What's happening at the library and items of interest to the UB community
It’s that time of year again. Time to get your spook on! Here’s a sampling of some of the titles that Langsdale owns to help you celebrate fright night. Did you check out our staff member Adele’s October display on Continue reading Horror at Langsdale
If you missed the Faculty Authors celebration held at Langsdale on October 23 (or even if you didn’t), you can browse a list of books authored by UB faculty and available at Langsdale by going to WorldCat Lists. WorldCat is Continue reading WorldCat Lists: Showcasing UB Authors and Langsdale Collections
This week is open access week, and we encourage faculty and students to learn more about what open access means to scholarly activity and publishing. Here’s a great animated video that will introduce you to the concept. It was created Continue reading Do you understand open access?
Are you looking for an extreme experience this Halloween? Is your idea of celebrating this spooky season all about facing your darkest fears head-on? There are haunted attractions that play into the many rational or irrational phobias of their patrons—catering to frights Continue reading Calling All Bibliophiles and Bibliophobics: The Langsdale Book Sale is Nigh!
There have been recent posts in the Chronicle of Higher Education‘s Lingua Franca blog arguing the positive and negative consequences of the Internet on writing. Journalist Clive Thompson, author of the new book Smarter Than You Think: How Technology Is Continue reading How the Internet Has Impacted Writing
Something to get you through the week: Mr Bean doing what Mr Bean does, only in a library. For more information on Langsdale’s Special Collections, click here. Or, to read some posts about the things they do, click here.
Today marks the start of Banned Books Week, a celebration of intellectual freedom and the ability of libraries to provide books of all types to their users. Every year the Office of Intellectual Freedom at the American Library Association receives Continue reading Banned Books Week
The good news kept rolling in on Wednesday, when the City Paper’s 2013 “Best of Baltimore” (BoB) issue hit the streets. Langsdale boasts a connection with not just one, but two BoB winners: sometime Circulation assistant Abdu Eaton (UB class Continue reading Langsdale Staffers Get Best of Baltimore Props
You’ve put in all that work. Your thesis/dissertation has been accepted. You’re ready to turn print copies in to Langsdale for binding. But, did you know that you can also put an electronic copy into a database that is accessible Continue reading Thesis and Dissertation Writers – Show the World Your Work!
Mark Twain via Wikipedia There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. – Mark Twain How does one chose a single university out of all the stellar universities in this country? Answer: Rankings? Earlier this month, US News Continue reading The Ranking Jangle in Higher Ed