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Happy New Calendar! A Sampling of Calendars at the DPLA

Now that we have our new calendar in place to help track the year ahead let’s have a look back at some of the thousands of calendars available for your perusal at the Digital Public Library of America, DPLA. Derived from the Latin … Continue reading

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James Allen – Artist Lecture, Wednesday, January 28, 6:30 p.m., Collins Library Rm. 020

Wednesday, January 28, 2015 6:30 p.m. Collins Library, Rm. 020. James Allen (An artist from Portland, Oregon) finds inspiration in the ephemera of the common objects we encounter everyday altering objects such as books, magazines, photos, and postcards to create … Continue reading

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4 Ways Academic Libraries are Adapting for the Future

Has technology rendered the library obsolete? It doesn’t seem so. Instead, centers for higher learning are finding ways to reinvigorate them. Despite all the dire predictions for the future of academic libraries in the digital age, when people believed the … Continue reading

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From the Archives: Happy Winter Break!

Have a happy and safe winter break! We’ll be here when you get back in January.  

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Collins Library Links: End of the Semester Edition – Focus on Archives & Special Collections

End of the Semester Edition: Focus on Archives & Special Collections   Additions to the Archives & Special Collections: DuBois, W.E.  Burghardt (Editor), The Crisis: A Record of the Darker Races, March 1930. Vol. 37, No. 3. New York: NAACP … Continue reading

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Check out ARTstor’s Renaissance Studies Collection

ARTstor’ s Renaissance Studies Collection includes a selection of 100 images of the art and architecture of Renaissance Europe, including prints, drawings, paintings, sculptures, buildings, fresco cycles, and other forms of architectural decoration.

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Good luck on finals and best wishes for the new year!

Good luck on finals & best wishes for the new year! Have a fun holiday – see you next semester! Image from the Collins Memorial Library Special Collections

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The most spectacular libraries in the world

View some unique libraries at their best. See more images at The most spectacular libraries in the world.                  

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From the Archives: Mapping a Path

Maps tell us where we are and show us how to get to where we want to go. They give us a picture of what is around us. There can be maps of buildings, maps of towns, or maps of … Continue reading

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Just in! “Carbide Tipped Pens” Edited by Ben Bova and Eric Choi

From more than a dozen masters of the genre come seventeen tales of hard science fiction to form Carbide Tipped Pens. The collection contains titles from an impressive roster of authors, including Howard Hendrix, Nancy Fulda, Daniel H. Wilson, and … Continue reading

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