News
Digital Public Library of America launches
The DPLA (Digital Public Library of America) goes live at noon ET on April 18, 2013.
Read a bit more about the launch of this national digital library at The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Young Professional Transit Forum at IUPUI - March 26th
Become an advocate for mass transit--and your city--at the Young Professional Transit Forum. IUPUI Chancellor Bantz and Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute president John Ketzenberger will kick-off this call-out for all young people interested in mass transit. After Indy Connect Now Executive Director Ron Gifford details the mass transit plan, we will open a dialogue with attending students and young professionals. What questions do you have about mass transit? How will you work together across campuses and cubicles to create the future of Indianapolis?
Date: 3/26/2013, 5:30-6:30 PM
Location: University Library (UL 0125 Lower Level Lobby)
Event registration link:
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/5711005772/eorg#
Instruction and Information Literacy Survey
University Library is conducting a research project on instruction and information literacy skills. We are recruiting librarians, faculty, and students participate in focus groups, and would like to hear from you! Do you have about an hour to participate? If you are a student, you are eligible for a $25 gift card drawing! Please click on the link by February 27th to sign up: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/infolitresearch
For more information contact: infolit@iupui.edu or rhuisman@iupui.edu
Graduate Student Workshops: Spring Schedule
Tools for Organizing Your Articles & Creating Citations
Tuesday, January 29, 2013 4:30 – 6:00pm CANCELLED - this workshop will be rescheduled at a later date
UL 2120 Learning Lab
Do you need help organizing and managing your articles? Do you want to learn how to create citations with easy-to-use applications? Join us for a hands-on workshop that will make your library research easier and more efficient. Using Mendeley and Zotero (freely available online!), you will learn how to create an account, import articles, books, and other content, organize and tag items, and create citations for your next project.
Register here.
Indianapolis recognizes and celebrates the history of diverse Southside neighborhood
Published: December 7, 2012
INDIANAPOLIS -- A three-year partnership between Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis facultyand students in the Department of Anthropology, and African-American and Jewish residents formerly of Indianapolis’ Southside neighborhood, will culminate in two important events this month.
At 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 17, in the Public Assembly Room of the City-County Council Building, District 19 City County Council member Jeff Miller will read a resolution commending the spirit of cooperation that characterized the relationship between the former African-American and Jewish communities of Southside from the early1900s through the 1960s, when they not only lived side by side in the neighborhood but shared deep bonds of friendship.
University Library captures three major Indiana Library Federation awards
We are happy to announce that University Library has won three Library Federation awards!
University Library employees Willie Miller and Jennifer Johnson received individual leadership awards honoring them for exceptional service.
University Library and the Indianapolis Public Library are co-recipients of the Indiana Library Federation Collaboration Award, which recognizes significant contributions in promoting library services on a community, regional or statewide level.
Check out the IUPUI News Center for more information.
Plan to create first School of Philanthropy approved by Indiana University Trustees
Proposal to prepare future philanthropy leaders to change the world will go to Indiana Commission on Higher Education for consideration
Online Access to Local Treasures
IUPUI University Library's Digital Collections are highlighted
in a recent Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF) article.
Read the full story.
IUPUI Students Receive Nation's 1st Undergraduate Degrees in Philanthropic Studies
Five May 2012 IUPUI graduates were featured in a recent article in The Chronicle of Philanthropy. These University Library users are believed to be the first in the nation to receive undergraduate degrees in Philanthropic Studies. Read more at The Chronicle of Philanthropy website.
Digital Collections on the Go
Most of the library's digital collections are now available on our mobile website ( m.ulib.iupui.edu ). Specially designed for mobile devices, check out recently added items, explore the collections randomly to find something new and interesting, or browse to your favorite collection. Give it a try today!
