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November 2nd, 2011
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Libraries will receive a $2 million grant from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation to endow an archivist for the Neil Armstrong and Eugene Cernan archives and special collections at the university. Conrad Hilton’s son, Barron Hilton, is the retired chairman, president and CEO of Hilton Hotels Corp. An avid pilot more…
Filed under: AVTE, general, press_release, SPEC | Comments Off on Grant provides archivist to care for Purdue Libraries’ astronaut collectionsNovember 1st, 2011
West Lafayette, IN – Publishing services provided by libraries are expanding and professionalizing, suggests a new report released by SPARC, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, on behalf of a team of researchers from the libraries of Purdue University, Georgia Institute of Technology, and the University of Utah. The report is the result of more…
Filed under: general, press_release | Comments Off on Publishing Services a Major Growth Area for Academic LibrariesOctober 1st, 2011
Filed under: general, Uncategorized | Comments Off on Purdue Libraries is now accepting proposals for the 2011-2012 Library Scholars Grant ProgramSeptember 27th, 2011
Filed under: general | Comments Off on October, National Information Literacy Awareness MonthSeptember 27th, 2011
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Renowned food columnist/editor and best-selling author Ruth Reichl will speak Oct. 18 as part of the Purdue University Libraries Distinguished Lecture Series.Reichl’s talk, “Eating Our Words,” will be at 7 p.m. in Stewart Center’s Fowler Hall and is free and open to the public. After her talk, Von’s Book Shop of more…
Filed under: events, general, press_release | Comments Off on Renowned food critic/editor, bestselling author to speak on campusSeptember 27th, 2011
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Renowned food columnist/editor and best-selling author Ruth Reichl will speak Oct. 18 as part of the Purdue University Libraries Distinguished Lecture Series.Reichl’s talk, “Eating Our Words,” will be at 7 p.m. in Stewart Center’s Fowler Hall and is free and open to the public. After her talk, Von’s Book Shop of more…
Filed under: events, general, press_release | Comments Off on Renowned food critic/editor, bestselling author to speak on campusSeptember 23rd, 2011
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University Libraries is leading the development of a new, online resource that will help people locate research data on the Internet. The project is called Databib and will engage a community of librarians from around the world to collaborate in creating an online bibliography of data repositories that can be more…
Filed under: general, press_release, RSRCH | Comments Off on Purdue leads development of resource to help researchers find dataSeptember 21st, 2011
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – An archives exhibit and a book chronicling its history are part of the celebration for the 125th anniversary of the Purdue University Bands. The “Heartbeat of the University: 125 Years of Purdue Bands” exhibit is on display in the Purdue Libraries’ Virginia Kelly Karnes Archives and Special Collections Research Center through more…
Filed under: events, general, press_release, SPEC | Comments Off on Purdue Bands celebrate 125 years with exhibit, bookSeptember 14th, 2011
Cyberinfrastructure-based research has infinitely increased the amount of data being collected and analyzed. Growing demands, both social and political, are driving the importance of sharing the information. But who should have access to it, how long should its shelf life be, and how will other researchers access it? Those questions can be addressed through two more…
Filed under: CHEM, general, RSRCH, Uncategorized | Comments Off on Purdue Launches Data Management HubAugust 29th, 2011
Filed under: general, press_release | Comments Off on Common Reading Program invites book suggestions for 2012-13