What's New in the Library http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/whats-new.php Highlights of new and wonderful things happening and available in the UC Berkeley Library. en-US http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Print disability? Library now has the key http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/whats-new.php/print-disability-library-now-has Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:56:00 +0000 dmoore Library News 8115@http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/ <p>Campus students with print disabilities now hold keys to the campus's vast library collections, under a landmark agreement finalized last month.  <a href="http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/06/04/library-service-for-print-disabilities/" target="_blank">Read more</a></p> <div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;">Print disability? Library now has the key</div> <div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;">Campus students with print disabilities now hold keys to the campus?s vast library collections, under a landmark agreement finalized last month.<span style="font-size: 13px;">Campus students with print disabilities now hold keys to the campus?s vast library collections, under a landmark agreement finalized last month. </span><a style="font-size: 13px;" href="http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/06/04/library-service-for-print-disabilities/" target="_blank">Read more</a></div><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/whats-new.php/print-disability-library-now-has">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> Campus students with print disabilities now hold keys to the campus's vast library collections, under a landmark agreement finalized last month.  Read more

Print disability? Library now has the key
Campus students with print disabilities now hold keys to the campus?s vast library collections, under a landmark agreement finalized last month.Campus students with print disabilities now hold keys to the campus?s vast library collections, under a landmark agreement finalized last month. Read more

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]]> http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/whats-new.php/print-disability-library-now-has#comments http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/whats-new.php?tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=8115 Undergraduate Research Prize winners http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/whats-new.php/undergraduate-research-prize-winners-2 Wed, 15 May 2013 22:29:00 +0000 dmoore Library News 5672@http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/ <p>The 2013 Library Prize for Undergraduate Research competition honors the excellent scholarship that Berkeley students -- supported by the Library's collections and staff -- are pursuing across many disciplines, This year's <a href="http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/researchprize/pastwinners/winners2013.html" target="_blank">winning projects</a> and <a href="http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/researchprize/pastwinners/mentions2013.html" target="_blank">honorable mentions</a> can be viewed online.</p> <p>This year the Library Prize was named for Charlene Conrad Liebau '60, honoring her generous endowment to support the program. Read more about Liebau in the spring <a href="http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/give/fiatlux/fiatlux27.pdf" target="_blank">"Fiat Lux" newsletter</a> (p. 8).</p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/whats-new.php/undergraduate-research-prize-winners-2">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> The 2013 Library Prize for Undergraduate Research competition honors the excellent scholarship that Berkeley students -- supported by the Library's collections and staff -- are pursuing across many disciplines, This year's winning projects and honorable mentions can be viewed online.

This year the Library Prize was named for Charlene Conrad Liebau '60, honoring her generous endowment to support the program. Read more about Liebau in the spring "Fiat Lux" newsletter (p. 8).

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]]> http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/whats-new.php/undergraduate-research-prize-winners-2#comments http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/whats-new.php?tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=5672 Summer reading list 2013: "What Would Seniors Read?" http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/whats-new.php/summer-reading-list-2012 Wed, 01 May 2013 21:05:00 +0000 admin Library News 6991@http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/ <p> </p> <div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;">Every summer, The Library and College Writing Programs distribute to new freshmen a list of recommended books.  This isn't required reading, but rather a great list of titles suggested as a way of welcoming incoming students to the intellectual life of the university. This year we decided to try something different and asked seniors to share their wisdom. Their recommended reading includes both classic works and contemporary classics: novels, nonfiction, and poetry. Your departing peers chose these books because they have enjoyed and been strongly affected by them, and they think you would enjoy them too. There?s almost certainly something here to catch your interest.</div> <div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;">The selections have been posted on Moffitt Library's Facebook site, where you can see what others think of these works and leave your own comments.</div> <p>Every summer, The Library and College Writing Programs distribute to new freshmen a list of recommended books.  This isn't required reading, but rather a great list of titles suggested as a way of welcoming incoming students to the intellectual life of the university. This year we decided to try something different and asked seniors to share their wisdom. Their recommended reading includes both classic works and contemporary classics: novels, nonfiction, and poetry. There?s almost certainly something here to catch your interest!<br /><br />The selections have been posted on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/moffittlibrary" target="_self">Moffitt Library's Facebook site</a>, where you can see what others think of these works and leave your own comments.</p> <p> </p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/whats-new.php/summer-reading-list-2012">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div>  

