Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies News

March 4th, 2024

Associate Professor Bethany McGowan was awarded a prestigious 2023–24 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award that enabled her collaboration with researchers, practitioners, and policymakers in Finland. During her Fulbright experience, she conducted an in-depth examination of how regulatory and ethical principles can be leveraged to mitigate the spread of dis/misinformation. As part of her Fulbright journey, McGowan more…

February 6th, 2024

Libraries and School of Information Studies recently hosted experts from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), NASA, NAVSEA, the Indiana Small Business Development Center (ISBDC), and Purdue, who offered a unique opportunity for Boilermakers to gain a comprehensive understanding of intellectual property, trademark intricacies, and the pivotal role of tech transfer in today’s more…

February 1st, 2024

Purdue University recently held a poignant event to honor and dedicate an exhibit commemorating the remarkable legacy of Dr. Cornell A. Bell, former director of the Business Opportunity Program (BOP). The dedication ceremony was hosted by Dr. Beth McNeil, dean of Libraries and School of Information Studies, Darren Henry, managing director of BOP, and Roland more…

January 25th, 2024

Humanities, Social Science and Education Library’s Featured Database will give you a very brief introduction to the basic features of one of our specialized subscription databases. This time we’re featuring American Fiction, 1774-1920 by Gale. Link: https://guides.lib.purdue.edu/db/amfic Access the databases off-campus with your Purdue login and password. Focus: This database contains more than 17,800 titles more…

January 10th, 2024

After months of anticipation, the library in Stewart Center celebrated its grand reopening on January 8th, coinciding with the commencement of the spring semester. This momentous occasion marked the inaugural phase of the 2023 Libraries Master Plan execution, a culmination of meticulous refresh that has revitalized the library’s second and third floors. Welcoming the audience, more…

January 5th, 2024

Purdue Libraries is Opening Doors After months of meticulous redesign and makeover, marking the inaugural phase of the 2023 Libraries Master Plan execution, we are thrilled to present the newly revitalized space in the library in Stewart Center (HSSE). You are cordially invited to celebrate the grand reopening of 2nd and 3rd floors on January more…

November 13th, 2023

This year’s Purdue GIS Day, held at Purdue University under the theme “Open Science from Outer Space”, was nothing short of a triumph, bringing together academics, industry professionals, and students in a day filled with insightful presentations, an engaging workshop, and networking opportunities. The event, hosted by Dr. Gang Shao, assistant professor and data science more…

October 20th, 2023

A new book co-written and co-edited by Margaret Phillips, associate professor and associate head of the School of Information Studies, will provide best practices for developing a standards information literacy curriculum to prepare students for the workforce.  Despite the critical role standards play within academia and the workforce, little information is available on the development more…

October 9th, 2023

Join us on October 23rd from 2:00 to 3:30 PM in WALC 1121 for our new talk series on Open Science. Dr. Brent Roberts, psychology professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will discuss “Replication crisis 2.0: How far have we come and how far do we need to go?” Dr. Roberts’ primary research more…

October 3rd, 2023

The new Reveal Digital collection Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights Movements is now freely accessible on the JSTOR platform. This is the first of a four-part collection, which focuses on unearthing and digitizing the histories of civil rights activism by the everyday citizens of Black, Latine, Indigenous, and Asian American/Pacific Islander communities. More more…