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Jenny Bolech, who has served with the Baylor Libraries since 2009, has accepted a newly created position as Electronic Resources and Serials Librarian. She will transition to this new role on December 1, 2022.

On Tuesday, November 15, Duo is getting a new look and some new functionality. The new look is streamlined and provides a simplified user experience. As part of the update, we are adding Verified Duo Push when accessing Baylor's Microsoft 365, Ignite, and BearWeb services. With Verified Duo Push, after you Accept a push notification from these systems, you will receive a 6-digit code that must then be entered to verify that the person requesting access is actually logging into the system. To learn more about these changes, visit baylor.edu/helpdesk/duo

Dr. Deborah Logan, professor emerita of English from Western Kentucky University, will present, “Harriet Martineau: Spirit of the Victorian Age” at Armstrong Browning Library & Museum on the campus of Baylor University and online via Zoom on Nov. 17 at 3:30 p.m. as part of their annual Benefactors Day celebration.

The Armstrong Browning Library & Museum will welcome Baylor alumni, family, and other friends for Homecoming tours on Friday, October 21, 2022 from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. Refreshments will be available.

The Baylor Libraries will host several events during Homecoming on October 21 and October 22

This fall, the Armstrong Browning Library & Museum is hosting “Mythic Women: Archetypal Symbology in ‘Fifine at the Fair,'” an exhibition exploring the topics of sexual desire, social class, and the male objectification of women in Robert Browning’s 1872 poem “Fifine at the Fair.”

Baylor alumna and author Aurelia Davila Pratt will introduce her new book, “A Brown Girl's Epiphany: Reclaim Your Intuition and Step into Your Power,” and hold a book signing at Moody Memorial Library Oct. 18, 2022, at 6 p.m., as the first presenter in the Baylor Libraries Author Series.

The Texas Collection, located in Carroll Library, is home to “Becoming the Bears: A Snapshot into Baylor’s Mascots” until the end of this semester. Students, faculty and visitors can travel through time with the bear mascots through photographs, memorabilia and visual aids.

The Baylor Libraries are pleased to announce the appointment of Millicent Weber as a Data Science Librarian on their Research and Engagement team. Weber is currently a Ph.D. student in Applied Psychology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Her dissertation research explores job stress, burnout, and turnover among academic librarians.

Art and music intertwine in the latest exhibit at the Martin Museum of Art, which features abstract paintings paired with music from multiple famous composers provided by the Baylor School of Music and Baylor Libraries.

A collaboration between the University Libraries and the University Writing Center offers students pre-submission review of papers, reports

The Keston Center for Religion, Politics, and Society at Baylor University and the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame present “Afghanistan: The Next Chapter” on Friday, September 16, 2022, at 3:00 pm CDT.

The Baylor Libraries is pleased to announce the appointment of Laura Semrau as their new Humanities Librarian on September 1, 2022.

Ezra Choe is joining us in August at the Baylor Libraries as the new Theology & Philosophy Librarian.

On Sunday, May 15, the Starbucks at Moody Library will close for the summer for renovations. The Starbucks at the Baylor Sciences Building and Common Grounds in the SUB will be open.

New Oral History Database Seeks Collection Information from Institutions Statewide to Create First-Ever Texas Oral History Locator Database

Access to Webex and BigBlueButton within Canvas will end at the end of the spring term. Microsoft Teams and Zoom will serve as Baylor's videoconferencing solutions moving forward.

Baylor is known for its beautiful campus, rigorous academic programs, and Christian mission, but one aspect that sets it apart is its people. The Libraries remember Dr. Sue Margaret Hughes, a former library director who left a lasting mark on the Baylor Libraries.

On Friday, April 8, 2022, at 3:00 p.m. CDT in the Hankamer Treasure Room of Armstrong Browning Library, Dr. Mark Sandy, Professor of English, Durham University (UK) and Armstrong Browning Library Three-Month Research Fellow, will present, "She hath a Spell Beyond Her Name: Byron's Poetic Reflections on Venice, Subjectivity, and Temporality." This event is free and open to the public and will be livestreamed on Zoom.

