Library staff and student workers created the first place entry in the Luther Bookshop's first Peep-o-rama contest, receiving the golden Grand Peep award. "All We Are Saying Is Give Peeps A Chanc
The Library's annual book sale held during National Library Week will run from Monday, April 14 to Friday, April 19. Hundreds of de-accessioned and donated books will be available. Prices will decl
Most of us know that you can't find everything on the Internet. We also know that WorldCat contains records for over 1 billion books, videos, scores, etc. from libraries all over the world. What I
An essay on Luther alumnus and bookman Ernest Espelie has now been published on the LIS website, linked to Special Collections under the heading "Preus Library Information." Espelie, who had a lo
LIBRARY PROFESSIONAL STAFF MEETINGMarch 17, 2008, 9:15 a.m., HovdePresent: Chris, Andi, Ryan, John, Lindy, Germano, Rachel.John announced Holly Murphy, from III, is coming o
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) has announced a new grant program to fund initiatives that make hidden collections available for research. From the CLIR website:
Several news items covering LIS websites for the week:lis.luther.edu received a newly configured home page, which will remain under review and will see additional tweaks and changes. Fe
JSTOR has been working on a new interface that is expected to debut next week. A note from their press release:"We would like to provide you with an update on the approaching release of the
I was at the NITLE - Digitizing Audio workshop yesterday at Bryn Mawr College. It was an excellent workshop that covered the things I had been hoping to learn more about with the right level of sk
Following the conference opening session I attended a presentation by Cecilia Knight from Grinnell College titled "Off-Site Storage: Value-added?" which gave an overview of some of the ways that li
LIBRARY PROFESSIONAL STAFF MEETINGMarch 10, 2008, 9:15 a.m., HovdePresent: Chris, Andi, Ryan, John, Lindy, Germano.John asked if there were any conflicts in changing the Apr