Dropping the Card If you ask a cataloger, the only reason libraries work is accurate cataloging: if our resources weren’t organized, you’d be hard-pressed to find anything. So if you want to understand what’s under the hood of the BC…
As we navigate a rapidly changing world, access to high-quality, peer-reviewed content is vital for scholars, researchers, and anyone concerned with the world and culture around them. Here at Boston College Libraries, we publish seventeen open access peer-reviewed e-journals that…
Have you heard the news? Boston College launched its Human-Centered Engineering Department this fall, welcoming over 20 inaugural first year students! Since this summer, staff at BC Libraries have been hard at work making sure folks in this brand new…
Students and teachers at BC had a range of different experiences from March 2020 to the summer of 2021, from fully online (synchronous and asynchronous) to hybrid to in-person with social distancing and masks. Because library spaces were limited, BC…
Join us as BC Libraries celebrates the 13th year of International Open Access Week this week! Keep an eye out for displays and data visualizations, and we will have an Open Access discussion on Thursday afternoon. Given the disruptive nature…