Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies News

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…

June 16th, 2010

Michael Witt, an assistant professor of library science and interdisciplinary research librarian at Purdue University, has been named a Fulbright Scholar. The Fulbright Scholar Program is the U.S. government’s flagship academic exchange effort. It is administered by the Council for the International Exchange of Scholars for the U.S. Department of State. The award will support more…

May 11th, 2010

Effective immediately, a construction project in the Math Sciences Library will limit access to the library facility and materials.  The construction includes the removal of the ceiling in the library, installation of new sprinkler systems and lighting, and a window replacement project. For safety reasons patrons will not be permitted beyond the service desk in more…

May 7th, 2010

Ask a Librarian chat service will not be available during the summer, May 9-August 22. Patrons can still submit questions via email using the chat widget on library webpages, or by visiting http://www.lib.purdue.edu/askalib/email.html and submitting the email form. For more information on Purdue Libraries’ Ask a Librarian service, visit http://www.lib.purdue.edu/askalib/.

March 29th, 2010

Starting Monday, April 12, the content on the web pages for the John W. Hicks Undergraduate Library (www.lib.purdue.edu/ugrl) will be combined with content on the Humanities, Social Science, and Education (HSSE) Library web pages. The new web address for both library locations will be www.lib.purdue.edu/hsse. The combined website will serve as a portal to collections more…

February 16th, 2010

Purdue University Libraries and a group of other leading research libraries and technical information providers throughout the world have established an international partnership, DataCite, to improve access to research data on the Internet. DataCite will build upon the system developed by the German National Library of Science and Technology of using Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) more…

February 16th, 2010

Purdue University Libraries and a group of other leading research libraries and technical information providers throughout the world have established an international partnership, DataCite, to improve access to research data on the Internet. DataCite will build upon the system developed by the German National Library of Science and Technology of using Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) more…