Purdue Libraries News

Purdue Libraries will have reduced hours over the Thanksgiving holiday. All libraries are closing at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 25 and will be closed Thursday-Friday November 26-27 for the University observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. A full listing of hours is available at http://www.lib.purdue.edu/libraries/hours/2009/thanksgivinghours.html.

Purdue Libraries is hosting its third annual GIS Day event. Building on the response from last year’s event, it will not be held on the official GIS Day (Nov. 18), but rather on November 23 to avoid some other events that tend to conflict. All are welcome (both geo* types and curious public alike) and [...]

An exhibit of photography by J.C. Allen, titled “Agriculture in Focus: Through the Lens of J.C. Allen,” is on display in the Virginia Kelly Karnes Archives and Special Collections Research Center from November 3-December 23, 2009.
Allen came to the Purdue College of Agriculture in 1909, where he photographed significant advances in extension activities, teaching, research, [...]

The Hicks Undergraduate Library is hosting a display for the Military Family Research Institute at Purdue as part of their “Our Heroes Tree” project. For more information on this program, click here.
The Purdue Libraries are one of more than 70 libraries statewide hosting a tree to help the community honor a soldier, sailor, airman, marine, [...]

Purdue University Libraries isn’t just about books and resource materials anymore.
A new 40-seat interactive classroom aimed at engaging students in participatory activities has been completed in the Management and Economics Library on campus. It is the first phase of a three-part, $4.2 million renovation project that will transform the Management and [...]

An exhibit showcasing Purdue founder John Purdue is now available online.
“Portrait of a Founder: John Purdue and Purdue University” can be viewed at www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol/johnpurdue/. Purdue Libraries Archives and Special Collections hosted the physical exhibit this past spring in the new Virginia Kelly Karnes Archives and Special Collections Research Center.
Purdue was born on Oct. 31, circa [...]

Multiple copies of the 2009-2010 Common Reading Program book selection Stealing Buddha’s Dinner by Bich Minh Nguyen, associate professor of English, are now available in the Purdue Libraries.
The largest number of available copies is in Hicks Undergraduate Library and can be checked out for one week. All libraries have at least one copy of the [...]

Virtual Omaha, a Visible Past project seeks to connect students with information about geographic locations using a gWiki, or georeferenced wiki. This particular wiki seeks to link online information about a geographic location with that location in Google Earth or a similar georeferencing platform.
The project is the brainchild of Sorin Matei, an associate professor of [...]