Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Old Main surely ranks as one of the most photographed sites on the University Park campus, perhaps second only to the Nittany Lion Shrine in this respect. Why? Because, like the Nittany Lion, it is instantly recognizable, symbolizing a bond shared by hundreds of thousands of Penn Staters worldwide. Last year, Old Main received an added attraction when the class of 2009 unveiled the bell display as its gift to the University. Read about this and get a link to more than 500,000 Penn State photos at the Alumni Library at http://alumni.libraries.psu.edu/ online. (more)
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
A popular trend in higher education today is the use of digital gaming to facilitate learning. At an open house last fall, Penn State University Libraries employed digital gaming with a cameo performance by President Graham Spanier. Now visitors to the new installment of Penn State's Alumni Library can read more about this project and discover the concepts behind digital gaming and literacy. The Alumni Library is available at http://alumni.libraries.psu.edu/ online. (more)
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
The Federal Legislative Resource Center, new this month on the Alumni Library online, will help viewers to become better informed on newly introduced legislation and how senators or representatives voted on pending items. (more)
Monday, July 06, 2009
The stacks of books are still there, but today Penn State University Libraries have evolved into a multimedia resource center, and the librarians have become information technology specialists. Now, Penn State alumni can access electronic resources through the Alumni Library at http://alumni.libraries.psu.edu/. (more)
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
The latest "edition" of Penn State's Alumni Library at http://alumni.libraries.psu.edu, features the recent history of searching for information electronically in the University Libraries -- not so long ago when there was no Google search engine, let alone Google Maps, Google Docs and others.
On Spotlight, looks at Penn State authors, including Amy Wendling, Penn State '06, who has just published her first book on Karl Marx.
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