Posted on June 1st, 2012 by Digital Library
The ocean: the body of water that links us all, from the oxygen we breathe to the pharmacopoeia that it yields. In observance of World Oceans Day this month FAU Digital Library highlights Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (HBOI) for its development of research at FAU and its significant contributions to FAU’s institutional repository. The HBOI digital collection showcases the research [...]
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Posted on May 1st, 2012 by Digital Library
Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements (PRISM), a digital collection, is being highlighted in observance of International Workers’ Day or Labor Day. PRISM, a digitization collaboration of Florida Atlantic University and University of Central Florida libraries, features a collection of pamphlets from the 19th and 20th centuries reflective of leftist and liberal views and [...]
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Posted on March 26th, 2012 by Digital Library
FAU Libraries Oral History Digital Collection features the interviews of Dr. Leonard Berry who discusses his environmental work experiences and research contributions. This effort is in celebration of Dr. Berry’s renowned career of teaching from a global perspective to foster an awareness of environmental issues. In observance of International Mother Earth Day, FAU’s Digital Library highlights [...]
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Posted on February 1st, 2012 by Digital Library
FAU’s Graduate Student Association is hosting the Third Annual Graduate Student Research Day March 30, 2012 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Live Oak Pavilion on Boca Raton Campus. Graduate students engaged in various kinds of research projects from across the University will present posters for awards and prizes. All students interested in submitting original [...]
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Posted on October 24th, 2011 by Digital Library
Join us for an upcoming workshop Wednesday October 26 in Wimberly Library (LY136) as FAU Libraries promotes Open Access Week October 24-30, 2011. Discussion will center on resources and initiatives that provide immediate and unrestricted access to information. Learn about the history of the Open Access movement and what librarians and faculty can do to promote Open [...]
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Posted on July 13th, 2011 by Digital Library
FAU’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (HBOI) presents “Oyster Restoration Efforts on the Treasure Coast,” as part of its Ocean Science Lecture Series. The discourse will be led by research scientist Dr. Vincent Encomio, head of the Oyster Restoration Research Project at the Florida Oceanographic Society. A delicacy, oysters are also critical to the health and quality of coastal waterways [...]
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Posted on June 17th, 2011 by Digital Library
FAU Digital Library presents the American Civil War Collection in tribute to the 150th anniversary of the war between the States. Originally characterized as “scarce and very interesting,” FAU Libraries’ featured Conferederate War etchings in the Elliot Cross and James A. Cross Civil War Collection are satirical sketches sympathetic to the Confederacy. The etchings were produced by German born [...]
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Posted on May 2nd, 2011 by Digital Library
In observance of International Workers’ Day or Labor Day, FAU Digital Library brings you PRISM (Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements), a collaboratively digitized collection of the Florida Atlantic University and University of Central Florida libraries. PRISM, a collection of pamphlets, from the 19th and 20th centuries, reveals a gamut of burning issues reflective of leftist and liberal [...]
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Posted on November 6th, 2008 by Jane Strudwick
Studs (Louis) Terkel, broadcaster and oral historian, born May 16 1912; died October 31, 2008 See ChicagoTribune Obituary Over 40 years ago Studs Terkel began a conversation with the American people, asking them to expose their everyday lives. He tenderly and truthfully told our story (the American and the human) throughout his career as broadcaster [...]
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