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May 31, 2006

Spring 2006 Issue of Library Update

The Spring 2006 issue of Library Update is now available. Library Update is a semi-annual newsletter published to inform faculty about University Libraries' collections and services. This publication is available in Portable Document Format (PDF) and requires the free...

Exhibit: The Sciences at the University at Albany, 1845-2006

The Sciences at the University at Albany, 1845-2006 is currently on exhibit in the lobby of the Science Library. The exhibit contains items from the University Archives as well as contributions from current faculty members. A small number of...

May 30, 2006

Minerva Online Catalog Unavailable 2:30-4:00 a.m. on May 31

The Minerva online catalog will be unavailable from 2:30-4:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 31 due to scheduled maintenance. We appreciate your patience....

May 23, 2006

Friends of the Libraries Sponsor a Trip to Glimmerglass Opera July 16

We invite you to join us this summer for our Summer Musical Outing to Glimmerglass Opera, Cooperstown, NY, on Sunday, July 16, 2006, to enjoy a boisterous production of Rossini’s “Barber of Seville,” one of the world’s great Romantic...

May 10, 2006

UA Libraries’ Acquisitions Budget Reduction – List of Titles to be Cancelled

UA Libraries Budget Reduction Strategies FY07 Over the past month the Libraries’ bibliographers and their assigned departments have worked to develop strategies to reduce their FY07 acquisitions expenditures. Many of these strategies included canceling journal, standing order, and database subscriptions....

May 08, 2006

University Library Open Until 3 A.M. May 10-17

The University Library will remain open until 3:00am daily starting Wednesday, May 10, to provide a comfortable, quiet environment for study during final exam period. In a unique partnership with the Student Association, security officers will remain in the building...

May 01, 2006

New Finding Aids Created for Collections in the Department of Special Collections and Archives

New finding aids published for archival and manuscript collections in the M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives are available at the New in the Department (http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/new.htm) page. Some of the most recent finding aids are for the collections...