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   Volume II, Issue 4
May 2006   
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The power of books: Faculty select the books that influenced their lives
Tim Horner, John Immerwahr, Maghan Keita and Donna Shai share their picks. > Full story
Now on the web: Journal Citation Reports
Identify the most influential journals in the sciences and social sciences > Full story
Paper wins national engineering award
Andrea Welker collaborates with Barbara Quintiliano and Louise Green > Full story
Seth Koven on “Slumming” in Victorian London
"The often surprising relationship between benevolence and sex, rich and poor, in Victorian London" > Full story
Director's Watch: Digital transformation
Intellectual treasures sitting on private bookshelves can be shared and investigated by a new generation of historians and cultural interpreters. > Full story
Open mike poetry reading in Falvey
Senior poets have poems posted in the Library > Full story
Google Scholar and Falvey: A Winning Partnership
Falvey Scholars 2006
Seniors who have accomplished exceptional undergraduate research present papers at the Falvey Scholars 2006 event > Full story
Students debate important leadership issues in the African-American community
Featuring Villanova University's librarians from the past
Father Middleton served as Villanova College's librarian for 58 years and was also College president > Full story
Mary Desmond presents her award-winning research in Falvey’s Scholarship @ Villanova series
Chicks, mice and humans or how basic science can lead to medical discoveries > Full story
We appreciate our student employees!
Catholicism, evolution and intelligent design
Late pope honored and thorny issues addressed at library lecture > Full story
Library hosts panel of authors on Augustine and Politics
"Life and Culture in an 18th Century Augustinian Monastery"
Ellison and Augustine
Mark Shiffman notes connections between Invisible Man and The Confessions > Full story
Bartley Business InfoCenter news
Research consultation help, online media markets resources and improvements to the InfoCenter! > Full story
Alice Bampton, art history instructor and slide librarian
What’s new at Falvey?
A public scanner, printers and new furniture enhance the library's first floor. > Full story
Barrett book delves into Congress’s posture toward the CIA in the agency’s early years
Donna Blaszkowski's photography on exhibit

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