2014 Institute for Research Design in Librarianship
In September 2013 the library was awarded a 2013 Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program Grant, to create the Institute for Research Design in Librarianship (IRDL), to be held each … Read more
Digital Collection: LMU Historical Manuscripts Collection
The Digital Library is pleased to announce another digital collection highlighting the historic manuscripts held in the Department of Archives & Special Collections. This digital collection currently features two Otto … Read more
LMU Joins Forces with the California Audiovisual Preservation Project
We’re pleased to announce LMU’s partnership with the California Audiovisual Preservation Project (CAVPP). The CAVPP provides funds for digitization and establishes low-cost and practical standards to help California libraries, archives, … Read more
Digital Collection: Hurley/Wright Surveyors Map Collection
Last November, the Digital Library Program published three new digital collections to commemorate the construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Check out the Los Angeles Aqueduct 100 blogpost and the … Read more
Summer Reading: Book Spine Poetry
Have you ever thought of making a poem from book spines? by Library Programming Assistant and resident Children’s Book Fanatic and Expert Carol Raby Here are two examples using books … Read more
A dozen giggles with Eddie Cantor
Fueled by my interest in the television series Boardwalk Empire, I have discovered the golden rolling 1920s and the fantastic comedian Eddie Cantor. The show features historical events with many … Read more
And the 2014 ULRA winners are….
Congratulations to the 2014 Undergraduate Library Research Award winners! Grand Prize ($1000) Paige Vaughn (center), Senior Psychology and Sociology major “Intersecting Oppressions and Mass Incarceration: Male Opportunity Over the Life … Read more
Found in Archives and Special Collections: Crossing the Bar, JFK and Jackie, and more!
This series was made from posts written from April 2014 to December 2014 and combined at a later date. Crossing the Bar Tiny book found by Archives & Special Collections … Read more
Meet Jessica, the newest member of our A&SC department
Jessica Guardardo, the library’s newest staff member, holds the title of Archives & Special Collections Assistant. Jessica was born and raised in South Los Angeles. She moved to San Diego … Read more
Archives and Special Collections Goes Shopping…
Editor’s note: with the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books this weekend, we thought it’d be a great time to shed a little light upon one way that our Archives … Read more
LMU Library Research Tutorial Recognized for Excellence
The library is proud to announce that our First Year Seminar information literacy tutorial Lion’s Guide to Research and the Library was recently recognized by the Association of College and … Read more
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