Augustana Library will be the shelf location for new music recordings in future. (Francophone recordings will continue be located at BSJ, as usual.) This decision arises from discussions between CSU and CatMet, and it is informed by input from colleagues in different units and roles, over the past couple of years. […]
A brief refresher on Criterion-on-demand: new films are regularly added to this streaming service. A spreadsheet listing its most recent update, 249 new titles, can be downloaded below. These titles will be added to the catalogue shortly. While its interface is not as contemporary as Kanopy’s, Criterion-on-demand contains important classic […]
In CSU, we recently purchased the digitized archive of Demokratychna Ukraina. This is an independent Ukrainian newspaper that, in the early 1990s, began publishing in Ukrainian, and encouraging journalism that values democratic ideals. This is an important newspaper for those interested in the recent media landscape in Ukraine, and for anyone studying […]
We own the digitized archives of the Royal Geographical Society. It contains the Sir Ernest Shackleton Collection (scroll down to find it). In this collection, you can view, for example, “Sketch map drawn on menu card to illustrate proposed journey across Antarctic continent, 7th March 1914,” or “Page torn from […]
In CSU, we recently purchased the digitized archive of Novaia Gazeta. This is the investigative, critical, independent Russian newspaper whose editor and co-founder, Dmitry Muratov, received the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. (There were two recipients in 2021, the other being investigative journalist Maria Ressa, founder of Rappler.) The Novaia Gazeta […]