Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies News

May 28th, 2014

Chemical Information Specialist Rank: Assistant or Associate Professor; tenure track. Purdue University Libraries seeks an energetic, outgoing, and innovative individual to join a collaborative, dynamic team of information professionals who carry out a robust program of integrated information literacy, data services, scholarly communication, and collaborative research, and, as a faculty member, contribute to the research more…

May 16th, 2014

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue University Board of Trustees on Friday (May 16)   approved naming the library within the future Active Learning Center for two College of Engineering alumni brothers in recognition of gifts totaling $4 million to Purdue Libraries. The Thomas S. and Harvey D. Wilmeth Library of Engineering and Science will more…

May 9th, 2014

Welcome to Database of the Week.  This feature from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics is intended to give you a brief introduction to a database that you may not know, with only basic information to get you started.  Hopefully, you will be tempted to explore this or other databases. This Week’s more…

May 2nd, 2014

Welcome to Database of the Week.  This feature from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics is intended to give you a brief introduction to a database that you may not know, with only basic information to get you started.  Hopefully, you will be tempted to explore this or other databases. This Week’s more…

April 30th, 2014

Purdue’s first annual Day of Giving is TODAY!  This 24-hour, online event invites anyone who loves Purdue to join together and grant opportunities for Purdue students. Your gift to Purdue Libraries will help us earn extra funds that will directly support world-class research, scholarship and information literacy that is transforming education at Purdue University.  And, more…

April 29th, 2014

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Hicks Undergraduate Library will hold several “study break” activities in conjunction with prep/finals week: Therapy Dogs – Tuesday, April 29 and Tuesday, May 6 – 6:30 p.m. Therapy Dogs, International will be bringing several dog teams to the main common area in Hicks.  Students will be allowed to visit with the more…

April 28th, 2014

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University Libraries will extend hours and offer special services at four facilities to help students prepare for final exams, which run from May 5-10. Starting at 11 a.m. Sunday (April 27), the Siegesmund Engineering Library will remain open 24 hours a day through 5 p.m. May 10. The John W. more…

April 15th, 2014

If you haven’t had the opportunity to check out the display created by international students on the history of international students at Purdue, you are in for a treat! The display is currently up in the Hicks Undergraduate Library. The students who created it volunteered all of their own time, coming to the archives over more…

April 14th, 2014

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Eugene Cernan, the most recent person to walk on the moon, was recognized Thursday evening (April 10) during an invitation-only reception at Purdue’s Mackey Arena for donating an Apollo 17 Lunar Roving Vehicle mapbook to the university. The event was part of a reunion of some of Purdue’s 23 astronaut alumni more…

April 8th, 2014

Catherine Fraser Riehle, associate professor of Library Science and Sharon A. Weiner, professor and W. Wayne Booker Chair in Information Literacy, Purdue University Libraries were recently selected as a 2013 Top Twenty Article from the American Library Association’s (ALA’s) Library Instructional Round Table’s (LIRT’s) Top Twenty Committee for their article, High-impact educational practices: An exploration more…