Professor Deborah A. Logan, professor emerita of Victorian literature at Western Kentucky University, recently gifted Baylor's Armstrong Browning Library and Museum with her personal Harriet Martineau collection. This donation includes over 100 volumes that will fuel future research for visiting scholars.

Beginning on Thursday, March 24, the Starbucks Coffee located in Moody Memorial Library will be open until midnight on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.

Dr. Stephen Norris, the Walter E. Havighurst Professor of History and Director of the Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies at Miami University in Ohio, will examine the changing ways Soviet and post-Soviet film directors attempted to articulate the meanings of the Battle of Stalingrad (1942) and the impact these films had in Russia in each era. This event is free and open to the public. Baylor CAE credit is available for the MLC World Cinema Series Selection, Stalingrad (2013).

The Keston Center for Religion, Politics, and Society launched an online resource that features links to lectures, conferences, position statements, and other sites that provide context around the events unfolding in Ukraine.

Jeff Pirtle, current director of Archives & Collections at NBCUniversal, has been named the new director of The Texas Collection and University Archives at Baylor University following a nationwide search.

Dr. Artyom Tonoyan, Baylor alumnus and author of Black Garden Aflame: The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict in the Soviet and Russian Press (2021), will converse with Dr. Stephen Gardner about this publication and the ongoing conflict in this volatile region on Tuesday, February 22, at 4:30 p.m. in Cashion Academic Center, Room 501. A reception and book signing will follow. This event is free and open to the public.

The collaboration between OpenStax and Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board explores the potential of open educational resources and transformational learning

Baylor University's annual Pruit Memorial Symposium will be held at 12:15 p.m. CST on Feb. 16, 2022, on Zoom with a hybrid option. This year's symposium, titled "Go Tell It on the Mountain: Perspectives on Black Preaching, Theology, and Gospel Music," will feature three guest presenters: Dr. Dulcie Dixon McKenzie, Dr. Lisa Weaver and Dr. Carol Tomlin. Dr. Monique Ingalls will moderate.

When the Baylor Libraries welcomed students and faculty back into Moody Memorial and Jesse H. Jones Libraries on Tuesday morning to start the spring semester, there were a few new enhancements across the academic life center of the campus...

The Baylor Libraries have hired Rachel Blume to serve as their Health Sciences Librarian. Blume completed her MLIS at the University of Washington and previously worked with Oregon Health and Sciences University, the University of Utah, and most recently at Texas A&M, where she served as Public Health Librarian.

"New Quizzes" will replace current system by July 2022. Instructors are encouraged to prepare for transition during the Spring 2022 semester.

Two powerful Teams functions - Meetings and Classes - will be integrated into Canvas in December, providing new ways to connect with course participants.

A new fashion exhibit is on display in the Baylor Libraries through Dec. 10, 2021. The exhibit, located in the Schumacher Flex Commons on the first floor of Moody Memorial Library, features over 25 unique designs created by distinguished Baylor faculty members.

Tonight at 9:00 p.m. CST, the Baylor website (baylor.edu) will undergo maintenance and all baylor.edu-based web resources will be offline. Read more for links to online library resources and other cloud-based platforms that can be accessed directly while baylor.edu is offline.

In late 2019, Marta Gimenez Orti, a doctoral student from Spain, received a scholarship from Universidad Complutense de Madrid. The award enabled her to conduct dissertation research for a semester at Armstrong Browning Library & Museum at Baylor University, which is the international center for research on the lives and works of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. However, as she began to make travel plans it soon became clear her Baylor visit would be delayed due to COVID-19.

On November 1 at 3:30 p.m., the W. R. Poage Legislative Library in partnership with the Institute for Oral History will host a virtual panel discussion on Zoom, "Redrawing Texas: Who Chooses Whom?"

On October 7 at 3:30 p.m., the Keston Center for Religion, Politics, and Society at Baylor, in partnership with the Czech Heritage Museum and Genealogy Center welcomes Dr. Flagg Taylor, Associate Professor of History at Skidmore College, for a lecture and panel discussion, "Totalitarianism, Faith, and Dissent: Czech Catholic Václav Benda and Beyond.” The event will be held in the Armstrong Browning Library & Museum and will also be streamed on Facebook Live.

