3.22.2012

Campus Read Program presents Dr. Paul J. Eastvold M.D.

Dr. Paul J. Eastvold, M.D., board certified in Clinical Pathology, Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine, will appear at Boise State on April 4. He will discuss his career in pathology, how health care science uses HeLa cells and the ongoing contribution of Henrietta Lacks.
Wednesday, April 4
5:00pm
Special Events Center
The Campus Read program is designed to encourage students and other members of the University community to engage in learning both in and out of the classroom setting.

3.20.2012

Mobile device chargers available for check out

Can't find an outlet to charge your phone or laptop? Then check out a MiLi! MiLi are external battery packs that can charge your mobile device, be it an iPad, laptop, tablet, or smartphone.

The Circulation desk has three in-library use MiLi chargers that check out for 3 hours.

Mary Aagard,
Access Services Librarian

3.14.2012

New Exhibit in Special Collections Highlighting Additions to the Church Collection

Frank Church on the campaign trail in 1976 in Nebraska,
seeking the Democratic Nomination for President.

Boise State University houses the papers of Frank Church (1924-1984), a four-term senator from Idaho (serving 1956-1980), former head of the Church Committee and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, conservationist and advocate for the environment.

Bethine Church, political activist and widow of Frank Church, has graciously donated some important additions to BSU's collection.  They include scrapbooks highlighting Senator Church's 1976 campaign for the presidency, Frank and Bethine Church's trip to Cuba, candid pictures of Church with John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and photographs of Bethine with several First Ladies. The exhibit windows of the Senator Church and Governor Andrus Rooms in Special Collections display items from these new donations, including a pen that President Lyndon B. Johnson used to sign the Wilderness Act of 1964, a landmark piece of legislation which became a law with the help of Senator Church’s floor sponsorship of the bill.

More pictures from the Bethine Church collection can be found at Albertsons Library Digital Collections website (http://digital.boisestate.edu/). The guide to the Frank Church Papers is located at: http://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/uni_books/2/

Kent Randell & Jim Duran,
Special Collections/Archives

3.01.2012

Download Issues of the Chronicle of Higher Education to your iPad

The Chronicle of Higher Education keeps you informed about the issues facing higher education. Through Albertsons Library's campus wide subscription, you can now download full and complete issues of the Chronicle of Higher Education to your iPad! This app allows you to view these issues in a magazine style format.

You can sign up for your account at the Chronicle's website ( http://chronicle.com/ ) - just look for the link in the upper right to Create a Free Account. Use your Boise State email address to create the account. Activate the account by selecting the link in your email before signing into the App.

Once you have registered, or if you previously registered with the Chronicle site, just download the app here: http://chronicle.com/ipad. Then sign in to the app in the upper right corner of the app.

Without an iPad you can still access the Chronicle through the Library's campus wide subscription http://libproxy.boisestate.edu/login?url=http://chronicle.com.

Take a look at the video below for more details. If you need assistance, call Amy Vecchione at (208) 426-1625 or email amyvecchione@ boisestate.edu