Library Blogs

Duke's source for advice and information about copyright and publication issues

• A template for authors’ rights, and a modest proposal
• Updates on NIH Public Access
• More on e-textbooks
• And advice from up north
• Insights from across the pond

Tips and tools to save you time

• New exhibits in Perkins Library
• Keep tabs on your laptop with tracking software
• What is beta anyway?
• Items ‘Being Repaired’ in New Catalog
• RSS & the Library Catalog: Why & How

The official blog of the Music Library at Duke

• New Books Shelf (July 23-30, 2008)
• CD 7464: Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn Piano Trios
• New CD of works by Stephen Jaffe
• Early Music America
• Rediscoveries: Amy Beach by Adrienne Block

Answering your questions about the library and life since 1982

• Armchair philosophy
• Winners & losers
• Trinity College
• Big decision
• School of Nursing

What's new and interesting in instructional technology

• Strategic Initative Grants from CIT
• Mapping Literature
• Now everyone has access to ‘Knol’edge
• Bb Tip: Easy Way to Access Library Resources Off-campus
• Conference on Literature in Virtual Worlds

Using technology in teaching and learning

• Camtasia and Blackboard: Distributing library instruction to multiple general chemistry lab sections
• The Virtual Duke Oil Field: Using GPS to Teach Introductory Earth Science Students about Oil Exploration
• Interactive Nursing Education Using Second Life as the 3-D Environment
• Smartphones for Service-Learning
• The Ethics of Research with Human Subjects

Increasing the technology use and competency of teachers and students in Durham Public Schools

• What I learned about Tadpoles from Ms. Bethea’s Kindergarteners.
• Internet Safety for all of us
• NECC 2008
• Illustrating the Elements of Poetry with Technology
• Argh-It’s fun to learn about Pirates and Technology-Ms. Daquano’s 3rd Graders make a movie

• JAMA - A Cover Without Art
• Welcome to Duke!
• NIH Policy ClassesNext Class: 8/11/08 @ 11a
• Medpedia Coming Soon
• MedEdPORTAL

• New Movies for August
• Sign Up for Database Training Classes!
• First Time Login Help
• Library Move Update
• Ford Library Closing For Move, July 25 - August 1

• Library Services During LEAD Week
• Social Networking Gets Legal
• Public Records See Even More Light
• "Cuil" Competes for Search Engine Crown
• Ease Your Bar Exam Anxiety

News from the Divinity School Library at Duke University

• Research Help @ the Library
• New Microform Scanner
• New catalog search tool