Knute Olson Eittreim
A new essay has been written about Knute Olson Eittreim and linked to the Special Collections page on the LIS website. Click on DEPO to find the link to the Eittreim essay. Eittreim was a former
An Iowa College in the Liberal Arts Tradition
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Iowa ACRL Spring Conference, pt. 1
Report from the ILA/ACRL Spring Conferece at St. Ambrose U., March 3, 2008 (pt. 1)Keynote speaker Dr. Roberto Ibarra (U. of New Mexico) addressed the conference theme: Activating Advocacy: t
KATIE and Preus Library Links Added to Luther Website
Yes, it's true. When you go to www.luther.edu and click on the FACULTY/STAFF/STUDENTS link in the top right corner of the page, you will
Happening in Preus
Tomorrow morning, Friday Feb. 29, from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Preus Library will be the site of a "happening" produced by a group of Theatre/Dance students who are enrolled in a Performance Research
Norwegian-American Artists in ULAN
Biographies and research references for eighteen Norwegian-American artists in the Luther College Fine Arts Collection have been contributed to ULAN, the Getty's Union List of Artist Names database
Library Professional Staff Mt. Feb. 25 2008
LIBRARY PROFESSIONAL STAFF MEETINGFebruary 25, 2008, 9:15 a.m., HovdePresent: Chris, Andi, Ryan, John, Lindy, Germano.John asked that all look at President Torgerson’s que
Library Professional Staff Mt. Feb. 11, 2008
LIBRARY PROFESSIONAL STAFF MEETINGFebruary 11, 2008, 9:15 a.m., HovdePresent: Andi, Ryan, John, Lindy, Germano, Rachel.John gave out a handout titled “Library Materials Bu
Rare Book Collection Update
Newly revised web pages have been published which update resources (and treasures) in the Luther College Library Rare Book Room collection. The link can be found after clicking on "Special Collect
How Sticky is Facebook?
There's an interesting NY Times article about the difficulties of extricating yourself and your information from Facebook that's making the rounds today. If you haven't seen it here's the link:
Library Technical Services Staff Mt., Feb. 8, 2008
Library Technical Services staff met in the Rare Book Room at 2:00. We discussed:Plans for the upcoming Paideia library instruction sessionsStaff schedulesThe March 3 meeting o
New Resource Available: Biological Abstracts
Biological Abstracts is the newest research database available through Preus Library. Biological Abstracts indexes journal articles (1926- present) in
Power outage at EBSCO's Illinois office, databases still up
There is no power at EBSCO’s Cary, Illinois, office this morning. Theyare working to fix the situation and may provide updates.We do still have access to EBSCO databases, but I wanted t