• Current Periodicals: First floor.
• Books and Bound Periodicals : By request from the Circulation Desk on the first floor.
• Map Collection CD-ROMs: First floor.
• Map Collection Materials: Contact library@buffalo.edu.

Work will include updating heating, cooling and lighting systems and replacing the ceiling tiles. The renovation work should not have a significant impact on other operations within Silverman but is expected to create some construction-related noise and dust. Thank you for your patience as we work with the campus to improve library facilities.  Please contact library@buffalo.edu if you have additional questions or concerns.

Intota™ is considered an “industry first” that is set to redefine how libraries manage their day-to-day operations. The new system supports the selection, acquisition, cataloging, discovery, and fulfillment of library resources, regardless of resource type. Intota™ is designed to improve library workflow operations, reduce costs, and help librarians work with greater efficiency.

“Interoperability is critical to us for improving our workflows and automating our systems,” said H. Austin Booth, Vice Provost for University Libraries. “Our ability to influence the development of Intota™ supports our vision to create excellence that can be leveraged by other leading academic research libraries.”

In a statement released earlier this week, Stan Sorenson of Serials Solutions credits the UB Libraries and the other development partners with their “forward-thinking insight and passion for creating a ground-breaking solution to areas that are creating challenges for libraries today.”

To learn more about Intota™, see: http://www.serialssolutions.com/en/services/intota/

South Campus: Health Sciences Library - Room B-15, lower level

North Campus: Lockwood Memorial Library – Basement Staff Lounge

• Tuesday, May 1st                 10am – 2pm
• Wednesday, May 2nd         10am – 2pm
• Thursday, May 3^rd               10am – 2pm
• Friday, May 4^th                     10am – 2pm

Some photos from last semester’s popular Stress Relief Week in the Health Sciences Library offer a glimpse of the fun that awaits.

Hope to see you there!

Silverman Library Study Area

Silverman Library’s third floor Silent Study area has a fresh new look! This popular study floor’s large corner section now features 22 large tables in a distinctive red oak finish, and 88 matching chairs with patterned cushion seats. There are also 30 new individual study carrels and four carrels for ADA users, along with a variety of tablet lounge chairs and end tables.

The new furniture, installed on March 24, 2012, is drawing positive reviews from UB students. “It’s excellent,” commented sophomore Brett Shuster, “the cushioned seats are great!” Fellow sophomore Peter DiGioia agreed, “I feel like I’m going to pass my accounting test after studying here!” Other students described the new furniture as “classy,” “it feels like Harvard,” and “prestigious-looking.”

New lighting fixtures, ceiling tiles, and carpeting were installed in the Silent Study area last summer as part of the New York State Power Authority’s facilities upgrade project, and new power poles distribute additional power throughout the area, making this corner  of the library’s third floor a popular destination for UB students.

Looking for a pleasant, comfortable place to read or study? The third floor Silent Study Area in Silverman Library fits the bill!

WHEN POETS RULED THE EARTH
An Exhibit of Poetry in Buffalo 1962-1978

The Poetry Collection of the University Libraries
University at Buffalo
420 Capen Hall
Buffalo, NY 14260
(716) 645-2917

On display through the end of June 2012 on Monday-Friday from 9:00AM to 5:00PM

As a satellite exhibition of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery’s WISH YOU WERE HERE: THE BUFFALO AVANT-GARDE IN THE 1970s, the Poetry Collection’s exhibit features first editions, manuscripts, posters and broadsides from University at Buffalo poets Charles Olson, Robert Creeley, John Logan, Irving Feldman, Carl Dennis, Leslie Fiedler, Max Wickert, Howard Wolf, Bill Sylvester and many others. In addition, WHEN POETS RULED THE EARTH features many of the UB campus poetry magazines of the period such as Intrepid, Fathar, Audit and Buff. There is also a selection of poetry publications from Buffalo community poets including materials from Buckle”, Earth’s Daughters, Just Buffalo Literary Center, Niagara Erie Writers and White Pine Press. Curated by Edric Mesmer, Alice Bailey and Michael Basinski.

Andrew D. G. Hunt

The University at Buffalo Libraries, in cooperation with the Center for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities, are pleased to announce the winner of the 2012 Undergraduate Prize for Library-Supported Research. The $500 prize recognizes students who produce significant academic inquiry requiring the use of information resources, the Libraries, and the collections.

This year’s winner is Andrew D. G. Hunt (senior, Theater Design & Technology; Psychology) for his research project, “On the Surrealism of the Modern Dance,” an investigation of the relation between the aesthetic movement of surrealism in the early 20th century and the development of modern dance. Numerous film and print resources provided by the Libraries supported Mr. Hunt’s research. His faculty mentor for this project was Dr. Sarah Bay-Cheng of the Department of Theatre & Dance.