Every summer, The Library and College Writing Programs distribute to new freshmen a list of recommended books.  This isn't required reading, but rather a great list of titles suggested as a way of welcoming incoming students to the intellectual life of the university. This year we decided to try something different and asked seniors to share their wisdom. Their recommended reading includes both classic works and contemporary classics: novels, nonfiction, and poetry. Your departing peers chose these books because they have enjoyed and been strongly affected by them, and they think you would enjoy them too. There?s almost certainly something here to catch your interest.
The selections have been posted on Moffitt Library's Facebook site, where you can see what others think of these works and leave your own comments.

Every summer, The Library and College Writing Programs distribute to new freshmen a list of recommended books.  This isn't required reading, but rather a great list of titles suggested as a way of welcoming incoming students to the intellectual life of the university. This year we decided to try something different and asked seniors to share their wisdom. Their recommended reading includes both classic works and contemporary classics: novels, nonfiction, and poetry. There?s almost certainly something here to catch your interest!

The selections have been posted on Moffitt Library's Facebook site, where you can see what others think of these works and leave your own comments.

 

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]]> http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/whats-new.php/summer-reading-list-2012#comments http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/whats-new.php?tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=6991 Got a fine? Now you can pay online http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/whats-new.php/got-a-fine-now-you Tue, 22 Jan 2013 23:36:00 +0000 dmoore Library News 7793@http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/ <p>If you end up with a Library fine, there is now an easier way to pay--<a href="http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/kb/entry/162/" target="_blank">online</a>.  Or, if you prefer, you can still pay in person at the Doe Privileges Desk.</p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/whats-new.php/got-a-fine-now-you">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> If you end up with a Library fine, there is now an easier way to pay--online.  Or, if you prefer, you can still pay in person at the Doe Privileges Desk.

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]]> http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/whats-new.php/got-a-fine-now-you#comments http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/whats-new.php?tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=7793 Environmental history resources newly available online http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/whats-new.php/environmental-history-resources-newly-available Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:01:00 +0000 dmoore Library News 7740@http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/ <p>Thanks to the California Digital Library, environmental history collections held by nine California institutions are now available online. These 41 collections, on topics such as irrigation, mining, forestry, agriculture, industry, land use, activism and research, can be explored through the<a href="http://www.oac.cdlib.org/search?query=Uncovering+California's+Environmental+Collections&amp;x=0&amp;y=0&amp;sort=Title" target="_blank"> finding aids at the Online Archive of California</a>.</p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/whats-new.php/environmental-history-resources-newly-available">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> Thanks to the California Digital Library, environmental history collections held by nine California institutions are now available online. These 41 collections, on topics such as irrigation, mining, forestry, agriculture, industry, land use, activism and research, can be explored through the finding aids at the Online Archive of California.

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]]> http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/whats-new.php/environmental-history-resources-newly-available#comments http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/whats-new.php?tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=7740 The Library Prize for Undergraduate Research: Read all about it http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/whats-new.php/the-library-prize-for-undergraduate Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:14:00 +0000 dmoore Library News 7648@http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/ <p>A <a href="http://blogs.berkeley.edu/2012/11/26/from-the-classroom-to-the-stacks-uc-berkeleys-library-prize-for-undergraduate-research/" target="_blank">Berkeley Blog post</a> describing the history and impact of the Library Prize for Undergraduate Research is now live. It is written by Samuel Redman, who earned his Ph.D. in history at Cal and is an academic specialist at the Bancroft's Regional Oral History Office. <a href="http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/researchprize/details.html#application">Applications </a>for the 2013 Library Prize will be accepted through April 19, 2013.</p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/whats-new.php/the-library-prize-for-undergraduate">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> A Berkeley Blog post describing the history and impact of the Library Prize for Undergraduate Research is now live. It is written by Samuel Redman, who earned his Ph.D. in history at Cal and is an academic specialist at the Bancroft's Regional Oral History Office. Applications for the 2013 Library Prize will be accepted through April 19, 2013.

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