Monthly Archives: October 2010

Don’t forget ebrary, our e-books subscription

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Sara MacDonald

Can’t find a book on your topic in the library catalog? Try ebrary! Real books, online! Continue reading →

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Digital Library of the Week: Scholarly Journals about Demons and Monsters

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Shannon Robinson

To celebrate the spirit of Halloween all month long, we’ll be showcasing digital libraries of the macabre each week in October. This week, discover two scholarly journals who take fear and fright very seriously! Continue reading →

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“Phantom of the Opera” on the Mighty Wurlitzer!

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Shannon Robinson

Looking for something to do on Halloween? Head over to Macy’s Greek Hall and watch The Phantom of the Opera accompanied by live organ music! Continue reading →

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Greenfield Library Student Exhibition Opportunity 2010

Posted on October 19, 2010 by Shannon Robinson

If you’ve been in the Greenfield Library lately, you probably noticed Printmaking senior Cerise Kacensky’s print, Upside Downside Rightside Up, in the book stacks study area. She is one of our student exhibitors, and you can be, too! Continue reading →

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Library Staff Recommendation: Seductive Subversion: Women Pop Artists, 1958-1968

Posted on October 19, 2010 by Shannon Robinson

Casey Murphy, Greenfield Circulation Assistant, recommends a great documentary. Continue reading →

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Digital Library of the Week: Edgar Allan Poe

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Shannon Robinson

To celebrate the spirit of Halloween all month long, we’ll be showcasing digital libraries of the macabre each week in October. This week, learn more about the master of horror himself, Edgar Allan Poe. Continue reading →

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“Undefeated Since 1876″? As a matter of fact, yes!

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Sara MacDonald

The UArts School Store’s “Undefeated Since 1876″ football t-shirt is a perennial best-seller, and it turns out that there’s some truth to the joke. An item in a Pennsylvania Museum & School of Industrial Art (today’s UArts College of Art, … Continue reading →

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Digital Library of the Week: Farber Gravestone Collection

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Shannon Robinson

To celebrate the spirit of Halloween all month long, we’ll be showcasing digital libraries of the macabre each week in October. This week, learn more about gravestones and cemetery sculpture. Continue reading →

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Just for the record: LPs in the Music Library

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Lars Halle

A little over a hundred years ago, Enrico Caruso recorded his legendary tenor voice onto a wax disc for the Gramophone and Typewriter Company in Milan, helping to launch an industry that for the next eighty years was dominated by … Continue reading →

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Libraries in the news: Library Company of Philadelphia

Posted on October 5, 2010 by Sara MacDonald

Today’s Philadelphia Inquirer has a feature article on the Library Company of Philadelphia’s outstanding African American history collection. Read on to learn more. Continue reading →

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