Banned Books Week: 1984 and Harry Potter
This post is part of a series for Banned Books Week 2014 and some information may be outdated. Questions? Please reach out to us online or at the Information Desk. … Read more
Hannon Library in the News: Project Information Literacy Featured Site
The LMU Library Information Literacy LibGuide is this month’s featured site on Project Information Literacy’s “Practical PIL.” Project Information Literacy (PIL) is a large-scale, national study about early adults and … Read more
Birdwatching in and around Hannon Library
The Hannon Library makes an excellent bird observatory. With views that command the Bluff, Playa Vista, and the nearby wetlands, you can spot a wide variety of species even without … Read more
Digital Collection: Del Rey Players Collection
Records of the Del Rey Players, a dramatic society at Loyola Marymount University, are located in the University Archives at the William H. Hannon Library. The Library decided to digitize … Read more
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