Digitizing Videotapes from the Rosendahl-Adelphia Collection

Betacam tape from 1995 labeled with a ‘Digital ID

Back in spring semester 2013, LMU Library News featured a series of posts celebrating Preservation Week. My contribution to the series discussed digital video preservation and cited the preparatory work involved in gearing up to digitize The Bill Rosendahl-Adelphia Communications … Read more

LMU Special Collections Goes to the Movies

John W. Boyle and silent screen star Anna Q. Nilsson with camera Boyle invented for panorama shots

An important source for film history came more fully into focus when the collection guide for the John W. Boyle Film Stills and Photograph Collection (Collection 061, found in the … Read more

Honors and International Orientation Recap

Exterior campus with international flags

On Wednesday, August 21, 2013, we welcomed more than 150 students for library orientations. Between the Honors Summit and the International Student orientation, librarians conducted five sessions during the middle … Read more

Librarians write books, too

Librarians wear a lot of hats, but one little-known fact outside of librarianship is how much research and writing takes place in our profession. We’re delighted to announce that one … Read more

RIP Huell Howser

Surf and Bath House at Ocean Park

RIP, Huell Howser. Did you know that H.H. visited LMU in 1995 to visit our Werner von Boltenstern Postcard collection? We’re happy to share a teeny tiny part of his … Read more

Found At The Library

This post contains highlights of the library’s collections by library staff and student employees. The Found series was initially posted as a series of short posts. Found: Diccionario de Aztequismos … Read more

Reading 1911: librarians explore the Centennial

library at sunset from above

This post was originally multiple posts over the academic year 2011-2012, to celebrate the LMU Centennial. These posts have been combined here for easier readability. 

What were we reading in 1911?

The William H. Hannon Library celebrates the LMU Centennial through books (we are after all librarians!).

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Children’s Literature at William H. Hannon Library!

children's books

The children’s literature portion of the Curriculum Materials Collection (CMC) is now available. The collection currently has over 5,000 children’s books for grades pre-K through 12, both fiction and nonfiction. … Read more

Journals in Digital Commons: CATE and JCAT

Cover of Journal of Clinical Art Therapy

The library is pleased to announce two journals that are being published via our scholarship repository: Digital Commons at Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School. Cities and the Environment … Read more