Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies News

July 19th, 2013

The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and the Human-Animal Bond Research Initiative (HABRI) are collaborating with Purdue University Press to make essential health information freely available online. Every day researchers gain new insights into the dynamic relationship between people and animals, discovering, for example, how dog ownership improves heart health or how interaction with guinea more…

July 19th, 2013

Starting Aug. 1, a group of 500 articles will become read-only with no print feature and will be clearly marked as such. This list is available on the Libraries’ website here:  HBR_list_of_500 . These articles tend to be the most widely used, and the list is subject to change. Also, Purdue’s Lynda.com subscription will expire more…

July 8th, 2013

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Rey Junco, a Purdue University associate professor of library science, has been named as a returning fellow to the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, the center announced Monday (July 8). According to a press release issued by the center, fellows will work primarily in Cambridge, Mass., alongside more…

July 8th, 2013

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Rey Junco, a Purdue University associate professor of library science, has been named as a returning fellow to the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, the center announced Monday (July 8). According to a press release issued by the center, fellows will work primarily in Cambridge, Mass., alongside more…

July 2nd, 2013

The Distributed Data Curation Center (D2C2), based in the Research Department of the Purdue University Libraries, is the 2013 recipient of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Science and Technology Section (STS) Innovation in Science and Technology Librarianship Award for their work on the Data Curation Profiles Toolkit. The award was presented during more…

June 28th, 2013

Jamillah R. Gabriel, lead library technician at Ohlone College in Freemont, Calif, since 2007, has been appointed as the Purdue Black Cultural Center’s librarian. Gabriel has more than 13 years of experience in both academic and public libraries, and has held leadership positions in professional organizations including the Association of College and Research Libraries, the more…

June 27th, 2013

Purdue Libraries Associate Professor Rey Junco’s new study finds that wealthier students share, connect more on Facebook. Check out the details of his research in a recent story posted by The Huffington Post: http://tinyurl.com/noyjwsy

May 29th, 2013

Purdue University Libraries seeks a highly motivated, intellectually curious, and reliable Digital Repository Specialist to support the creation of unique digital collections in Purdue University Libraries. Responsibilities of the Digital Repository Specialist will be split between the development of Human-Animal Bond Research Institute (HABRI) Central, (a grant-funded online resource focused on the health benefits of more…

May 29th, 2013

  On May 9, Richard L. Funkhouser was the recipient of a 2013 Purdue University President’s Council Pinnacle Award. The award was given in   recognition  of a gift to the Purdue University Libraries of a million dollars or more. The gift consisted of farmland purchased by his great-great grandfather William Whistler in 1853 and was owned more…

May 16th, 2013

Purdue University Libraries has launched a new library management system, Alma to replace both Voyager and SFX. This includes functions associated with an integrated library system (ILS) and an electronic resources management system (ERM). The benefits of Alma will include: · Streamlined workflows resulting in efficient and effective processes. · Elimination of silos between print more…