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HathiTrust Offers Full-Text Search - HathiTrust offers full-text search of millions of digitized books and journalsJust a year after its launch by 25 leading U.S. research libraries, HathiTrust Digital Library today announces a service that will transform how researchers use the more than 1.6 billion pages (4.6 million volumes) in...
Release Date: 11/19/2009

USA Today E-Edition Now Available - Students, faculty, and staff: You can now access USA Today's e-Edition from any on-campus location or opt-in to receive a morning Campus Buzz email notification alerting you of your e-Edition delivery. Try both of these services free of charge, and let USA Today know what you think.   The...
Release Date: 11/19/2009

Community of Libraries to Create Library Software - The Kuali Foundation, Inc., is pleased to announce that a group of leading academic research libraries is partnering in the Kuali Open Library Environment (OLE) (pronounced Oh-LAY) project to develop software created specifically for the complex business management and workflow operations of...
Release Date: 11/16/2009

IUCAT on Facebook - Facebook users can now use IUCAT, the statewide online catalog of the IU Libraries, within the popular social networking site. Find books and electronic books, print and online journals, DVDs, CDs, class reserve items, and more.  http://apps.facebook.com/iub_iucat    
Release Date: 11/11/2009

Honoring Veterans - To celebrate Veterans Day, observed as a federal holiday on November 11, Government Information and Kent Cooper Services honors the U.S. military with displays that will run through the end of the month.   A hanging display in the Wells Library (second floor, east tower) features...
Release Date: 11/09/2009

Brenda Johnson Named New Dean of IU Libraries - Brenda Johnson, who currently serves as University Librarian at the University of California, Santa Barbara, has been named Ruth Lilly Dean of the Indiana University Libraries, Provost and Executive Vice President Karen Hanson announced today (Nov. 18).   "The Indiana University Libraries...
Release Date: 11/19/2009

Sustainability Intern Fair in Wells Library - Learn how the campus is going green. Interns from the IU Office of Sustainability will display results of their research projects  in the Wells Library lobby on Wednesday, November 11, from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Interns have studied areas including native landscaping and invasive...
Release Date: 10/30/2009

IU information scientists receive $1.8 million in ARRA funding - BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana University has received more than $1.8 million from the National Institutes of Health to collaborate on a $12.2 million, seven-university project designed to network researchers around the country.   While the proposed new networking system will contain...
Release Date: 10/26/2009

Media and Reserve Services Announces Films on Demand Health Care Collection - Media and Reserve Services has announced their newest media acqusition: Films On Demand Health Care Collection . Containing 1000 full titles made up of 9000 clips, the database's state-of-the-art video streaming technology allows improved access to educational programs from the Films Media Group...
Release Date: 10/23/2009

Photographs of Rural America in the Depression - Librarian Bob Goehlert will discuss the policies ofthe New Deal's rural antipoverty agencies-the Resettlement Administration and Farm Security Administration-using photographs focusing on agrarian land and life during the 1930s.   Faces and Farms: Photographs of Rural America in the...
Release Date: 10/23/2009

Popular Music from the Great Depression Performance and Reception - Christopher Goodbeer and Alicia McCarther of the IU Jacobs School of Music will sing selections from the vast sheet music collections at the Lilly Library, including "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries," "We're in the Money," and "Hallelujah I'm a Bum."   Performance and Reception- Brother...
Release Date: 10/23/2009

WPA Federal Radio Project Presentation - Alan Burdette, director of the Archives of Traditional Music, will play recordings from the WPA Federal Radio Project and discuss their efforts to document disappearing aspects of American culture. Those efforts are mirrored today in the Sound Directions Project to save these now rapidly...
Release Date: 10/23/2009

Brief Outage for Online Full-Text Journals - Links to online full text journals in IUCAT and on pages in the IU Bloomington Libraries web site as well as links from IU-Link buttons in journal indexes may not work on Saturday, October 24 between 3:00 and 9:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time. The vendor who supplies our electronic journal links...
Release Date: 10/22/2009

HathiTrust Digital Library to Open - The University of Michigan Press (UMP) is joining with HathiTrust Digital Library to open electronic content for free online access.  UMP plans to have 1000 or more titles available for full viewing by year's end.  The press release announcing this partnership, and the list of the...
Release Date: 10/15/2009

Documentary Series in Celebration of Archives Month - The two Depression-era films in this series, one about the Dust Bowl and the other about the importance of the Mississippi, were selected to the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress. Documenting the Face of America, produced in 2008, shows how FSA photographers chronicled the New...
Release Date: 10/14/2009

GIS Day at Indiana University - GIS Day is a global event for users of Geographic Information Systems technology in an effort to educate people about how geography makes a difference in our lives and to demonstrate this technology to schools and organizations around the world. Learn more about GIS Day and GIS Day at Indiana...
Release Date: 10/14/2009

Tour the University Archives - Tour the University Archives and view exhibits and films of old IU football and basketball games in the Archives conference room.   Tuesday, October 20   2:00-5:00 p.m.   University Archives, Wells Library E460
Release Date: 10/14/2009

Conservation, Communities, and Cameras - Bring your lunch to a noon talk that offers context for films created during the Great Depression. Librarian Bob Goehlert provides background about the changing face of rural America.   Monday, October 12   12 noon - 1 p.m.   Herman B Wells Library E174   See...
Release Date: 10/09/2009

Tips for Digging Deeper - Finding the information you need can be tricky business. We have many, many great resources here at IU, but we don't have everything.   If we don't have what you need, we can help you find it by providing the tools to dig deeper. Identify search terms approved by the Library of Congress,...
Release Date: 10/09/2009

It Takes Two: Learn More Today - Attend a seminar today about forming successful relationships. Facilitated by Tim Davis, psychologist, IU Counseling & Psychological Services.   Where:  Wells Library, E174   When: 12 noon - 1 p.m.   The series continues Thursdays in October for tips from...
Release Date: 10/08/2009