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Undergrads, Apply Now for Research Award - Want to earn more than a good grade for your hard work? Apply now for our annual undergraduate research award, and you could win $500 or $1,000! The Sam Burgess Undergraduate Student Library Research Award recognizes two students who incorporate extraordinary skill and creativity in the...
Release Date: 02/17/2009

Dating Tips for Don Draper - Just in time for Valentine's Day, watch funny vintage films offering dating advice from the 1950s. Each culture in every time and place develops rituals for how individuals become couples. How did your grandparents ever get together? Bring your lunch and watch three “social...
Release Date: 02/06/2009

Discuss Video Streaming Over Lunch - Bring your lunch, and join staff members of the Digital Library Program who will demonstrate the functionality of a new Video Streaming Service both from the perspective of a student or faculty member viewing a video and a library staff member loading a new video into the system. ...
Release Date: 01/26/2009

Bicentennial Exhibition Celebrates Lincoln's Indiana Years - Remembering Lincoln, an exhibition in celebration of the bicentennial of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, will be on display at the Lilly Library from January 26 through May 9. Curated by Cinda May, Assistant Librarian, Indiana State University, the exhibition features more than...
Release Date: 01/23/2009

News for Faculty and Instructors - 1)  IU WorldCat Offers Added Value; Complements IUCAT 2)  BFC Minutes Searchable Online 3)  Nominate Undergraduates for Research Award 4)  Media Preservation Survey Underway 5)  Unbound Periodicals Relocated in Wells Library 6)  Tips...
Release Date: 01/22/2009

"One Book One Bloomington and Beyond" Announces 2009 Selection: The Book Thief - One Book One Bloomington and Beyond, a communitywide program coordinated by the Monroe County Public Library, has announced The Book Thief as its 2009 community reading selection. The Book Thief, written by Markus Zusak in 2007, is a coming-of-age story set in World War...
Release Date: 01/20/2009

Public Art Event at Wells Library - If you’re looking to commemorate Inauguration Day 2009, head to the lobby of the Herman B Wells Library on Tuesday, January 20. Yes We Can, an interactive art project timed to coincide with the inauguration of President Barack Obama, invites visitors to write on...
Release Date: 01/15/2009

Research Seminars for Faculty and Grad Students - Librarians are always available to help you with your research needs: Meet with a librarian individually to learn more about specific resources or strategies, or join your colleagues at any of the popular research seminars. Among them: • IU WorldCat • Library...
Release Date: 01/02/2009

When Is Change Transformational? - Libraries by definition are reliable and consistent. At IU, we are much more than that: we are also constantly evolving. We are pushing boundaries and redefining ourselves. For students and faculty, transformation can happen quickly. An aha moment. An unexpected...
Release Date: 01/02/2009