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Beyond the Shelf: Exploring Overlooked Library Tools

by Steve RungePosted onJanuary 19, 2024January 19, 2024

With over 700 databases, 200 library guides, and access to tens of thousands of journals, it’s no wonder that a few resources are overlooked. Here are eight librarians with recommendations for their favorite under-appreciated resources.

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Open Access Week

by Steve RungePosted onOctober 16, 2023October 16, 2023
a collage of 3 smiling people in professional dress

Open Access Week returns this year, from October 23rd to 29th. This year’s theme is “Community over Commercialization.” It has been hard to escape the fact that while Open Access (OA) has benefited many scholars by making their work available…

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First Peoples in Children’s Literature

by Aidan OlsenPosted onOctober 3, 2023October 4, 2023

This weekend, Boston College recesses for Fall Break, and on Monday, everyone will enjoy a public holiday. While the university officially observes Columbus Day, many community members prefer to honor Indigenous Peoples’ Day, in recognition of the First Peoples who…

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Meet the O’Neill Reference Assistants

by Steve RungePosted onSeptember 20, 2023September 20, 2023

Each year O’Neill Library employs currently enrolled library science students at Simmons University to staff the reference desk Monday through Thursday evenings. All of them are on the cusp of embarking on careers in librarianship of one form or another.…

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Boston College E-Journals Spotlight

by Gabriel FeldsteinPosted onApril 21, 2023April 21, 2023
Two colorful covers of journals: Dianoia (yellow to green, with sailboats in the sun) and The Medical Humanities Journal, violet to pink, a night scene at a building entrance.

The Medical Humanities Journal has already been publishing content by Boston College students since the student e-journal’s founding almost ten years ago. However, this year it is making use of the Open Journal Systems platform to create DOIs, establish preservation,…

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