Don't forget to renew your library books! You can renew your books from any location with internet access, through BU Libraries Search. Simply sign in to “My Account” and you will be able to view your loans. Generally, as long as the material has not been requested by another patron, you... Read the rest of this entry »

Finals are here, which means you should visit Mugar to play with therapy dogs! De-stress with the dogs on Thursday and Saturday this week. You can book a playdate by emailing mugardogs@gmail.com.

The National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP) is a group dedicated to improving neighborhood outcomes through a variety of projects undertaken with local partners. The NNIP currently has many programs that feature data that impact on or derive from the field of  education. For example, a project called Mobilizing Data-Driven Local Outreach for... Read the rest of this entry »

Here's a great blog post from one of our Digital Scholarship Services (DiSC) librarians, Eleni Castro, on a project she has been working on: Re-posted with permission from The British Library’s “Endangered Archives Blog” (original post). The Endangered Archives Programme funded this digital preservation project (EAP 1042), and is supported by... Read the rest of this entry »

This is certainly not a bad question: in fact, the answer is a little complicated. Books and other materials in Pickering are arranged into particular sections. Check out our floor plan and the bullet points below to see our sections. Education = Teaching guides and other scholarly books (aka our "education... Read the rest of this entry »

Wheelock Library Collections continue to fundamentally transform our Pickering Library branch! Here are some photos of the changes to our computer lab that show our growth. First, we took out some desks and computers that were located around the perimeter of the room. Next, we have installed shelving units against the... Read the rest of this entry »

Xin Zhang is well-known for her pioneering work with metamaterials in areas as diverse as magnetic resonance imaging, downwell sensor technology for the oil industry, and noise-cancellation acoustics.

Register online to see the movie and stay for a Q&A after with producer/director Jason Schmitt.

The ability to link to open access resources just got easier thanks to the addition of unpaywall to BU Libraries Search. To get access to open access versions of articles, look for the “Open Access available via unpaywall” link in your search results. Information about this and other new features in the... Read the rest of this entry »

Just in time for Halloween, our library is going through an amazing transfiguration! If you have been into the Pickering Library lately, you may have noticed a lot of action going on.  The regular deliveries three times a week from the Wheelock Library storage collection are bringing wonderful material into our... Read the rest of this entry »