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Caltech Library Services will hold a drawing for a $25 Amazon gift card on October 15, 2010. The drawing is open to Caltech faculty, students, and staff. To be eligible to win, correctly identify the campus location of the image above. Submit your answer via the library’s text service, Text a Librarian. Text caltech, the location of the image, and your name and contact info to 66746.
LexisNexis, a database the library subscribes to, is starting the school year by sponsoring a weekly quiz. It will run through November 15th. By winning points, you will be able to redeem gift cards from a variety of national chains. What, exactly, can you search for in LN? News, legal cases,and information about countries, people, and companies. To access, go through the library portal To take the quiz, go here. Good luck!
The University of California contemplates calling for a boycott of the Nature Publishing Group in response to a 400-percent price hike. More...
Common Craft has created a 3 minute video explaining what makes Wikipedia, Wikipedia.
The Friends of Caltech Libraries present The Man in White and the Other Woman: Revisiting Mark Twain, featuring Laura Twombley, President of Pitzer College, Mark Twain scholar and author. 7 p.m. - Thursday, June 3, 2010. Hameetman Auditorium, Cahill Building 1216 East California Blvd.
Isabel Lyon was Mark Twain’s personal assistant in the final stages of his life. Despite years of complex interdependence, Twain was ultimately to denounce Lyon publicly, using outrageous invective against her even in his private correspondence. Whatever lay behind such outbursts and caused the iconic writer to break with his carefully crafted and cool public persona are subjects that Laura Trombley explores in her groundbreaking new book, Mark Twain’s Other Woman: The Hidden Story of His Final Years. A foremost expert on the great American writer, Trombley was featured in Ken Burns’ documentary on Mark Twain. Among her other works are Constructing Mark Twain: New Directions in Scholarship and Mark Twain in the Company of Women.
Moderator Cindy Weinstein is Professor of English and Executive Officer of Humanities at Caltech. Professor Weinstein’s broad understanding of 19th century American literature and culture and her scholarly focus on the reconfigured family in sentimental novels make her the perfect moderator for an evening filled with intellectual stimulation.
The library is collecting more and more e-books. This ebrary page, assembled by Arun Sannuti, Caltech PMA librarian, explains the nuts and bolts of how to make the most of this particular collection.
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