What's happening at the library and items of interest to the UB community
If you missed President Bush’s speech last night, you can now find the complete transcript on the Government Printing Offfice website (transcripts available back to 1992): http://www.gpoaccess.gov/sou/index.html If you’d like to watch the video you can go to C-SPAN, which Continue reading 2006 State of the Union Address Now Online
The Spring 2006 schedule of Langsdale Library tours and workshops has been announced: Thursday, 2/2/06: Library Tour (5:00 to 5:30 PM)Tuesday, 2/7/06: Library Tour (5:00 to 5:30 PM)Tuesday, 2/7/06: Introduction to HTML (5:30 to 8:30 PM)Wednesday, 2/8/06: Library Tour (5:00 Continue reading Free Tours and Workshops
Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706. To find out more about this Founding Father, here are a few free web links: Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary: The official 300th birthday site. Find out about celebrations being held around the country Continue reading Happy Birthday, Ben Franklin!
In the First Person is a database created by Alexander Street Press with indexing of 2500 oral history collections. One may do a general key word search, although the “Find Collections” or “Search Interviews” advanced search seems to offer more Continue reading Good resource for oral histories
The Pew Internet & American Life Project released a new report at the end of December that highlights trends in Internet use among men and women. Some good news: although women’s Internet use still lags behind that of men, women Continue reading New Pew Report: How Men and Women Use the Internet
The U.S. Census Bureau puts out an occasional press release called “Facts for Features” (great for those sidebars in your local newspaper) . Here are some fun facts for Christmas: 1.9 billion Christmas cards are mailed every year, making Christmas Continue reading Holiday Facts from the Census Bureau
The Washington Post has created the U.S. Congress Votes Database, which covers every vote in the since the 102nd Congress (1991). No only can you search by state, region and gender, you can also search by “baby-boomer status” and even Continue reading New from the Washington Post: Votes Database
Let’s face it. Most college research assignments don’t get students excited about research. Here is an article about a history instructor (and librarian) whose innovative assignments sparked her students’ interest and got them to do some fantastic research: Mudrock, Theresa. Continue reading Engaging Students in the Game of Research
This site is not from a government agency, but from the wonderful folks at the University of Michigan Documents Center. Get summaries of the New Jersey and Virginia gubernatorial races, mayoral election results and ballot intitatives from all around the Continue reading 2005 Elections: Overview and Results
Langsdale will be closed for some holidays and all weekends during the winter break. We will be closed from Dec 22-Jan 2 and Jan 16. Except as noted above, from Dec 19 – Jan 29 Langsdale will be open Monday Continue reading Winter Break