Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies News

February 17th, 2011

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Division of Archives and Special Collections in Purdue Libraries has developed a permanent digital timeline to document significant dates of African-American history at the university. The collection, available at http://www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol/orthefirenexttime/index.html, is the result of a collaboration among Archives and Special Collections, Digital Initiatives, and Purdue’s Black Cultural Center, and is more…

February 16th, 2011

College of Liberal Arts senior Brandon Krozel unveils the 2011-2012 Common Reading Program selection – Rebecca Skloot’s “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.” (Purdue University photo/Mark Simons) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A book about the history and ethics surrounding one of the most influential medical discoveries has been selected for Purdue’s campus-wide reading program to more…

November 24th, 2010

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University Libraries will save 13 films in its archives that were produced by early 20th-century motion study pioneers Frank and Lillian Gilbreth, thanks to two grants from the National Film Preservation Foundation. “These unique Gilbreth materials are only available at Purdue” says Elizabeth M. Wilkinson, processing and public services archivist more…

October 14th, 2010

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Roland Parrish has plenty of experience setting the pace, both as a successful Purdue University student-athlete and as an entrepreneur. Now Parrish is sharing his winning ways with a $2 million leadership gift to support the $4.2 million Management and Economics Library renovation project. Roland Parrish Download image When complete in more…

September 21st, 2010

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A lecture by internationally recognized author T. Coraghessan Boyle planned as part of the Purdue Libraries Distinguished Lecture Series has been moved from this week to the spring. Boyle, who has authored more than 20 fiction novels, was forced to postpone his scheduled talk Thursday (Sept. 23) at Purdue. He will more…

August 24th, 2010

Purdue Libraries’ Division of Archives & Special Collections has opened an exhibit to celebrate the life and contributions of the former Business Opportunity Program director who helped enhance diversity at the Krannert School of Management. “Purdue’s Bellwether of Diversity: The Life & Legacy of Dr. Cornell Bell” will be on display in the Virginia Kelly more…

August 24th, 2010

See the updated Amelia Earhart web site. http://www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol/aearhart/ Search the George Palmer Putnam Collection of Amelia Earhart Papers, view images and papers in the online exhibit, or read a biography of the life of Amelia Earhart.

August 18th, 2010

The Libraries’ updated catalog search interface recently came out of beta and is now the default search option for searching the Libraries catalog. To see the new catalog search, visit http://catalog.lib.purdue.edu. The updated catalog search interface offers faceted searching, or options for users to narrow their searches by format, author, or even library, among other more…

June 17th, 2010

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has awarded Purdue University a $187,000 Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program grant. Purdue received funding for its “Understanding Curation through the use of Data Curation Profiles” project, which will create a series of workshops to expand the expertise of academic librarians about data curation issues. Purdue more…

June 16th, 2010

Purdue Libraries are partnering with ITaP to update computer workstations in all libraries across campus. Through the end of August, ITaP will be replacing the existing computer workstations with ITaP computers. This will give patrons access to ITaP-provided software and support within libraries. During the transition, computer workstations may be unavailable in some libraries. Tentative more…