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GIS Day 2024

November 20, 2024 by libraries

GIS stands for geographic information system. This technology is a powerful tool that helps people to visualize and analyze information, and manage data to help make informed decisions to create a positive impact through their work. GIS Day is a day to celebrate all things GIS! This year is the 25th anniversary of GIS Day […]

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Meeting and Study Space Essential to the Academic Success of Students and Faculty

September 19, 2024 by libraries

The University Libraries provide students and faculty with essential access to study and meeting spaces for a variety of academic purposes. The demand for these rooms is strong. It is important to note that users are also able to utilize rooms when they are available without making a reservation. However, students’ ability to reserve a […]

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Online First – Early Access to Open Access Journal Articles

March 11, 2024 by libraries

The Office of Digital Scholarship has introduced a new feature for the open access journals published by the University Libraries. Articles can now be published as soon as they are ready before the entire journal is complete. By adopting the “online first” feature, journal editors can publish articles while still compiling full journal issues. Articles […]

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Ball State Digital Collection Access from Indiana Memory and the Digital Public Library of America

January 17, 2024 by libraries

The Ball State University Libraries Digital Media Repository (DMR) hosts more than 325 digital collections containing more than 257,00 records of digital artifacts from various library and archives collections. Represented in the DMR are 781 individual archival collections. To expand access and discovery, the University Libraries partners with the Indiana State Library. 163,508 records for […]

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GIS Day 2023 at Ball State

December 14, 2023 by libraries

GIS Day was celebrated around the world on Wednesday, November 15, 2023. GIS Day is a day to celebrate geographic information systems (GIS) based technology. GIS based technology ranges from basic, freely accessible applications such as Google Maps that provide locations and directions, to advanced software such as ArcGIS that allows users to visualize and […]

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Notable Women Project Awarded Outstanding Collaborative Project

November 1, 2023 by libraries

The Indiana Historical Society has awarded the Notable Women of Muncie and Delaware County Project the 2023 Outstanding Collaborative Project Award. The joint project began in 2018 and is sponsored by Ball State University Libraries, the Delaware County Historical Society, Minnetrista Museum and Gardens, and Muncie Public Library. Its mission is to discover and document […]

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LGBTQ+ Theatre for Youth Digital Scholarship Project

October 24, 2023 by libraries

The LGBTQ+ Theatre for Youth Project grew from the basic question: “where are queer youth plays?” As more and more playwrights write for youth audiences and as more explore the intersections of gender identity, sexuality, youth, race, ability, etc., there is a need to catalog and centralize the variety of career youth theatre. The […]

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Reading Lists Make Course Resources Easily Accessible

August 10, 2023 by libraries

Ball State University Libraries launched a new course reserves platform called Reading Lists in January 2020, providing a seamless transition for both students and faculty in the delivery of course resources. Reading Lists gives students simple access to resources selected by their instructors, including full-text articles, e-books, digitized content, streaming video and music, and many […]

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One Millionth Interlibrary Loan Transaction

May 4, 2023 by libraries

One of the many important services offered by the University Libraries is Interlibrary Loan (ILL). Simply put, ILL provides access to content from libraries across the state and nation, and around the world to support student learning and faculty research at Ball State. On March 16, 2023, around 12:49 PM, the 1 millionth transaction was […]

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University Libraries Celebrate GIS Day 2022

December 14, 2022 by libraries

Celebrating GIS Day has become an annual tradition at Ball State University. For nearly 20 years, we have celebrated the day by having student poster competitions, guest speakers, faculty and staff presentations, hands-on workshops and Map-a-thons. This year we decided to show case the work that our faculty, staff and students are conducting by creating […]

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