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by Pam Harris Win cash prizes of up to $600 for the best student book collection. Throw your chances in with two-time award winning collector, Ben Goossen ‘13 (will he be submitting an application again?). The Newton Award has the distinction of being the longest-running collegiate book collecting competition in the nation. Started in the [...] by Annette Newman Library users now have a new place to start their searches. From a single point, Tripod searches for individual journal articles as well as the tri-college libraries’ collection of books, journal titles, multimedia materials, databases and more. There is no need to decide between searching for books or journal articles first – [...] The Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Swarthmore College Libraries have significantly expanded their collection of academic e-books through the addition of more than 40,000 titles issued since 2006 by Cambridge University Press, the University of Chicago Press, Princeton University Press, Palgrave, and many other scholarly publishers. The books are available in Tripod, and new books will [...] by Pam Harris Your “old” books can win you admiration, cachet, and cash prizes of $600, $300 and $200. The A. Edward Newton Student Book Collection Competition is the longest-running collegiate book collecting competition in the nation. Started in the 1930s by a renowned Philadelphia book collector, A. Edward Newton, the competition awards cash prizes [...] Six students have been selected to participate in the spring library internship program: Quinn David ’11, Evelyn Fraga ’13, Christopher Geissler ’13, Vivienne Layne ’11, Alicia Niwagaba ’11, and Hilary Traut ’13. Pam Harris and Meg Spencer design and run the program which explores librarianship as a career. It includes classes, projects, and field trips. |
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