Pepperdine Digital Commons, the University’s centralized e-publishing platform and repository, celebrated its 100,000th article download this week. Launched only last February, Pepperdine Digital Commons offers full-text downloads of faculty and student scholarship, including articles in Pepperdine produced journals, such as Global Tides, Pepperdine Policy Review, and Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal. Lucky download number 100,000 [...]
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VoteRiders org addresses voter ID laws at Payson Library
Monday, October 8th, 2012
Posted on behalf of Ken LaZebnik “Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.” — John Quincy Adams The right to vote is at the heart of the American experiment, and as we have all been aware since 2000, literally every [...]
Today’s featured digital object: Pepperdine’s 1987 Rose Parade float
Wednesday, September 19th, 2012
As Founder’s Day 2012 draws to a close Pepperdine University’s 75th anniversary celebration, we thought we’d revisit another great milestone in Pepperdine’s history, it’s 50th anniversary celebrations from 1987. One of the crowning achievements of those celebrations was Pepperdine’s entry of a float into the 98th Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California. The theme [...]
Pepperdine Libraries Assessing First Year Students’ Research Skills
Saturday, September 1st, 2012
During Fall 2012, Pepperdine University Libraries is administering the SAILS (Standardized Assessment of Information Literacy) Cohort Test to assess the information literacy skills of incoming undergraduate students. The information literacy skills tested are based on the ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education which address competencies such as: (1) determining the nature and extent of [...]
Library Hack – Textbooks in the Library
Sunday, August 26th, 2012
At the beginning of each semester, we frequently get asked, “Does the Library have this textbook?” Generally speaking, the Library does not purchase textbooks as part of its collection development — in part, because textbooks are updated so often that having the most recent edition used in each course would be cost-prohibitive. There are enough [...]
Four New Archival Collections Ready for Research
Tuesday, August 21st, 2012
Four finding aids from Special Collections and University Archives are now available on the Online Archive of California! The Pepperdine University Archives Individual Files, the Pepperdine University Archives Individual Photograph Files,the Kenneth Hahn collection, and the Zeta Kappa collection (all processed as part of the NHPRC project) are briefly described below. The Pepperdine University Archives [...]
New traveling exhibition tells the story of the origins, creation, and impact of the King James Bible
Wednesday, August 1st, 2012
Manifold Greatness: The Creation and Afterlife of the King James Bible, a traveling exhibition opening at Pepperdine University’s Payson Library on August 23, 2012, celebrates the 400th anniversary of the first printing of the King James Bible in 1611 and examines its fascinating and complex history. The story behind the King James Bible remains surprisingly [...]
When the Olympics came to Pepperdine: Today’s featured digital object
Friday, July 27th, 2012
As the 2012 Summer Olympic Games open in London, we look back to 1984 when the Olympics came to Los Angeles and the Malibu campus of Pepperdine University. Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool served as the site for all of the water polo matches, bringing international attention to Pepperdine University. At a poolside press conference in [...]
Library Staff Member and Spectrum Scholar reflects on American Library Association Annual Conference
Wednesday, July 11th, 2012
Casey Ann Mitchell is the Acquisitions Supervisor for Pepperdine Libraries and she works out of Payson Library. In addition to being a great member of the Library staff, Casey is currently pursuing her MLIS (Master of Library and Information Science) at the University of North Texas and was selected as a 2011 Spectrum Scholar. Below are Casey’s [...]
The Torches Are Lit Again: New Olympic Exhibit in Payson Library
Monday, July 9th, 2012
The 2012 Summer Olympics are coming! The games begin July 27th and run through August 12th, with most events in London, and others around the south of England and the United Kingdom. In light of the 2012 summer games, Special Collections and University Archives pulled materials from the vault to showcase during the month leading up [...]
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