Category Archives: For Faculty

Congrats to our Spring 2021 RDS@GSU Data Certificate awardees!

Posted on April 27, 2021 by Mandy Swygart-Hobaugh

The Library’s Research Data Services (RDS) Team completed another successful round of the RDS@GSU Data Certificate program. 82 people earned certificates in the Spring 2021 certificate period. Because we’re all about data, we want to share some data about our awardees to highlight their … Continue reading →

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Curating Women in Sports Exhibit

Posted on April 19, 2021 by Guy Conn

Samantha Harvel has been working in Special Collections for five years – first as an Honors College student and then as a Graduate Research Assistant. Throughout those years, Sam has done amazing work, arranging and describing collections, and creating our … Continue reading →

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Special Collections’ GRA Working on Podcast History of AIDS in Atlanta

Posted on April 19, 2021 by Guy Conn

Deniseya Hall has become an indispensable part of the Special Collections & Archives team over the last year. She has worked diligently on a variety of outreach projects, but has focused most of her time on pulling together research and … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Tips: Need something to read?

Posted on April 13, 2021 by Denise Dimsdale

Try an ebook from the GSU Library. You can always search the library catalog by ebook title if you’ve have something in mind already. However, browsing is easier through an ebook database. Find out more in this video tutorial or … Continue reading →

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Georgia Women’s Movement Spring Event: Leveling the Playing Field

Posted on April 9, 2021 by Morna J Gerrard

The Georgia Women’s Movement Spring Event is held annually to celebrate and highlight materials in the Women’s Collections at Georgia State University. The 2021 event, which will be held virtually, focuses on the history of women’s sports in Georgia and … Continue reading →

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New Resource: Roper iPoll

Posted on April 1, 2021 by Lauren Bellard

The GSU Library is pleased to announce that we now have access to Roper iPoll! The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, founded in 1947 and containing public opinion survey data from 1935 and after, is operated out of Cornell … Continue reading →

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Learn more about the Library’s new Public Interest Data Literacy (PIDLit) initiative!

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Mandy Swygart-Hobaugh

Have you heard about the Georgia State University Library‘s newly funded initiative? Public Interest Data Literacy (PIDLit) – lib.gsu.edu/pidlit | twitter.com/getpidlit In a nutshell, the PIDLit initiative, generously funded by New America’s Public Interest Technology University Network, is focused on reaching first-year students … Continue reading →

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Springer Journals

Posted on March 4, 2021 by Laura Burtle
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After careful review, the University Library has made an important change in our subscription strategy with journal publisher Springer. Rather than subscribe to a multidisciplinary bundle of thousands of Springer journal titles, the University Library now subscribes to Springer content … Continue reading →

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Too Many Walton Buildings: Early GSU History Revisited

Posted on March 1, 2021 by Laurel Bowen

Georgia State University traces its origins to day and evening commerce classes that began on the Georgia Tech campus in 1913.  In 1914 some of the evening classes moved to downtown Atlanta, so older students who worked full-time in the … Continue reading →

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Join Us for Open Education Week, March 1-5

Posted on February 25, 2021 by Denise Dimsdale

Open Education Week is an annual event celebrated around the world to promote open sharing and other open practices. This week brings increased awareness to open content and issues surrounding education access, pedagogical effectiveness, and more. Each year, the corpus … Continue reading →

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