What's happening at the library and items of interest to the UB community
Do you think $100 is too much to pay for a book? How about $2 at the Langsdale Book Sale? You can help support Langsdale Library by purchasing used books from us during our annual book sale. With a few Continue reading Langsdale Library’s Annual Book Sale: Nov. 2-3
Midterms are here and Finals are approaching! It’s crunch time @ UB, plenty of test, and papers are being tossed at us students, so that means plenty of research is needed to be done. Langsdale online provides research help @ http://langsdale.ubalt.edu/research-help/. Continue reading Research Research
Midterms are right around the corner and the Library is a great place to study. We have study rooms on the second and third floor, and the lower level is a great place for study groups as well. Also, Langsdale Continue reading Need a place to study for mid-terms?
A group of students is starting at new Langsdale book club. We’ll have our first meeting on Thursday, October 27th from 9-10am in the Lower level of the basement to discuss our choice of books, meeting times, etc. We hope Continue reading New student book club coming to Langsdale
You may have heard rumors that Langsdale is haunted, and given the sinister offerings the library has in store this October, this may well be the case. Consider the display on the first floor in front of the Circulation desk, Continue reading Spooky books and DVDs are brain food this October
UB’s own Anastasia Salter has an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education‘s blog Wired Campuson using games in the classroom. In this article she talks not only of using games to enrich classroom learning, but considering game-inspired collaborative approaches Continue reading UB Professor Anastasia Salter discusses games in the classroom
Hello! I am not only a student at the University of Baltimore but I also will be working at Langsdale Library as a Student Liaison for the Fall. I am here to make sure that the UB student community knows Continue reading Greetings from Langsdale’s new student liaison Abdu Eaton
The Statues That Walked: Unraveling the Mystery of Easter Island by Terry Hunt and Carl Lipo [University of Baltimore and College Park Libraries, Call #: F3169 .H86 2011] Reviewed by Ivy Patterson Owens. The archaeologist authors, Terry Hunt and Carl Continue reading Book review: The Statues That Walked: Unraveling the Mystery of Easter Island
Shortly after 7 a.m. this morning, Single-Sign-On (SSO) went live for Langsdale Library (Law Library will go live at a later date). SSO enables students, staff and faculty to use their UB log in to sign on to databases and Continue reading Single Sign On
A recent article in The Chronicle of Higher Education discusses how Twitter can be effectively used in an online classroom to facilitate communication and increase feelings of connection between faculty and students in an online environment. The article also notes Continue reading Twitter in the classroom