Archive for 2009
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Can you help me now?
Posted September 15, 2009 by newsMedia students working in the library have written and produced a great series of videos highlighting library services. You can watch the videos on the large TVs on level 3 of the library or you can see them on the Harold B. Lee Library’s page on Facebook.
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From Daguerreotype to Digital: The history of photography
Posted August 19, 2009 by newsThere are over one million photographs and negatives in the library’s collections. Tom Wells, the curator of photography in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections, has chosen some of the finest examples to illustrate the history of photography. The new exhibition is titled From Daguerreotype to Digital and is located on level 1 of the [...]
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Learn about the Library’s New Research Tool
Posted August 18, 2009 by newsThe library has a new research tool called ScholarSearch. You can learn the basics by watching our new tutorial at http://net.lib.byu.edu/tutorial/scholarsearch/
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Video Contest-Sparky Awards
Posted June 24, 2009 by newsUPDATE (November 2009): View our top SPARKY entries.
More Sharing, More People, More Ideas http://moresharingmorepeoplemoreideas.blogspot.com
Pinned Down by the Dark http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U85asWtEns
Buildings http://benjaminvideoproductions.com/sparky.php
Information Lessons: Jerk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm9WaQMtlXw
Clueless Discovery http://vimeo.com/6223728
It’s Good to Share www.et.byu.edu/~rezyh/sparky/share.html(Provo, Utah, June 16, 2009) – The SPARKY Awards are coming up soon. The short video contest, which promotes the open exchange of information, will be [...]
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Joseph and Emma Smith’s Family Tree
Posted June 10, 2009 by newsA new chart has been placed at Brigham Young University’s Family History Library containing an extensive research of Joseph and Emma Smith’s family tree.
The chart, which is an updated version of the original in Salt Lake City, was collected by Michael Kennedy and printed with the help of BYU’s Computer Science department.Michael Kennedy, who donated [...]
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Facebook and Research
Posted May 7, 2009 by newsLong ago in virtual time (which is a few months in real time) the librarians at the Science Reference Desk on level 2 of the library created the first BYU Facebook page*. Soon after, the library followed up with the Harold B. Lee Library’s Facebook page. Today there are a number of Facebook pages associated [...]
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5 Spring Book Ideas
Posted April 21, 2009 by newsIt’s spring and finals are wrapping up so take a break and read a book. If you only have a few minutes try Tree Tour : Brigham Young University (QK 189 .B745 2007). This great little volume can tell you about your favorite campus trees. Find it in the Science section on level 2 of [...]
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Student Employee to Intern at the Library of Congress
Posted April 15, 2009 by newsKaren Glenn, an archival assistant in L. Tom Perry Special Collections, will spend part of the Summer as an intern at the Library of Congress through the Junior Fellows Summer Internship Program. This is a very competitive program, and Karen is one of the first BYU students to participate.
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Professor Murray Pittock of the University of Glasgow
Posted April 3, 2009 by newsProfessor Murray Pittock of the University of Glasgow will speak on Robert Burns in Global Culture at 3:00 pm Monday, April 6 in the library auditorium. Murray Pittock is the Bradley Professor of English Literature and Associate Dean.
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Provo Founder’s Day
Posted March 26, 2009 by newsWednesday, April 1 Kenneth L. Cannon II will present the annual Provo Founder’s Day Lecture at 3:00 pm in the Special Collections Classroom on level 1 of the Harold B. Lee Library.
Lecture Description: Provo residents fought for construction of a new union train depot for almost twenty years, from 1891 to 1911. Controversies ranging from [...]