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How The Harvard Law Library Is Embracing The 21st Century
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A catalog entry sparks the imagination: On March 6, 1935, Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor who sited Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt and Jefferson on Mount Rushmore, was in Washington, D.C., casting wet plaster over the...
How To Find The Perfect Book For Any Topic
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As if there was any doubt, libraries and book stores are so last year. In its ever-expanding role as the King of All Media, Google just unveiled a new feature to Google Books: Ngram Viewer. In a nutshell, it lets y...
Yale Law Library Loans Therapy Dog To Students
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[caption id="attachment_10277" align="alignright" width="163" caption="Monty, ready to play"][/caption] Rather than just stick to loaning out the standard books and research materials, the Yale Law Library is takin...
This Is Google’s Experimental Digital Library of the Future
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There's a big problem with Google Books. It's a good problem to have, though. How can you efficiently and elegantly display a nearly infinite amount of books to the average user without making things overly complicated?
How To Get More Out Of Google
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When students are asked to research something...where do they turn? They go straight to Google of course. So how can students most efficiently use Google? There's so much more hidden in the search engine than just top results.
20 Ways Libraries Are Using Pinterest Right Now
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Pinterest is taking the social media world by storm, and it isn’t just popular with individual users. Businesses, nonprofits, and even libraries are sharing ideas and information through the site as well, connecting with people from around the country and around the globe.
The Teacher’s Guide to the Library of Congress
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We thought you might enjoy an actual guide (written for teachers and education in general) that's easy and a solid resource for the Library of Congress.
Using The Power Of The Pair To Enhance Active Learning
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I remember when I first figured out the "power of the pair". I had walked onto our school library and the noise was way above what I would expect.
