Compass: Falvey Memorial Library Newsletter

Major American poet’s rare text featured in Digital Library: A copy signed by Walt Whitman of his Memoranda During the War has been digitized and is now available through the Villanova University Digital Library. > Full story

In this issue...

First time in Falvey? Feeling swamped? Essential tips for success: Late-night and group study spaces, finding online and print books and journals, getting HELP and more... > Full story
New places and services: Locating where to get research help, where to pick up DVDs and videos and where to get tech help when your computer does not compute > Full story
On exhibit: Celebrating and commemorating two important anniversaries: 2006 marks two significant anniversaries for Villanova University—the 750th of the Grand Union of the Augustinians and the 500th anniversary of the first publication Augustine's complete works. > Full story
Holocaust studies expert shares his insight on Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal: Mark Weitzman on Wiesenthal's accomplishments and legacy > Full story
ChoiceReviews.Online means easy access: Web version replaces "Choice cards" > Full story
Director's Watch column: Recent developments here at Falvey: "We are working to fit our academic support mission to the realities of the digital age and to the changing needs and expectations of our student and faculty cohort." > Full story
Hispanic Cultural Heritage Month: Testaments of modern anguish and religious edification: Dr. Mercedes Juliá discusses her work on Jimenez's "Tiempo" and Dr. Carmen Peraita describes a popular 17th century work on St. Thomas of Villanova. > Full story
Cultural Events in Falvey Memorial Library: Open houses for prospective majors; book talks on VU athletes, poetry, St. Augustine, women journalists and the Philadelphia mafia; and Hunger and Homelessness Week events > Full story
Featuring Villanova's librarians from the past: Rev. Francis E. Tourscher, O.S.A.: Father Tourscher, a scholar and theologian, made the library easier to use. In 1934, an iron fence separating readers from the books was removed and the collection was then open to all! > Full story
ARTstor: Tapping into the art of the ages: A rich collection of 500,000 images of paintings, sculpture and architecture, and you can even build your own image collection. > Full story
Digital Library opens virtual doors: This online collection serves as the archive for digitalized Special Collection materials and the gateway to Villanova University publications, including the Faculty Bibliography. > Full story
Joint Falvey and OPTIR team investigates how you use the library: Falvey's space and services scrutinized in effort to create patron-centered library > Full story
New ESL resources added: From classic works of fiction to biographies of famous people, English as a Second Language books-on-tape are easier to understand. > Full story
"Noteworthy": Professional and personal accomplishments
Dual event draws crowd: Digital Library open house and Library history exhibit opening: In this time of changing perceptions about research, it is vitally important to preserve and provide access to a shared cultural heritage in a format that students and researchers will use. > Full story

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