What's happening at the library and items of interest to the UB community
You might have heard recent news stories concerning Google’s new Art Project. Using Google’s Street View technology, designer Amit Sood teamed up with 17 of the world’s most famous museums, including the MoMA, the Met, the Tate and the Hermitage, Continue reading Google’s new art project
The Wired Campus blog of the Chronicle of Higher Education recently featured an article about a game designed to teach students how to find and cite sources for research papers. The game, called Bibliobouts, was developed at the University of Continue reading Bibliobouts: a game about citations
While many European countries continue to develop their online digital libraries, the United States is just beginning to think at the national level. Yesterday’s New York Times article, “Playing Catch-Up in a Digital Library Race,” gives an overview of this Continue reading Imagining a national digital library
A recent Chronicle of Higher Education blog post includes the top teaching apps for your mobile device. The post notes apps for taking attendance, finding and managing course readings, taking notes and preparing course lectures. For those of you looking Continue reading For Faculty: Teaching apps you might find useful
You’ve worked hard this semester! Take some time for you and settle down with a DVD or two or ten. That’s right, from now through December 19 you can borrow up to 10 DVDs which will be due back January Continue reading Borrow 10 DVDs — for Free
It’s Dawn, your student liaison. If you are like me, you are probably frazzled and stressed out to finish your finals. Just keep in mind you have only one more week left. To close out this semester I wanted to Continue reading It’s the end of the semester, so…..
Next week is the last week of classes for the fall semester which means it will soon be time for the Langsdale Library Free Coffee Break. This semester coffee will be available on the first floor:Monday through Thursday, December 6-9, Continue reading Stay awake! Study! Coffee at Langsdale Next Week
If you wanted to read the recent health care bill for yourself how would you find it? How about if you wanted to read a specific speech by President George H. W. Bush during his time in office? As it Continue reading The Federal Government Online!
Hi! I’m Pete Ramsey, one of the Reference and Instruction Librarians at Langsdale Library. I joined UB in August this year, and have been enjoying my work here very much. You may have seen me at the reference desk, in Continue reading Going Farther with Google Maps
Hi – this is your student liaison, Dawn, again. While researching, are you finding everything you need? Don’t forget to use Langsdale’s interlibrary loan service. Interlibrary loan can allow you to retrieve documents, articles, or books that are not available Continue reading Don’t forget to use Interlibrary Loan