What's happening at the library and items of interest to the UB community
Langsdale Library, the Helen P. Denit Honors Program, and the Office of the Provost are sponsoring an undergraduate symposium entitled “Inspired Discoveries” on Friday, April 29, 2016 in the Business Center Auditorium and Atrium. This symposium will be part of Continue reading Inspired Discoveries: $500 scholarships for undergraduate student projects – enter by April 11!
The University of Baltimore Langsdale Library is pleased to announce a research fellowship program, funded by the University of Baltimore Foundation’s Fund for Excellence. The fellowship program will support archival research on structural inequality in Baltimore, to be conducted in Continue reading Fellowship Opportunity: Archival Research on Structural Inequality
Did you know that Langsdale Library offers a list of all of our newest materials? We do! Each month we’ll post an update letting you know about a few select titles, but there are far too many to mention here Continue reading New Materials at Langsdale
Many of you have been finding your discourse communities this Spring. Now that you’ve found it, you should participate! By contributing to the community you can also add to your resume. Historians, Political Scientists, Pre-law, and Business Managers should look Continue reading Discourse Community Participation
Author Gary Pattillo, writing briefly in CR&L News about a soon to be published study investigating the relationship of library usage to student outcomes, notes that at Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky where the study was undertaken, “freshman and sophomore Continue reading Library Use
Breaking news! President Obama just nominated Baltimore’s own Carla Hayden, CEO of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, to be the next Librarian of Congress. Here’s a message from President Obama: “Today, I’m nominating Dr. Carla Hayden to be our 14th Continue reading Enoch Pratt Library CEO nominated to be next Librarian of Congress
The LA Times has an interesting article on college students’ preference for print books over electronic ones. The story reports findings from a four-year study of college students from 420 campuses originally reported in Naomi Baron’s Words Onscreen: The Fate Continue reading College students prefer reading books in print
By Guest Blogger, Angela Rodgers-Koukoui I’m very pleased to announce the opening of the Cultural Arts Program photo exhibit next Monday, 2/15 3/7, from noon to 2 pm. The exhibit, which is a collaboration between Langsdale Library Special Collections and Continue reading Cultural Arts Program Exhibit Opens 3/7
Langsdale Library’s end-of-year DVD blowout is here! Today and tomorrow (December 21st and 22nd) you may check out ten DVDs and keep them out over winter break. The due date for the DVDs will be when we reopen on Monday, Continue reading Chill on your winter break with 10 DVDs from Langsdale
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