The Spring 2011 issue of UB Libraries Today, the newsletter of the University at Buffalo Libraries, is now available. And be sure to visit the Library News blog for all the latest library news.

Spring 2011 Articles:

• 60 Years of the Spectrum
• Student Poets
• Meet Nancy Schiller
• International Scholars
• Student Donors
• 2011 Research Prize
• Finding Lockwood

Located in the University Archives, the Design Archive contains both textual and visual material. The foundation for the archive rests with the extensive Darwin D. Martin/Frank Lloyd Wright holdings. Recent additions have been coordinated with the School of Architecture and Planning.

The New York State Archives and the Archives Partnership Trust have selected the University Archives and the Jewish Buffalo Archives Project/Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Buffalo to receive the 2010 Debra E. Bernhardt Annual Archives Award for Excellence in Documenting New York’s History.

The award is presented to an organization in New York State that has demonstrated leadership in improving the documentary record of New York State. This year’s award recognizes the University Archives and the Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Buffalo for their efforts in facilitating partnerships between community agencies, educational institutions, cultural and professional organizations, along with many other organizations, to document the Jewish community in Buffalo. Read about the Jewish Buffalo Archives Project at <http://library.buffalo.edu/archives/jbap/about.html>.

The Clifford C. Furnas Collection, now available in the University at Buffalo Libraries Digital Collections, consists of photographs and memorabilia celebrating his life and career. Clifford C. Furnas (1900-1969) was a scientist, educator, and administrator.  He became the ninth chancellor of the private University of Buffalo in 1954. After guiding the university through the merger process with the State University of New York in 1962 Furnas became the first president of the State University of New York at Buffalo.

The Clifford C. Furnas Collection
http://ubdigit.buffalo.edu/collections/lib/lib-ua/lib-ua004_Furnas.php

Now on display in the Special Collections Research Room, a special exhibit in memory of the University at Buffalo’s 13th president:
“A Very Good Time”: William R. Greiner and the University at Buffalo, 1967-2009 .

See the University Libraries exhibit page for more information.

The University at Buffalo Libraries are proud to announce the availability of a new tool that will vastly improve access to finding aids for our unique archival collections. The database stores finding aids from University Archives, the Poetry Collection, the Law Library, and the Music Library. It operates using the eXtensible Text Framework (XTF) system developed by the California Digital Library.

The database can be accessed directly at http://libweb1.lib.buffalo.edu:8080/xtf/search. Associated pages contain information about UB’s archival collections, Encoded Archival Description as a format, and the structure of UB’s EAD finding aids. The database has also been added to the UB Libraries list of Databases by Title under “Finding Aids at the University at Buffalo Libraries“.

What are finding aids?  Finding aids are guides to archival records, personal papers, or manuscripts. They describe a collection’s origins, contents, and organization in more detail than the library catalog describes books. They are tools to help researchers determine if a collection contains useful information and where that information is located.  Visit About UB Finding Aids for more information.

A new online resource on the Love Canal Collections in the University Archives is now available online.

This resource includes links to the Love Canal collections finding aids, an image gallery, a clipping database, and an introduction to the history and background of the events that occurred at Love Canal.

In April 2008 Acheson Hall was renamed Kapoor Hall after noted Pharmacy alumnus, John N. Kapoor. The new facilities in Kapoor Hall will be new home for the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and include associated research and teaching laboratories, vivarium, classrooms, a working hospital pharmacy, pharmacological care clinic, and office spaces. The renovation is expected to cost $65 million and to be completed by August 2011.

See the Development of the UB campuses: South Campus buildings — Kapoor Hall for more information.

Introducing a brand new online resource available for searching the University Archives’ Biographical File.

The Biographical File is contained in forty file drawers and includes newspaper and periodical articles, photographs, and other material about the lives, careers, and deaths of UB faculty and staff, illustrious alumni, famous visitors, and benefactors of the University. Millard Fillmore, the first Chancellor of the University, has a file as does the current President John B. Simpson.