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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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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. Research guides can be accessed through the tile, “Research Guides,” on the library’s main page.

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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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Now Showing: George Washington Carver on Kodachrome

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During his time at Tuskegee, Dr. Carver published forty-four bulletins for farmers covering many agricultural topics, with the most popular being How to Grow the Peanut and 105 Ways of Preparing it for Human Consumption. This collection, consisting of 150 hours of recordings, may be found at the Kalamazoo Public Library.

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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.

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

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Keep in mind that photos can also be located at Regional Facilities, Presidential Libraries, or even Textual Records. . In addition, while Barack Obama’s Presidential Library may house records related to his administration, since this photograph solely depicts Secretary Clinton’s meeting, it would be found in general State Department records.