What's happening at the library and items of interest to the UB community
Image credit: View of the Battle Monument, John Rubens Smith (1775-1849), 1828. Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ds-01545. Love Baltimore? Interested in local history and culture? If so, check out the upcoming Bmore Historic Unconference, October 10th at the Maryland Historical Society. Registration opens soon and Continue reading Upcoming Local (Un)Conference
Need a break from the library? Of course you don’t — going to the library IS a break. But the Book Festival will be open just a little bit later. When the library closes and you still haven’t finished getting Continue reading There are books and then there are books…
“I have long contended that a room full of books is simply a closet but that an empty room with a librarian in it is a library.” R. David Lankes, The Atlas of New Librarianship A bookless library doesn’t need Continue reading A bookless library isn’t an oxymoron
If you see this sign, it’s a sign you’re in the right place! For more details, check out the UB Post’s Library Insider!
The majority of my job is taking recorded history and preserving it and making it available for all to use. But more and more I feel a responsibility to get more involved in the recording of history via audiovisual means Continue reading Recording History
Please join Langsdale Library as it hosts Baltimore Home Movie Day 2014! What: Baltimore Home Movie Day When: Saturday, October 18, 2014 (time TBA) Where: University of Baltimore, Learning Commons Town Hall Begun by the Center Continue reading Save the Date – Home Movie Day!
Last week I wrote a searching (maybe aimlessly wandering) article in which I tried to figure out what exactly a library is. I didn’t come up with a good answer. But it started me thinking about all the odd collections Continue reading The Mysticism of Record Collection
Earlier this week, Amazon broke news about it’s Kindle Unlimited subscription for $9.99/month. This lets Kindle users borrow from 600,000 available books and audiobooks. While some people are suggesting getting rid of libraries and buying everyone Kindles, many others pointed Continue reading Library Unlimited
The Langsdale Library Special Collections Department has finished our move from the library’s previous building to our current location in the University of Baltimore’s Learning Commons. We were scheduled after the rest of the library and took over twice as Continue reading Space, Size, and Videotapes
The National Archives building (via Wikipedia) Throughout my life, I’ve had a bizarre relationship with libraries. Bizarre because, as a child, I didn’t particularly like to read, though, for some reason, I still liked going to the library. I’m sure Continue reading The Problem with What a Library is?