The Health Sciences Library (HSL) will host a book sale beginning tomorrow, October 27th, and continuing through Monday, November 2nd. The sale will take place on the first floor of the Health Sciences Library (south campus).

Books in nearly all Health and Biomedical Sciences areas will be for sale. A selection of books from natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities will also be available for purchase. Proceeds from this sale will help fund future purchases for the Health Sciences Library collection.

Buy early for the best selection!

Note: Please bring $1 bills since change may not be available.

The Music Library invites you to view a new exhibit:

Treasures from the Collection of Florian Bruyas
October 5, 2009-January 15, 2010

This exhibit, curated by Music Library Graduate Assistant Lina Terjesen, showcases volumes from the library’s collection of opera scores collected by Florian Bruyas, French Senator, Director of the Lyon Conservatory, and author of Histoire de l’Operette en France (1855-1965), now considered a seminal volume in the study of French opera. Bruyas annotated the scores with information about performances of the works, including names and information about cast members. Many of the scores contain newspaper and magazine clippings or illustrations of stage designs for the operas.

To view the exhibit, stop by the Music Library, located on the first floor of Baird Hall (north campus).

Now that the semester is in full swing, you may be searching for a quiet space to focus on your studies. Or perhaps you are collaborating with a group and need a space where all of you can meet and discuss your project. For an overview of designated group and quiet study spaces as well as locked study carrels in each library, check our Study Spaces in the UB Libraries page.  Some general reminders: Cell phone conversations should be held in public corridors and stairwells and please assume responsibility to safeguard your belongings from theft!

There are many ebook collections available through the UB Libraries web site for UB students, faculty and staff. While you can access many directly from the BISON Catalog, you can also search for ebooks by going right to the collection. In case you are wondering, you won’t need a Kindle or other ebook reader to access our ebooks. Some of the ebook collections we own include:

• Ebook Library (EBL) – recent titles in a variety of subject areas from university and commercial presses
• ACLS Humanities – more than 2,200 texts in history, literature, philosophy and other disciplines
• netLibrary- fiction and non-fiction titles in a variety of subjects
• R2LIBRARY – health sciences
• Knovel – science and engineering books mainly for reference
  

Check our Ebooks guide for other ways to find ebooks online including using Google Books and how to cite ebooks when used in papers.