June 2009 library newsletter

The latest issue of the Library Insider is available at www.bsu.edu/libraries/virtualpress/libinsider/libinsiderv7i6.pdf. Articles in this issue included:

• University Libraries Awarded Second Runner-Up Award in IGI Global Library Technology Excellence Recognition Program
• Muncie Railroad History is Subject of New Publication, Exhibit, and Digital Collection by Mr. Michael Johnston
• Steinbeck Monograph Series Added to Ball State’s Digital Media Repository
  
• Libraries’ Personnel Recommend Wide Range of Books for Great Summer Reading
• Indiana Highlights in the Architecture Images Collection
• Handcrafted Books in Archives and Special Collections Inspire Student’s Thesis
  
• Relax in Style: Joseph O. Cezar Architectural Records Collection Offers Unique Resources for Students and Faculty
• Upgrades to ESRI GIS Software Now Available to Ball State GIS Community
  
• University Libraries’ Toolbar for Firefox 2.0.1
• Librarians’ Liaison Program Develops Relationships between Academic Departments and the University Libraries
• Bracken Library Hosts Jewish Studies Program
  

May 2009 library newsletter

The latest issue of the Library Insider newsletter is available at http://www.bsu.edu/libraries/virtualpress/libinsider/libinsiderv7i5.pdf. Articles in the May 2009 issue included:

• Size, Versatility, Low Cost — Contributing Factors to Netbooks’ Popularity
• Libraries Provide Desktop and Wireless Printing Services for Students and Faculty
• University Libraries Provide Digital Access to Muncie Redevelopment Commission Minutes and Other Community Resources
• Changes in Technology Bring Closure to Bracken’s Periodicals/Reserves/Microfilm Desk
• University Libraries’ Sixth Annual Faculty Technology Showcase a Success
• Recent Art Purchase Award Helps to Beautify Bracken Library
• College of Architecture and Planning and the University Libraries Collaborate on the Drawings and Documents Archive
• Bracken Library Hosts Adobe Day for Students, Faculty, and Staff
• University Libraries Offer Composite Research Experience to Students and Faculty
• The Libraries Upgrade E-Journal Access with MultiLink
• Library 2.0: Inexpensive Web Site Redesign

New York Times photojournalism blog

The New York Times recently launched a photojournalism, video and visual journalism blog called "Lens." From their website:

Lens is the photojournalism blog of The New York Times, presenting the finest and most interesting visual and multimedia reporting — photographs, videos and slide shows. A showcase for Times photographers, it also seeks to highlight the best work of other newspapers, magazines and news and picture agencies; in print, in books, in galleries, in museums and on the Web. And it will draw on The Times's own pictorial archive, numbering in the millions of images and going back to the early 20th century.

Check it out at http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/.