What's happening at the library and items of interest to the UB community
Most people I know think they’re pretty savvy when it comes to searching Google. It’s a tool most of us use every day. We often rely on Google for research, directions, images, details about a person or event, shopping and Continue reading Are you an Expert Google User?
Here in the Special Collections department, we often hear the question, “What kind of stuff do you have?” With 134 archival collections in over 6500 boxes on our shelves, that question can be a bit tricky! From our website, users Continue reading Representing Collections
A few months ago, I posted an entry here about a new service in Google Scholar called Scholar Citation that allows scholars to track citations on their own works, complete with timeline graphics of citation traffic. Earlier, I wrote that Continue reading Track your citations through Google Scholar
“I got my copy of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn when I was ten. It was given to me by an aunt who always treated me like an equal instead of child, so I took her selection with great gravitas. Continue reading From Anne of Green Gables to Twilight, Langsdale Staff write about books they read when they were young.
Langsdale Library wants to know what will you be reading to bring in the Holiday Season?? I am pretty sure at Langsdale you could get some great ideas for books to purchase for gifts! Come see what we have.
A recent article from Wired editor Clive Thompson asks why students who have grown up as “digital natives” are so bad at searching. Interestingly enough, while Thompson describes the problems as being with searching, the article actually focuses mostly on Continue reading Why can’t Johnny Search?
Happy Halloween!
So there are quite a few things going on at Langsdale. If you haven’t already, check out our Zombie display! Get festive for Halloween!! Dress up and come show us your costume @ Langsdale. Next month expect a new display Continue reading What’s Up Langsdale
Join us in celebrating faculty and staff authors on Thursday, Oct. 27, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., here at Langsdale. Light refreshments will be served.
Mark Bauerlein, author of the The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future, has edited a new collection of essays from the likes of Nicholas Carr, Marc Prensky, Jakob Nielsen, Clay Shirky and others, Continue reading New Collection of Essays on the Internet