What's happening at the library and items of interest to the UB community
This semester’s edition of the Langsdale Link (the official Newsletter of Langsdale Library) is chock-full of information about Langsdale and its services. Here is what you can find “inside”: Welcome from the new directorNew Library Director Lucy Holman provides an Continue reading Read all about Langsdale: The Fall 08 Langsdale Link is here!
Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries provides reviews of materials of interest to those in higher education. Each year they publish over 7,000 reviews of books, electronic resources and Internet sites. These reviews are one tool used by many librarians Continue reading Langsdale Library now offers online access to Choice.
Yes, you read that right. The Office of Citizen Services and Communications at the U.S. General Services Administration has created a new blog about government information, with a different blogger for each day of the week (meet them here). They’d Continue reading The Government Has a Blog
From Compiler: Wired Blogs:Google To Add Embedded Videos to Default Search Results We’re here at Google’s Searchology event in Mountain View. Google’s Marissa Mayer has announced that the company is launching a new, integrated search experience Wednesday called Universal Search. Continue reading Google Universal Search Launched Today
Great news! The New York Times recently announced that it will give free access to Times Select, including their archives (back to 1851) to people with a .edu e-mail address. Here’s the press release (via the ACRLog): Beginning on March Continue reading New York Times FREE 1981-present
Langsdale Library has named Jeffrey Hutson as its head of reference. Hutson, who had served for the previous 16 months as a reference librarian and manager of the reference collection in Langsdale, will be in charge of an ongoing program Continue reading New Head of Reference
Ever wonder what staff at Langsdale do when we aren’t teaching classes, circulating books and DVD’s, providing reference assistance, cataloging books, acquiring new databases, creating reserve pages, getting articles and creating finding aids? Now you can find out about our Continue reading Staff News