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| Fall 2001 Issue |
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A student takes a break from reading to gaze out a picturesque, curved
glass facade at a busy University Avenue, shade trees swaying in the breeze
and the Morgantown skyline beyond.
It's a long weekend and a student travels home to Beckley. Between visits
with his family, he plans to study for an upcoming physics exam.
Internet chat rooms have fast become a meeting ground for people with
similar interests to share ideas and develop new friendships. The West
Virginia University Health Sciences Library sees the technology as an
ideal prescription for connecting with people seeking medical-related
information.
West Virginia University Libraries will soon be able to better serve
students studying for biology courses. The WVU Research Corporation directed
a $5,000 grant at expanding the collection of online biology abstracts
available through the libraries’ website.
WVU crossed a milestone in August as its Electronic Thesis and Dissertation
(ETD) collection surpassed 1,000 documents.
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WVU Libraries will celebrate the grandopening of the new downtown library during a cermony April 10, 2002. More... In January 2002, WVU students will come back to campus for second semester
to a new downtown campus library. More... John Cuthbert, curator of the West Virginia and Regional History Collection,
joined the ranks of Sen. Robert C. Byrd, writer Denise Giardina and Harvard
professor Henry Louis Gate Jr. during an Oct. 12 ceremony in Charleston. Current, reliable information is one of the most valuable resources of
the 21st century. Providing such information to the residents of West
Virginia is the goal of the West Virginia Digital Library. |
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Ex Libris is published quarterly by the WVU Libraries |
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