Jan 23, 2023
The Era of Artifical Intelligence Is Upon Us
ChatGPT and other easy-to-use but sophisticated artificial intelligence tools have suddenly raised ethical questions, especially in education and the arts.
News Archive
Dec 5, 2022
See What BC Libraries Staff Is Reading
See how Staff Picks, an online book display of recent BC Libraries staff reading, developed from idea to permanent fixture.
Nov 28, 2022
Support for Digital Techniques and Tools
BC Libraries’ growing engagement in digital scholarship has resulted in collaborations all over campus.
Nov 14, 2022
Meet the O'Neill Library Reference Assistants
The Reference Desk in O’Neill is staffed by three graduate students at Simmons University studying library science.
Nov 7, 2022
New Sciences E-Journal, Fuse, is Calling for Submissions
E-Journals @ BC Libraries has broken new ground publishing the student-run science journal FUSE.
Oct 31, 2022
Truth is Scarier than Fiction
Nothing says Halloween like horror. Here are some recommendations for young readers—all the scarier because they’re true.
Oct 24, 2022
New Business & Management Resources
From datasets to chess sets, BC Senior Liaison for CSOM Doug Olsen makes sure you have what you need.
Oct 17, 2022
Open Access Week
Celebrate Open Access Week (10/24-10/30) with a lecture by Jessica Silbey on Intellectual Property and Fundamental Values in the Internet Age.
Oct 4, 2022
New O'Neill Access Services Staff
We would like to introduce three new staff members in Access Services who will be contributing to the circulation desk, ILL, and reserves.
Sep 26, 2022
Course Resources
In case you missed it, BC Libraries has changed how it handles reserves by rolling out a new system, Course Resources, that offers more convenience and features.
Sep 19, 2022
Introducing Doug Olsen, Senior Liaison for CSOM
Find out who Doug Olsen is, his background, motivations, current projects, and what he does when he’s not being a librarian.
Sep 12, 2022
Introducing New Special Libraries Staff
This summer we’ve welcomed four new employees at Bapst Library, the Educational Resource Center, and the Social Work Library.
Aug 28, 2022
Boston College Libraries: A Sanctuary of Learning
With so much news entering our lives through screens, there’s ample opportunity for easy answers and unreflective opinions.
Jul 13, 2022
Texts Less Traveled: Exploring Hebrews, the Catholic Epistles, and Revelation
Embark with Thomas D. Stegman, S.J. on a rewarding “journey” through texts in the New Testament that are “less trodden”.
May 2, 2022
Copyright & Copying
You don’t need to be afraid of copyright law, you just need to be thoughtful about it.
Apr 12, 2022
Pastoral Poetry
April is Poetry Month! Celebrate by browsing titles of pastoral poetry through the ages in a book display in the O’Neill Library Lobby.
Apr 11, 2022
Boston College Libraries Welcome the Ricci Institute
The Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History is almost finished with its relocation from San Francisco to BC’s Brighton Campus and expects to open in May 2022.
Mar 11, 2022
Meet the O'Neill Library Reference Assistants
Three Simmons University Information Science students staff O’Neill Library’s reference desk on weeknights.
Feb 21, 2022
New Ways of Supporting Open Access Publishing
A new deal means Boston College researchers can publish articles Open Access with Cambridge University Press journals, and publication charges are covered by the library.
Feb 11, 2022
40 Years of BC Libraries Through the Eyes of a Cataloger
Chris Conroy started her career at BC Libraries as a cataloger and finished as Associate University Librarian.
Feb 7, 2022
Exploring BC Libraries Open Access E-Journal Portfolio
BC Libraries help publish many open-source online journals, by researchers from undergraduate to seasoned scholars.
Jan 31, 2022
New Resources in Engineering
BC Libraries have been expanding the engineering collection to help serve the new Human-Centered Engineering Department.
Nov 19, 2021
Back to the Classroom
When you go from teaching in a classroom to zoom and back again, what do you hold onto and what do you change?
Oct 25, 2021
International Open Access Week
Join us as BC Libraries celebrates the 13th year of International Open Access Week this week.