What's happening at the library and items of interest to the UB community
If your own skin didn’t already inform you that it’s warm outside, there’s that overhead hum-drip of window-mounted air conditioners, the shimmering of heatwaves on every concrete surface, and the street vendors hollering about ice-cold snowballs and $1 bottles of Continue reading Baltimore Summer Events!
Monday, May 2 through Thursday, May 5 we’re offering free coffee and lemonade from 8am-6pm to help get UB students through the end of the semester. We’ve also added more tables one the first and second floor of the library Continue reading End of semester coffee!
Come join us for Inspired Discoveries today from 9am – 3pm in the Moot Courtroom in the Law Center. Twenty-four undergraduates will present their work on 11 original research or creative projects. It should be a great day!
Langsdale is proud to sponsor the second Inspired Discoveries symposium this FridaySchool of Law’s Moot Courtroom. Inspired Discoveries is part of an ongoing effort to recognize and encourage undergraduate research and other academic achievements; the annual event features the creative Continue reading Langsdale co-sponsors Inspired Discoveries Symposium
In an editorial in the Chronicle of Higher Education, Harvard librarian Robert Darnton discusses 5 Myths of the Information Age. Here he talks about the important role libraries provide in service to the community, be it assisting job seekers with Continue reading Chronicle Editorial Dispels Myths of the Internet Age
There’s a really interesting article in the New York Times today about the expectations of students in business schools as well as their achievement and learning. It references Academically Adrift by Richard Arum who our campus was fortunate to have Continue reading Business Students Adrift
National Libraries Week is April 10-16, with the theme of “Create Your Own Story @ your library.” Langsdale Library is celebrating stories by hosting events and activities throughout the week. On Tuesday, April 12th, be a UB “BEEtnik”, grab a Continue reading UB BEETnik MFA Student Reading TONIGHT
IDIA graduate students are conducting research on several online search tools. We are looking for faculty, undergraduate and graduate students who have used Langsdale Library’s online tools within the past year and are willing to be observed while trying new Continue reading Test new online search tools and win a $10 gift certificate
American Heritage (AH) Publishing Co. and the American Association for State & Local History (AASLH) are set to unveiling the National Portal to Historic Collections this month. While it has enormous potential the National Portal is not quite “ready for Continue reading Portal has Enormous Potential, Little Population
Join us at Langsdale Library for a series of free workshops to learn the basics of creating webpages. In Introduction to HTML, participants will learn the basics of HTML (hypertext markup language), the language used to create web sites. This Continue reading Learn to create webpages at one of Langsdale Library’s free workshops