What's happening at the library and items of interest to the UB community
Photo by Eli Pousson I work in Special Collections at Langsdale and I’m being honest when I say that I love what I do. It’s my job to help make archives more accessible to students, researchers, and local communities through Continue reading Staff Perspective: On Archives and Community Engagement
I was trying to think of a title for this blog entry that would grab readers attention, something shocking. But then I began to think of the recent events that include cannibalism, mass murders, and (shudder) worst of all, elections Continue reading Local Lawyer/Journalist Tortured!
Albert Einsteinakg-images / Universal Images Group Spring Break has come and gone. The countdown of the last 6 weeks begins now. It’s time to begin thinking about those final papers and projects that will be due soon. Research is usually Continue reading Need help researching for end of the year papers?
Launched in 2010, Historypin is a historic photo mapping website and mobile app that aims to “create a digital history of the world” through user-generated content. Special Collections at Langsdale recently added a small sampling of our digitized photographs to Continue reading Participating in Historypin
Here in the Special Collections department, we often hear the question, “What kind of stuff do you have?” With 134 archival collections in over 6500 boxes on our shelves, that question can be a bit tricky! From our website, users Continue reading Representing Collections
Almost 120 years ago descendents of those who fought in wars before the American Revolution formed the Society of Colonial Wars “to perpetuate the memory of those events, and of the men who, in military, naval, and civil positions of Continue reading Book Recommendation
Langsdale will be closed next weekend in observance of the Memorial Day holiday. Though we are closing for these three days (Saturday through Monday), Langsdale has observed the holiday throughout this month. The display case on the first floor features Continue reading Have a Good Summer, But First…
Langsdale is home to an installation and a number of Special Collections from military veterans and lineage organizations. The permanent installation commemorating the service of the USS Baltimore (The Bell is Back, 11/16/2009), was enhanced by the addition of three Continue reading Remembrances of Veterans, Sons of Veterans, at Langsdale
Forty years ago the University of Baltimore established the Baltimore Regional Institution Studies Center, a repository of the history of modern Baltimore as chronicled in the records of institutions and memories of individuals. Working out of old Howard Hall, BRISC Continue reading The Baltimore Region Institutional Studies Center +40
Have you heard that records are making quiet comeback? Record sales were up in North America in 2008 and again in 2009. In the age of the mp3, what’s all this buzz about vinyl? Come see for yourself at Langsdale! Continue reading Vinyl — What’s the buzz?