Free textbooks! What’s not to like?

As every college student knows, textbooks are expensive!  The game is rigged: publishers are constantly releasing new editions of textbooks with only slight changes to the material, but if you don’t buy the overpriced textbook, you’re going to have a Continue reading Free textbooks! What’s not to like?

Free Coffee, Game Night, and a Publications Showcase at Langsdale

May is a busy month around campus as student are finishing up classes and preparing for final exam week. At the end of the semester students are like: So, Langsdale Library is giving the tired, stressed-out, “can’t-wait-for-the-semester-to-end” students some extra Continue reading Free Coffee, Game Night, and a Publications Showcase at Langsdale

News in the World of Books and Libraries

The National Book Awards for fiction, poetry and nonfiction were announced last night (despite the National Book Foundation’s headquarters suffering significant structural damage due to Sandy) at an event aimed to give the publishing world a new pizazz and relevance.  Continue reading News in the World of Books and Libraries