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Posts from the Communications Subject Specialists at Ohio University Libraries for the Faculty, Staff & Students of the E.W. Scripps College of Communication

Archive for May, 2009

OhioLink’s Digital Media Collection

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

A recent post on OhioLINK’s What’s New blog highlights the 10 Most Popular Digital Videos from the Digital Video Collection, a collection of  “more than 2,300 digital, educational videos that you can stream or download from your desktop to show in class, link to from course pages and utilize for research.”
Check out some [...]

Library Events

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

The library blog has a new calendar feature in which events can be easily posted and browsed.
Check out the upcoming events and current displays in the library, including today’s presentation by Betty Hollow at 3 pm in the Alden Friends Room 319:
One Cool Bobcat: Vernon R. Alden and the Push for Diversity in the Sixties [...]

Alden Library 40th Anniversary Celebration

Monday, May 11th, 2009

Alden Library will commence its 40th Anniversary this week with with a reception from 4 to 7 pm Friday, May 15 on the library’s 4th floor.
There are also historic displays around the building, as well as some virtual photo displays online and a video.
Vernon Alden will be in attendance at the reception. Please come help [...]

OhioLINK News & Resources

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

Keep up with OhioLINK news and information via their what’s new page.  Via this page you will be able to keep up with news such as:

database problems such as the recent keyword searching problems in the OhioLINK central catalog, or the Electronic Journal Center (EJC) database problem (both now fixed)

This page also highlights new [...]

Electronic Books at the Library

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

Did you know that Alden Library has electronic books ?  E-books are found via the ALICE catalog or InfoTree.   Here are a few examples, along with tips on how to access them.
The ALICE catalog has many e-books, which can be identified by the designation [electronic resource] next to the title.  Click the link provided to [...]