Library News

Snell Library Welcomes the Emma Lazarus Exhibit and Opening Program!

Come join Snell Library in opening the Emma Lazarus: Voice of Liberty, Voice of Conscience Public Exhibit on October 27th. The exhibit will run until December 16 on the first floor of Snell Library and will illustrate the fascinating life of Emma Lazarus. Through her poetry, criticism, and advocacy for the poor, immigrants, and refugees, Emma Lazarus has left a lasting impression. The exhibit was created to recognize her influence, her life, and especially her poetry.

To kick off the exhibit, there will be an Emma Lazarus Opening Program and Panel Discussion, Issues of Immigration in Today’s America, on Thursday, October 27, 2011 from 6-8PM at the Snell Library Lobby. Moderated by NU’s Ruderman Professor of Jewish Studies, Lori Lefkovitz, the program and discussion will feature Silvia Dominguez, Northeastern University Assistant Professor of Sociology; Kitty Dukakis, social activist, author, and wife of former Governor of Massachusetts Michael Dukakis; Barbara Gottschalk, Executive Vice President of Seeds of Peace; and Ragini Shah, Associate Clinical Professor of Law at Suffolk University.

Admission is free, and a reception will follow after the discussion. Hope to see all you Huskies there! For more information about the exhibit and related programs click here! For information on other Meet the Author programs and events, click here!  

Extra! Extra! Read all about Library Press Display!

Library Press Display is a great but little-known resource available through Snell Library. If you are looking for international or U.S. newspapers, Library Press Display is a convenient and easy to navigate tool that has a large collection of world newspapers from the past 60 days. The Library Press Display home screen shows the last 7 days of important world news and events. This resource has tabs that allow you to search or browse newspapers by country, by language, or alphabetically. For most papers there are two ways to read each paper: you can click on the heading and an easy to read digital version of the article will appear, or you can choose to zoom in on the actual pages of the paper and read the articles as you would if you had the paper copy of the newspaper in your hands.  For international users who prefer to navigate Library Press Display in their first language, the display can be switched to Arabic, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, and Traditional Chinese. The language can be switched on the labels, tabs, and buttons. Don’t forget, Snell Library also has several other news and newspaper resources available! For general news try Access World News. For other newspapers, including historical newspapers, check out Snell Library’s newspaper resources page.

OCLC student focus group – free pizza and $25!

Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) is working with libraries in an important study of online library information services and WorldCat. They are inviting students to participate in a focus group to enable them to better understand how you search, find and use information for both your personal and study needs. Students should share their opinions and insights about how they get and use information on OCLC’s WorldCat database. OCLC will select students for the focus group interviews who have used WorldCat or are willing to try to use WorldCat. The focus group session will take approximately 1.5 to 2 hours and will be held in Snell Library Room 421 at 2:30-4:30pm on Wednesday 26th October 2011. **As well as providing pizza, we will also give $25 cash to all students that attend.** If you are interested in participating, please respond to Simon Wakeling at s.wakeling@sheffield.ac.uk. Numbers are limited so he will accept replies on a first come first served basis. All responses will be kept strictly confidential. The principal investigators of the project are Dr. Lynn Silipigni Connaway (Senior Research Scientist OCLC) and Simon Wakeling (Doctoral Student, Information School, University of Sheffield).

SGA and Public Safety Division return to Snell Library

On Thursday, October 20th, from 12 to 2pm,  Northeastern’s Student Government Association and the Public Safety Division will be back to Snell Library and the Curry Student Center to talk to students, faculty, and staff about campus safety. They will be reminding people to not leave their belongings unattended and to keep their valuables secure at all times. The goal of these meet and greets is to encourage students to be aware of their surroundings and property in order to reduce theft on campus. If you have any questions, please contact Detective Jonathan Boyd of the Northeastern University Police department at 617-373-8356.

Northeastern practices campus safety

Today and tomorrow, from 12:30-2:30pm, representatives from the NUPD and SGA will be in the Library and Curry Student Center to communicate to students the importance of campus safety. Please always be aware of your belongings and surroundings to help prevent accidents and theft on and around campus. If you have any questions about the safety campaign you can contact Detective Jonathan Boyd at 617-373-8356. And don’t forget, the Library has laptop locks that are available at the Circulation Desk for your use!