Library News

New York Times Historical Archive now at NU Libraries

All the news that’s fit to print just got easier to read. The Library has made an important addition to its digital assets with the appearance of the New York Times Historical Archive with Index. At present the database contains the fully digitized and indexed paper from 1851 – 2006; it is regularly updated with a three year lag. The archive is fully searchable, and articles can be displayed as pdf images of individual articles or in full page view. Abstracts are also available for many articles. The detailed indexing permits highly flexible searching in the advanced search, and results can be limited to, for instance, the Book Review, or the Sunday Magazine. But the most exciting feature is the presentation of history in its immediacy. Browse for the momentous: ALLIED ARMIES LAND IN FRANCE IN THE HAVRE-CHERBOURG AREA; GREAT INVASION IS UNDER WAY New York Times New York, N.Y.: Jun 6, 1944. p. 1 (1 page) THEY ARE COMING,’ NAZIS SAY CURTLY By Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES. New York Times Jun 6, 1944; …or the quirky: BROOKLYN IS WRATHFUL; The Sunday Shaving Law Looked Upon as a Great Indignity. BARBERS TALK OF A MASS MEETING Citizens Must Shave Themselves, Come to New-York, or Raise Beards — May Increase Church Attendance. New York Times Jun 1, 1895. p. 9 (1 page) . Try out the New York Times Historical Archive

Archives reveal Co-op Centennial history

Co-op Centennial
The University Archives and Special Collections here at the NU Libraries are a treasure trove of information about the history of the Co-op program, now in its 100th year at Northeastern University. In celebration of  the Co-op Centennial, we’ve assembled a Guide to Co-op Centennial Resources, describing the Archives’ photos, videos, manuscripts and books relating to NU’s Co-op program through the years.  We hope you enjoy it!

Environmentalism Books and more – at your finger tips

Books Do you want to keep up on the latest new and upcoming books on a specific aspect of Environmentalism? Then every Wednesday check out The Green Life, or subscribe to their RSS feed and receive it on your computer. If your interest is Food Politics, then maybe Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal is a book for you. This is written by Tristram Stuart who has become so dedicated to reducing food waste that he has become a FREEGAN (some one who lives off discarded or self-produced food).  Through his investigations he finds out that it is not underproduction but waste  that is at the cause of world’s food problems. Or maybe it is Building Green Communities, then how about looking at Change the World for ten Bucks: small actions x lots of people = Big Change. This is by a London-based nonprofit We Are What We Do which has put together 50 actions that can lead to more sustainable communities. Each week they cover a different subject, such as: Forests, Building Green Communities and making craft projects from recycled or eco-friendly materials. You never know what you will find. It could be something new that you might just become passionate about. If you see a book that you think the Library should invest in, you can recommend it here.

NuCast “Future of Reading” features Dean Wakeling

I just finished watching the latest NuCast installment–a live discussion on the Future of Reading, with our library dean, Will Wakeling,  and Professor of English and Vice-Provost Mary Loeffelholz, along with Eve Bridburg, a literary agent, (moderated by Tawna Rathe). It started out with a discussion of the Kindle, and then took up the question of whether it’s different to read books, write about and discuss books, edit, sell, and preserve books, when books are digital. (Not to give anything away, but the short answer is “Yes!”)  It’s less than an hour long, and if you missed it, for now anyway you can watch it here.

The Race Beat: Then and Now

This coming Wednesday, the Library is co-sponsoring a talk titled “The Race Beat: Then and Now” along with the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project (CRRJ), the Northeastern University Law School Forum, and the School of Journalism. With Gene Roberts, Hank Klibanoff authored The Race Beat, winning a Pulitzer for the work in 2007.  Klibanoff, former managing editor of the Atlanta Constitution and a distinguished journalist (with a successful stint at the Boston Globe), is currently managing editor of the Cold Case Truth and Justice Project.  As he describes it, “this multimedia, multi-partner project uses investigative reporting to dig out the truth behind unsolved racial murders that took place during the modern civil rights era in the South.  The project, led by the Center for Investigative Reporting, is using professional reporters, documentary filmmakers, multimedia experts, public interest advocacy groups and lawyers to fill in history’s huge gaps, to correct its myths and to bring exposure, reconciliation and, where possible, criminal prosecution.”  Klibanoff, a long-time resident of Atlanta, is working on a Corporation for Public Broadcasting-funded treatment for a four-part documentary series on unsolved civil rights murders. Joining Hank Klibanoff will be Judy Richardson, award-winning filmmaker (Eyes on the Prize, American Experience’s Malcolm X Make it Plain), educator, and lifelong social and civil rights activist.  Richardson was a staff member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) for three years in the early 1960s.  Richardson will show a clip from her newest documentary, Scarred Justice: The Orangeburg Massacre 1968. Described as a “powerful antidote to historical amnesia,” the film has won wide acclaim. Margaret Burnham, Director of CRRJ, will moderate.

The Race Beat: Then and Now

Wednesday, October 7th, at 6 p.m.

Northeastern University School of Law

65 Forsyth Street; 230 Dockser Hall