From the monthly archives: February 2010

Following the lead of academic libraries nationwide, Duke Libraries jumped on the LibGuides bandwagon in July 2008.

In the last 3 or so semesters, 73 librarians, staff members and student workers have created and published 394 subject guides and course guides and in the first two months of this [...]

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Citation and Conversation

On February 24, 2010 By

A few months ago in our sister blog Library Hacks, Emily Daly highlighted the hazards faced by organizations like MLA and APA when updating citation styles. Faced with errors in the new edition which prompted a reprinting, the APA to their credit has launched a blog that explains some of the stickier points of [...]

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Inaugural Instructors Forum

On February 19, 2010 By

Instruction & Outreach is always looking for ways to connect with the 30+ librarians who do instruction across the Perkins library system (Perkins/Bostock, Lilly, Music, RBMSCL and Divinity libraries). We’ve held monthly brown bag programs, annual instruction retreats, and special training events. Now there’s a new way for instruction librarians to come together. Instructors Forum, [...]

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