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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 — No Comments ↓

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→

Libraries Matter

Posted on June 13, 2014 by Library Staff — 1 Comment ↓

Image courtesy of James B. Hunt Library, North Carolina State University We often hear that libraries are losing relevance in the Internet Age; we have users and funders who say, “why do we need libraries – can’t you find most Continue reading Libraries Matter→

Stranger than Fiction

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Library Staff — No Comments ↓

(and that can be a good thing) Some unusual libraries I found while wandering around the internet: (Via: Gizmodo) Via: The Little Free Library

Finding Inspriration from the Great Library of Alexandria

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Library Staff — 3 Comments ↓

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina (photo: Argenberg) If you are a student, you probably have a feeling that textbooks are enormously expensive. It turns out that over the past few decades the cost of textbooks have been rising at a rate much Continue reading Finding Inspriration from the Great Library of Alexandria→

Putting the library into a MOOC

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Library Staff — 1 Comment ↓

Massive open online courses or, MOOCs, are a very hot topic in education these days. The general idea behind a MOOC is that professors teaching a class can put course materials, including instructional content like videos of lectures, online in Continue reading Putting the library into a MOOC→

Folk Songs and Light Bulbs

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Library Staff — No Comments ↓

From Wikipedia Let me just preface this post by saying: I am not a librarian — at least not in any technical sense. I never went to school… never even thought about going to school… actually, before I started working Continue reading Folk Songs and Light Bulbs→

The Wizard and the Great Zeitgeist

Posted on September 6, 2012 by Library Staff — No Comments ↓

“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→

Rhyming Libraries and Loops

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Library Staff — No Comments ↓

A mobile division of the New York Public Library Getty Images / Universal Images Group/via Image Quest I’ve always been fascinated by the seemingly endless repetition of phenomena that after my eye has been drawn to just one occurrence, no Continue reading Rhyming Libraries and Loops→

Graven and digital tablets: new technology at Langsdale

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Library Staff — No Comments ↓

Langsdale On the Go! kiosk It is difficult to disassociate libraries with books. Drive down any main street in the US and chances are you will run across a public library marked with the logo of a silhouetted human-type-figure sitting Continue reading Graven and digital tablets: new technology at Langsdale→

Blackout Today – SOPA, PIPA

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Library Staff — No Comments ↓

Wikipedia and other websites are conducting a blackout today to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA). Find out more about these two anti-piracy bills being considered by Congress. More information about these bills Continue reading Blackout Today – SOPA, PIPA→