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Connecting town and gown through the library

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Connecting town and gown through the library How to help a community explore its slave-trading history: Lesley English, Head of Library Engagement at Lancaster University Library, explains how the library plays a key role in building bridges between town and gown. We connect, we innovate, we include.”

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Botany: one of FSU’s longest taught subjects

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View object in the digital library here. View object in the digital library here. On this trip Dr. Kurz would teach the members how to identify the flora and fauna using Native American traditions. View object in the digital library here. View object in the digital library here. Florida Flambeau, May 24, 1929.

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Updated SCA Page in Florida History Research Guide

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Special Collections & Archives is pleased to announce our new and improved page on the Florida History research guide. One of our major projects this summer in light of Covid-19 and the need for expanded online services has been to update our presence on FSU Library research guides to better connect patrons with our materials remotely.

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Spotlight: Photographs Documenting the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

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In fact, photographs documenting CCC activities and companies are scattered throughout the United States and are housed within the collections of state libraries and archives, university libraries and archives, and within the collections of local historical societies. ” Local Photo ID: 35-TA-9.

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South African print market growth lagging behind African recovery

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For example, they are exploring how customer expectations are changing and how they can tailor their offers accordingly. They are also contemplating how to cross-sell and maximise their existing resources. As a result, industry players are raising pertinent questions that highlight the primary challenges they confront.

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Collecting for continuity and for change: The web archiving experience in Westborough

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By Anthony Vaver, Local History Librarian and Archivist, Westborough Public Library. Still, I struggled to come up with a reason why someone from our growing South Asian population should visit our public library’s local history room. Local history at our library is accordingly going through a bit of a renaissance.

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Visual Cues and Clues: Picking the Right Record Group for Still Pictures

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Finding a specific photograph within the holdings of the National Archives can be trickier. If you have a specific photograph you found in the course of your research and it is attributed to the National Archives, this “Visual Cues and Clues” guide to picking a Record Group may help you determine where exactly that photo is.