Recently President Obama nominated Carla D. Haden for the position of Librarian of Congress. The action likely went unnoticed by many watchers of this year's political theater, but for a minute it shed light on libraries during diverse speculations about their future. Reflecting on the country's oldest federal cultural institution poses the mind-boggling question of what it takes to lead the largest library in the world. I do not presume to know what the "right stuff" is, but thought some of our readers might be interested to put academic libraries with which they are more familiar, in context against our country's-and the world's-leading research enterprise.
Learn more about the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research. This informal e
vent will offer a demonstration of ICPSR tools followed by discussion of resources and opportunities available. As a member of ICPSR, Drexel joins approximately 700 colleges and universities in the acquisition, preservation and distribution of social science data. Read More
Child Poverty Trends and the Impact on Longterm Health
Daniel Taylor, DO, an associate professor at Drexel's College of Medicine, will present his research on how trends in child poverty and early childhood stressors impact short- and long-term health at the Libraries' quarterly ScholarSip event on March 14, 2016.
Membership in BioMed Central Provides Discounts for Drexel Authors
BioMed Central (BMC) is a publisher of open-access journals heavily focused in life sciences, clinical medicine, science, and technology. The Libraries' BMC membership, at the Supporting Member level, offers Drexel authors discounted APCs for articles accepted for BMC titles.
