The Tibetan Buddhist Monks from Gaden Shartse Monastery will offer lectures, teachings and cultural performances September 9 – 13 at Drake University. Visitors may also view the ongoing construction of the sand mandala in the Collier Heritage Room in Cowles Library between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, during their visit. Sacred Earth & Healing Arts Information
Assistant professor Carrie Dunham-LaGree, Librarian for Digital Literacy & General Education, has published an article in the Summer 2013 Reference & User Services Quarterly. The article, co-written with Amy Barlow, Heather Love Beverley, Sarah Elichko, and Emily Hamstra, is titled “Chasing Reference: Librarians and Collaborative Blogging.” These five librarians first collaborated as members of the 2012 American Library Association Emerging Leaders program. Their Emerging Leaders project was to create a new blog for the Reference and User Services Association.
OIT will be performing maintenance on network equipment on Saturday, August 3rd. Maintenance will begin at 6:00 AM and be completed by 7:00 AM. All Internet connectivity to and from campus will be down for approximately 30 minutes during the maintenance window. Library services & resources will be unavailable during the outage.