On September 1, Baylor graduate (BA, 1990) and former Armstrong Browning Library & Museum student assistant Gloria Meraz began her tenure as Texas state librarian and director of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Meraz is the first person of color and the first Hispanic woman to serve as State Librarian of Texas since the position was created in 1909.

Read and Publish agreements promote the dissemination of institutional research through open access

On Friday, September 10, Baylor faculty and graduate students who participated in the Baylor Libraries' Fundamentals of Data Research Fellowship presented the results of their research.

“Collective Memory,” staged by artist Sheryl Oring in 2011, asked New Yorkers for their reflections of 9/11

Baylor's Armstrong Browning Library & Museum in partnership with the Beall Poetry Festival host renowned British poet and writer Fiona Sampson for a virtual poetry reading and lecture Sept. 15 and 16 at 3:00 p.m. CDT

The Baylor Institute for the Study of Religion and the Keston Center for Religion, Politics, and Society present "Facing Forward: Afghanistan After America," a panel presentation and conversation hosted on Zoom on Thursday, September 2, 2021, at 11:00 a.m. CDT.

Event is free to the public and provides a family-friendly opportunity to explore Waco’s earliest days

As Baylor’s August commencement ceremony began this past Saturday, Dean of University Libraries Jeffry Archer led the faculty procession and inaugurated a new tradition by carrying a volume of the Saint John’s Bible.

During the pandemic, Baylor Libraries' Associate Dean Sha Towers used his spare time at home to make over a dozen artist books.

Mary Goolsby, Director of the W. R. Poage Legislative Library at Baylor University, has been elected Chair of the Congressional Papers Section of the Society of American Archivists.

Starting in mid-June, the Baylor Libraries began posting a series of positions that will help enhance the Libraries' support of the Baylor community, create a more diverse team, and bring fresh perspectives to the organization.

As the Libraries make plans to move into the Fall 2021 semester, the Crosshatch Galleries committee has completed the installation of two new exhibits in Moody Memorial Library and Jesse H. Jones Library.

Amy James, Baylor Libraries Assistant Librarian and Director of Instruction and Information Literacy, published an article, “A Noteworthy Next Class: Making Learning Objectives Work for You," that was selected by the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) Instruction Section Teaching Methods Committee to be included on the "List of Selected Resources" for this year.

A summer intern and a Libraries staff member provide support for cutting-edge technology designed to show “the colors between the colors” on screens of the future

Associate librarian and director of Liaison Program, Ellen Hampton Filgo, and associate dean of Research and Engagement and librarian, Sha Towers recently co-authored a new book, Liaison Engagement Success: A Practical Guide for Librarians (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2021).

The Baylor Libraries' OneSearch online catalog will be offline due to a data center migration from Saturday, May 29, at 8:00 p.m. until at least Sunday, May 30, at 8:00 p.m. As a result, all of the Baylor Libraries will be closed on Saturday, Sunday, and also on Monday in observance of Memorial Day.

Massimo Seri, mayor of Fano, Italy, was a surprise guest at this year's annual meeting of the Armstrong Browning Library's Fano Club on Saturday, May 15.

The Baylor Libraries are partnering with Texas Baptists and Baptist Standard Publishing to digitize the Baptist Standard and Baptist News archive, making Baptist history accessible.

Baylor's Armstrong Browning Library and Museum presents its annual Browning Day lecture virtually on Zoom on Friday, April 16, 2021, at 3:30 p.m. Dr. Joshua King, associate professor and Margarett Root Brown Chair in Robert Browning and Victorian Studies at Baylor University, will present "Lords of the Earth? Elizabeth Barrett Browning on Christ's Body in the Age of Human Domination," which will ask how EBB struggled in her poetry to come to terms with the world-altering impact of the Industrial Revolution.

The pro licenses expand the capabilities of a free Mentimeter account to include more robust features such as the ability to export and analyze poll results.

