Boston University Libraries announce that after a nationwide competitive search process, it has named Mark P. Newton as Associate University Librarian for Digital Strategies and Innovations, effective June 10, 2019. In this role, Newton will serve as BU Libraries’ chief technology officer, identifying trends and developing effective solutions, collaborations, and... Read the rest of this entry »

Do you believe that the stories of cis and trans women and non-binary people matter?  Then come to BU Libraries’ Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon and make a difference!  No experience necessary!  Please join us for the entire event, or just stop in for a while. Don't worry if you’ve never edited Wikipedia... Read the rest of this entry »

March is Women's History Month and March 8th is International Women's Day. BU Libraries offers access to several databases to help explore women's contributions to the world, from historical to contemporary. Contemporary Women's Issues International information on women in over 190 countries, from 1992 to the present. Includes journals and books, as... Read the rest of this entry »

For the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (GRS'55) holiday this Monday, we looked into our collection to find some great resources to reflect on the work and life Dr. King. The Music Library owns several audio recordings of Dr. King, including his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech. We also have... Read the rest of this entry »

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 »

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 »

Music Library’s Choral collection received fresh scrutiny and a new organization summer of 2012 thanks to the efforts of  former historical musicology master’s candidate and Music Library student staff member Genithia Hogges. Hogges, a choir director and teacher, brought both her practical and historical perspective to this diverse repertoire, Read the rest of this entry »

Join the Mugar Book Club, meeting electronically this summer on Facebook! We’re reading How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez. Lead by our fabulous Mugar Orientation Ambassadors, BU students Rebecca Strong Garcia, Kate Monroe, and Naveen Imin, we’ll discuss everything from the portrayal of identity and race... Read the rest of this entry »

Jean Morrison, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer, announced the appointment of Dr. K. Matthew Dames as the next University Librarian on May 15: http://www.bu.edu/provost/2018/05/15/selection-of-dr-k-matthew-dames-as-boston-university-librarian/ And BU Today profiled the new University Librarian on May 18: http://www.bu.edu/today/2018/k-matthew-dames-appointed-new-university-librarian/

Online, cover-to-cover, and in color, Boston University's Center for the Humanities has generously funded our purchase of the Music Magazine Archive (MMA). These American popular music culture publications enable pinpointing of information on artists, writers, and genres, but they also stand as "real time" documents on the influences and intersections... Read the rest of this entry »