Scholar2Scholar: Webcasts now Available
Webcasts from the the 5th Annual Scholarly Communication Symposium: Scholar2Scholar: How Web 2.0 is Changing Scholarly Communication are now available at the Symposium web site: http://scholar2scholar.wikispaces.com/. Webcasts available include Jean Claude Bradley's presentation, Enhancing Scientific Communication through Open Notebook Science as well as the panel discussion. The Symposium website also offers notes from the round-table discussions, links to photos of the event on Flickr, and suggestions for further readings on Web 2.0 and Scholarship.
Team Bookin' It -- Drexel University Libraries staff, along with friends and family members -- will be participating in the 
Art works submitted to the Earth Day Art Contest, co-sponsored by Hagerty Library and the Environmental Sustainability Living Learning Community are currently on display on the first floor of Hagerty Library. The co-sponsors intended that the contest would spark a new campus dialogue on the environmental challenges confronting both the Drexel community and the nation alike with students using their artistic talents to generate greater awareness of global warming, factory farming and the plight of endangered species among their peers. 
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Congratulations to the grand prize winner of the Hagerty Library Bookmark Café Raffle: Charles Andrada! In honor of the Grand Opening of the new 24/7 study space and café held February 13th, Charles won a $50.00 Gift Certificate to Barnes & Noble Booksellers. Additional prize winners have been contacted by email. 
The Center for Civic Engagement and Drexel Votes 2008 will present Commissioner Edgar Howard, one of three Philadelphia City Commissioners, discussing the significance of voting and the voting peculiarities for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on Wednesday, November 28, 2007, at 12:30 p.m. in room 302 -- the Stern Seminar Room -- of the Hagerty Library (33nd and Market Streets).
A librarian’s work is more likely now to focus on bits, bytes and blogs than books, but for most of us, it was our early love of books that brought us to what we do.
Starting Thursday, November 1, all students, faculty, and staff will need a valid DragonCard to enter Hagerty Library. In this case, "valid" means that the prox chip in one's card can be read by Hagerty's new security gate.
Watch the Democratic presidential candidates debate live on widescreen in the Mary Hagerty Learning Lab, lower level of Hagerty Library (L33), 9 pm - 11 pm on Tuesday, October 30th. Refreshments will be served.
. . . With Tuesday's screening of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in the Arcadia Lounge (lower level, noon-3) and discussion of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in Hermione's Nook (1st floor, 6-8 pm). Movie screenings and book discussions will continue through the week, culminating in a Scavenger Hunt on Friday -- win your own paperback set of Books 1-7!
On Friday the 13th, our Harry Potter celebration takes a dark turn as we focus on Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Join the book discussion, 2-4 pm in Hermione's Reading Nook (first floor), then return at 6 for a movie screening in room L33 (lower level) and discussion led by Dr. Don Riggs. Refreshments will be served!
Relax in Hermione's Nook on the first floor of Hagerty Library-- you'll find lots of copies of the first six Harry Potter books to help you refresh your memory while you're awaiting the arrival of the seventh and final book. Then join the book discussion group at 12:30 today (Thursday, July 12) in the Mary Hagerty Learning Lab (L33).
Kickoff Harry Potter Week with a screening and discussion of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, 2 pm on Wednesday, July 11th, in the Arcadia Lounge on the lower level of Hagerty Library. Refreshments will be served!
The Drexel University Libraries will be closed on Wednesday, July 4th for the celebration of Independence Day. But don't forget . . . the Libraries never really close! 
Several thefts have been reported in Hagerty Library this week; items lost include a wallet, a laptop and a jacket.
Posters for the Mandell Theaters Professionals In Residency Project By Students Printmakers, on display in the lounge on the lower level of Hagerty Library through September 2007.
Congratulations to Adrian Joseph (AJ) Gurga, winner of the Libraries' Research Day raffle prize. Gary Childs, Education Librarian at Hahnemann Librarian, and Lenore Hardy, Director of the Health Sciences Libraries, are shown here presenting AJ with the much-coveted Nintendo Wii game system. 
Tap into the 4-1-1 on medical information, on Wednesday, April 11, 2007, the day that the Medical Library Association has proclaimed as "Medical Information Day," in recognition of the invaluable information and vast range of services that medical librarians provide for their institutions. 
. . . and they began to cry!
African American architect William Sidney Pittman graduated from the Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry in 1900. Ten years later, a profile written on the young architect stated simply: “Mr. Pittman is considered the leading architect of his race.” Over the course of a relatively short career, Pittman is credited with forty designs or additions mainly in the vicinity of Washington D.C. and the state of Texas. 
