As most of you know, today is the last day of work for Jean Dickman, Acquisitions Assistant here in Preus Library. Yesterday afternoon we had reception where many of Jean’s friends, colleagu

I came across the following article posted on Twitter last week. An intriguing examination of the current fundamental disagreements between publishers and libraries regarding e-books and proposals

During J-Term 2013, LIS invites members of the Luther community to explore the boundaries and freedom of e-reading through a variety of activities, including: Workshops: All work

The Library of Congress has put out a call for applications for their Junior Fellows program. The summer program is open to undergraduates and graduate students.I would recommend that you s

Update 8:30PM — Encore is back online.7:30PM — The Encore server is currently down. If you need to search for books you can use the alternative interface at

Fall semester has flown by and here we are with finals week upon us. As always, the crew here at Preus is ready and standing by to meet your research, technology, and overall studying needs.

Today’s issue of the Chronicle’s Wired Campus email mentions that Amherst College is starting an open-access, all digital academic press, housed in the library. Here’s a

Bibliographic records for 20,000 additional sound recordings from the Naxos Music Library have recently been added to our online catalog. This bri

Encore, Luther’s library catalog search tool, went down the morning of Saturday, Nov. 17.Encore was contacted, and the problem was fixed on their end. The system is back up and is full

The Forgotten by David Baldacci – when his aunt is found dead, Army Special Agent John Puller finds that everything isn’t perfect in Paradise, Florida.The Malice of Fortune by Mi

You saw the book kabobs outside the library, you heard about the events, but was your schedule just too darn busy to really take in the wonderfulness that was Banned Books Week this fall? T