A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FROM DREXEL UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
Dean's Update: Trust but Verify
Information is increasingly easier to exchange. But knowing that it is truthful and authoritative may require more effort than finding it.
rust, but verify is a strategy that marks the making of life-long learners - the outcome of those pursuing higher education. During the Cold War, President Regan adopted a Russian proverb to use in discussions of U.S. relations with the Soviet Union. "Doveryai, no proveryai" became his signature statement. Translated as "trust but verify," this is advice to trust seemingly reliable information, but also research its sources to verify its accuracy and trustworthiness. Recently the advice has resurfaced in reflections about President Obama's participation in the United Nations Paris discussions on global change.
Did you edit or author a book in 2015? We want to know about it! The Office of the Provost and University Libraries will host the fourth annual Celebrating Drexel Authors Event in March 2016, showcasing the work of Drexel faculty, staff and students who authored or edited books published in 2015.
Resource Spotlight: Wolfram Mathematica, A C
omputation Program Rich with Primary Expert Data
In the Libraries, we are engaging in a number of efforts to explore new data-handling tools for use both in the classroom to promote data literacy and in the research setting to handle data management and sharing. Wolfram Mathematica software offers a deep range of programming capabilities that are remarkably easy to use.
It is early December and at Drexel that means one thing - Finals Week is almost here. To help students prepare for their exams the Libraries adopts an around-the-clock schedule a few days prior to the first day of exams. This means that W. W. Hagerty Library is only open to members of the Drexel community 24 hours a day.
