Langsdale Library will be closed for asbestos abatement from Monday Nov. 16 – Wednesday Nov. 18. The basement will be inaccessible during that time. Fortunately, there is not much down there at the moment so most people Continue reading Langsdale Basement to be closed, Microfilm inaccessible
“Good books cheap” has always been the motto of the Langsdale Library Annual Book Sale. The sale will be held in the Gallery of the Langsdale Auditorium Wednesday November 4th: Noon to 8PMThursday November 5th: 9 AM to 1 PM. Continue reading Langsdale’s Annual Book Sale Nov 4-5
Langsdale Library is offering 2 workshops to help faculty and students learn more about Zotero. Zotero is a free Firefox extension that allows users to collect, manage, organize and store citations from the web, databases or books. Zotero also has Continue reading Learn Zotero: Free Citation Management Software
Published in conjunction with the PEN American Center, Burn This Book explores the meaning of censorship, and the power of literature to inform the way we see the world, and ourselves. Contributors including Toni Morrison, Salman Rushdie, Orhan Pamuk, David Continue reading Burn This Book
. . .and read a book for fun! Check out Langsdale’s new Leisure Reading collection. Shelved just behind the reference desk at Langsdale, LR titles include such bestsellers as Twilight by Stephanie Meyer, Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Continue reading Take a break from studying
Flatlined lifts the veil of secrecy on twenty-first century health care and delves into the realities of good people caught in a bad medical system. Dr. Guy L. Clifton, a practitioner as well as a policy advocate, reveals first-hand accounts Continue reading E-Book of the Month
Welcome to the Fall 2009 semester! Langsdale Library staff is ready to help you connect with the information you seek for your class assignments, papers, and projects. Stop by the library to check your e-mail, get a movie, collaborate with Continue reading Welcome!
In The Naked Roommate: And 107 Other Issues You Might Run Into in College, best-selling author, syndicated columnist and professional speaker Harlan Cohen provides a behind-the-scenes look at everything students need to know about college (but never knew they needed Continue reading #1 Student Handbook is August E-Book of the Month