Penrose Library recently installed a new exhibit of dozens of botanical plates and historical books on plants and animals. Come on over and take a look. Some items from the collection go back to the 1500’s and the 1600’s.
More images from the exhibit can be found here.
Penrose Library recently purchased new software called LibGuides to improve the look and feel of our Research Guides. The newly designed Research Guides include everything from general information on using the library to lists of recommended books, journals, websites, embedded videos and more.
Dr. Jeanne Abrams, Professor, Penrose Library and Center for Judaic Studies, and Director, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society and Beck Archives, will give a public lecture at the the Eleventh Annual Professor John C. Livingston Memorial Lecture in American Jewish History. Her presentation is entitled:
“From Russian Revolutionary to Middle Class Citizen: The Education and Americanization of Dr. Charles David Spivak”
TIME: Tuesday, February 23, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
WHERE: Driscoll Ballroom, University of Denver
The lecture is free and open to the public, but RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED. Please call 303-871-3016 to make a reservation. Light refreshments are sponsored by the Penrose Library Dean’s Office, and the Division of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Dr. Abrams is the author of numerous scholarly articles, papers and books, including Jewish Women Pioneering the Frontier Trail: A History in the American West.
You asked for it and now you’ve got it! Penrose Library will begin our extended hours one week early.
Beginning Monday February 22nd and ending Sunday March 14th at 5:00PM the library will be open:
For more information, take a look at the library hours and services at http://library.du.edu/hours.html.
Best wishes for a successful finals week.
A librarian from Georgia State University, Jason Puckett, wrote a good article concerning LibX and Zotero. If you would like to load the Penrose Library version of LibX, we have it available here for Firefox and here for Internet Explorer. Zotero is a Firefox only plugin that is available here.
Penrose will host a “Mystery in the Stacks” event. Come solve a romantic mystery in Penrose on Thursday, February 11, at 7:00pm. To sign up your team, please contact duit@du.edu. Prizes include Pizza, DU hockey tickets, romance books, DU sports gear, and much more. After the mystery is solved, the Valentine’s Dance will take place in the Driscoll Ballroom from 8:00-11:30pm.
Not only does the Penrose Library web site have a new look, it has a whole new organizational framework. Using the principles of user-centered design, we organized the site around the things that people like you want to do, rather than around resource types or the administrative organization of the Library.
For example, you will notice that across the top of the page there are drop-down menus specifically for Students and Faculty that contain links directly to the things we think you want to do right away. If you click on the links at the top of the page, you can go to an entire page tailored to your specific needs and experience, no matter who you are: Faculty, Student, Staff, Visitor, or Alumni.
You will also see that on every page you have the opportunity to search a variety of resources, the Library catalog, indexes and databases, and primary source material, both locally and across the world.
There is also a completely revamped and upgraded way to approach research from a thematic as well as course-based approach. Using a new service called LibGuides, you can now find research resources based on a particular course or on a specific topic. Again, the idea is to bring you the information services you need, the way you want them.
So please explore the site and enjoy the new experience. As always, we want to hear from you, so be sure to send us your comments and suggestions.
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