The Libraries are proud of our support and role in this impressive research project. Mr. Hunt will be honored at the Celebration of Student Academic Excellence on April 5, 2012 in the Center for the Arts, in addition to a library reception to be held on April 11, 2012.

Congratulations, Mr. Hunt!

Read the entire trilogy! We have paper copies and copies on six Amazon Kindles available at the University at Buffalo Libraries. We supply the books and the Kindles. Visit the UB Libraries’ Amazon Kindle website for details.

The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games Trilogy, Book One)  Lockwood PZ7.C6837 Hun 2008

Catching Fire (The Hunger Games Trilogy, Book Two )  Lockwood PZ7.C6837 Cat 2009

Mockingjay (The Hunger Games Trilogy, Final Book)  Lockwood PZ7.C6837 Moc 2010

We also have two e-books in Ebook Library (EBL), available for use by many readers simultaneously, that offer commentary on The Hunger Games.

See: The Hunger Games and Philosophy: A Critique of Pure Treason. Edited by George A. Dunn and Nicolas Michaud. “Katniss Everdeen is ‘the girl who was on fire,’ but she is also the girl who made us think, dream, question authority, and rebel. The post-apocalyptic world of Panem’s twelve districts is a divided society on the brink of war and struggling to survive, while the Capitol lives in the lap of luxury and pure contentment. At every turn in the Hunger Games trilogy, Katniss, Peeta, Gale, and their many allies wrestle with harrowing choices and ethical dilemmas.”

The Girl Who Was on Fire: Your Favorite Authors on Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games Trilogy.  Edited by Leah Wilson. Essays discuss the major themes, characters, and social and political commentary contained in the trilogy.

If all this makes you hungry try: The Unofficial Hunger Games Cookbook from Lamb Stew to “Grossling” – More Than 150 Recipes Inspired by The Hunger Games Trilogy.  By Emily Ansara Baines.

“May the odds be ever in your favor.”

Silverman Library’s third floor SILENT STUDY area will be closed the entire day (beginning at 6:00 a.m.) and evening on Saturday, March 24, to shift existing furniture and install new furniture. The Silverman CYBRARIES and COLLECTIONS will remain accessible.  Please consider using Lockwood Library as an alternate study site.

Beginning Sunday, March 25, you may return to Silverman 3 and enjoy silent study with new furnishings!

A new exhibit in Silverman Library offers a fascinating and informative glimpse into Western New York’s rich industrial heritage.

Researched and written by Nancy Schiller, Engineering Librarian, and produced by Rose Orcutt, Architecture & Planning Librarian, History of Technology in Western New York  pays homage to Buffalo’s iconic grain elevators, to Pierce-Arrow and its sleek automobiles and even sleeker advertising, to the  region’s contributions to early aviation, and to the massive steel mills in Lackawanna, and the men and women who labored in them.

Photographs, text and images featured in the exhibit recall an era when 50  percent of Buffalo’s population was engaged in industrial endeavors of one sort or another, and factories, grain elevators, blast furnaces and steel refineries dotted the local landscape.

Inspiration for the exhibit came from a recent Honors Seminar taught by Professor John Van Benschoten, UB Department of Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering.  The course explored the role of Buffalo, Niagara Falls, and Western New York in our nation’s history, and provided students with an opportunity to consider the history of Western New York and its future through an understanding of technology, and the benefits and costs that come with it.

The exhibit is open during regular library hours and runs through May 31, 2012.

UB Reference Librarian Don Hartman

Student publications play an informational and entertaining role in the life of a university, and digitized issues of old school newspapers and yearbooks have proven very useful in searching for answers to library reference questions. Two University Libraries’ digital collections, University at Buffalo Student Newspapers, 1921-1950 and the Spectrum, the University at Buffalo’s Student Newspaper (currently covering the period 1950-1962), reflect the cultural, political and sociological aspects of the university and American society in a bygone era, and are a valuable source of information for historians and other researchers.

UB librarians have used our digital student newspaper collections in recent months to answer several reference queries. Case in point: a former UB student working on a memoir was searching for the date that Buffalo’s former Tinney Cadillac car dealership had constructed a fallout shelter display in its showroom (apparently, the shelter also had a beautiful blonde woman living in it for a few weeks!).

The UB alumna thought that the Tinney display had occurred sometime between 1958 and 1963, but she was unsure of the date; she had contacted both the New York Public Library and the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, but neither could answer her question, and the UB Libraries were her last hope.

A quick keyword search of the Libraries’ digital newspaper collections, using the word “shelter” and the phrase “Tinney Cadillac,” came up with an article from the UB Spectrum (November 10, 1961) that not only answered her question, but also included a brief commentary on the sexist nature of the display. To view the Spectrum, 1950-1962, and other digital collections of UB student publications visit: digital.lib.buffalo.edu