The Keston Center for Religion, Politics, and Society at Baylor University welcomes nine scholars from around the world to report on the current state of religion, politics, and society. The panel presentations will be offered on Tuesday, March 23, at 3:30 p.m. CDT and on Friday, March 26, at 11:00 a.m. CDT to accommodate time differences. A live moderated Q&A will follow each session.

On Tuesday, February 23, the Baylor Libraries completed a two-year inquiry into diversity, equity, and inclusion with the release of a statement that is now a permanent part of its mission and vision. This statement complements ongoing diversity efforts within the Libraries.

Texas Standard, a regional news platform featured on NPR, published a story on the Baylor Libraries' Black Gospel Music Restoration Project, which contributed music from its collection to the recent PBS documentary, The Black Church.

The University Libraries announce new home for the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project, to open late spring.

The 2021 Pruit Memorial Symposium at Baylor University welcomes Dr. Mellonee Burnim (Yale University) and Dr. Alisha Lola Jones (Indiana University) along with a panel of distinguished music scholars to explore the contributions of women to Black Gospel in a series of virtual conversations hosted on Zoom on February 25, March 2, and March 9 at 3:30 p.m. CST.

A virtual session of the Baptist Women’s World Day of Prayer was held on Zoom on Friday, February 12, beginning at 10:15 a.m. CST. The session featured music, prayers, devotional meditations, and a keynote address, “Unified in Hope.”

A coalition of research universities in Texas, including Baylor, continue negotiations with the for-profit publisher Elsevier to reduce costs and allow for more open access publishing rights for scholars.

During the Christmas break, members of the Learning Spaces group of Library and Academic Technology Services (LATS) team began a series of new upgrades to campus classrooms.

New app and sensor system provide 90% accuracy in determining available space in Moody and Jones Libraries

Patrons can now request an item’s call number be texted to their mobile device and requests for materials from special collections can be made online as well.

In celebration of their benefactors, the Armstrong Browning Library & Museum proudly feature Dr. Marjorie Stone and Dr. Beverly Taylor as they virtually present "Wilder Ever Still & Wilder!: The Brownings' Courtship, Victorian Wedding Journeys, and Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Unpublished Honeymoon Poem on Thursday, November 5, at 3:30 p.m. on Zoom.

On Friday, October 30 from 3:00-4:00 p.m., the Baylor Libraries present a virtual "speed panel" event, "Pictures, Portraits & Snapshots: Glimpses into Baylor's Special Libraries. In a series of three minute presentations panelists will present unique items discovered in Baylor's special collections in their research. This event is free and available to the public.

think-cell includes over 40 different chart types including waterfall, Gantt, and Mekko charts.

A new series of collaborations between the data scholarship librarian and Research and Engagement liaisons yields unexpected findings

On National Voter Registration Day, Tuesday, September 22, at 3:30 p.m., Dr. Christina Chan-Park of the Waco League of Women Voters, Dr. Peaches Henry of the Waco NAACP, and Dr. Andrea Turpin, Baylor associate professor of history will participate in a virtual discussion, "19: 100 Years of Preserving Voters' Rights," which marks the centennial of the adoption of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution and highlights the enduring struggle to maintain voters' rights in the U.S.

Today the Baylor Libraries launched a new baylor.edu/library! The new site has the same powerful search functionality users expect while presenting a new mobile-first experience and plenty of new features.

The Fall 2020 semester marks a transition in how the University Libraries handle course reserves. Instructors now have access to a powerful Course Reading List tool called Leganto, which has been integrated into the Canvas environment and enables instructors to quickly and easily add a wide range of course reserves materials directly into Canvas courses.

Proctorio will no longer be available for use as of Monday, August 17. Beginning in Fall 2020, Respondus Lockdown Browser and Monitor will be the only available online proctoring solution available for campus-wide use.

The Libraries are pleased to announce that all Baylor students, faculty and staff will continue to enjoy access to The Wall Street Journal as a result of a recent subscription purchased by the university. Members of the Baylor community can utilize this online subscription from The Wall Street Journal website and the WSJ app.

New capability for Kaltura automatically generates captions, includes multiple language support and more