Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies News

February 17th, 2014

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University’s Libraries and Special Collections is commemorating 100 years of hosting the Purdue Road School with a special exhibit focusing on Indiana transportation. “The Crossroads of America: Indiana Transportation in the Early 20th Century,” is on display through March 13 in the Virginia Kelly Karnes Archives and Special Collections Research more…

February 14th, 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…

February 6th, 2014

Purdue University Libraries has collaborated with Purdue’s Human Resources Leadership and Organizational Development (LOD) to acquire a subscription to Business Book Summaries — a collection of concise, comprehensive summaries of various business books.  Access to this resource, which is available to all faculty and staff on the West Lafayette campus, expands employees’ personal resource collection more…

February 5th, 2014

All of Purdue University Libraries are closed today, Wednesday 2/5, due to the university closure. The Libraries will open Thursday, 2/6, at the regularly scheduled hours.

February 4th, 2014

On Saturday, February 15, 2014 ProQuest will make improvements to its internal systems to accommodate a growing number of users and to reduce the need for future downtime. An eight hour (8) maintenance window is needed to perform these enhancements, lasting from 10:00 EST through 06:00 EST. During this time, all ProQuest resources will be unavailable. A complete more…

January 31st, 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…

January 17th, 2014

Purdue University Libraries celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., with informative displays in various Libraries location. Purdue Libraries is proud to collaborate with a variety of entities across campus to educate and create awareness on this day of remembrance. The list of Libraries displays is also prominently featured on the MLK more…

January 17th, 2014

DMP: Submitting an NSF grant?  Have questions about the Data Management Plan requirement?  Wondering what PURR is all about and how it can help you? Please plan to attend a free session on Monday, January 27th, 12:30-1:30 in STEW 218D. Topics will include: overall data management plan requirements,  identifying target data to publish or deposit, more…

December 17th, 2013

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT Information Literacy Instructional Designer Purdue University Libraries seeks a highly motivated, outgoing, and innovative Information LiteracyInstructional Designer (ILID) to work with classroom faculty to embed information literacy into foundational courses that are being redesigned through the (IMPACT) Instruction Matters: Purdue Academic Course Transformation program.  IMPACT is a provost funded initiative comprised of partners more…

December 17th, 2013

Purdue University Libraries services will be offline from late this Friday, Dec. 20 at 9 p.m. to early Sunday, Dec. 22 at 9 a.m. for a power outage on our server room building in the Math building.  Service are expected to resume on Sunday, Dec. 22 at 9 a.m.