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In this issue:
- Database change: Ebook Central accounts
- Stay connected anywhere with our new mobile 5G Hotspot Devices!
- New from Special Collections and Projects: Maine Folklife Survey; records from the Office of International Programs
- Featured resource: Prints and Photographers Online Catalog
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Database change: Ebook Central accounts
Do you use ProQuest's Ebook Central bookshelf feature to save ebook titles and notes? Due to an authentication method change, new personal accounts for Ebook Central must be created by University of Maine students, staff, and faculty, and used to sign in on each visit in order to use the bookshelf. To create a personal account, access Ebook Central from the A-Z databases list, click Sign In, and click Create Account button. NOTE: If you have a pre-existing bookshelf that you would like to have migrated into this new account, please complete this form after creating your new personal account for Ebook Central.
Please note, a personal account is NOT required to simply access and read individual Ebook Central titles linked from the LibrarySearch catalog, e.g. Human ecology : how nature and culture shape our world.
For assistance with Ebook Central, please contact Research & Instruction.
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Stay connected anywhere with our new mobile 5G Hotspot Devices!
We’re excited to announce that Merrill Library is now offering mobile 5G hotspot devices for checkout for students! Whether you're studying from home, traveling, or spending time in a remote location, these devices will help students stay connected to the internet wherever they are.
How to Borrow:
- Visit the library's circulation desk to check out a hotspot device
- Hotspots are available for a one-week loan period.
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New from Special Collections and Projects: Maine Folklife Survey; records from the Office of International Programs
The Special Collections and Projects Department in Fogler Library at the University of Maine in Orono has added approximately 2,200 digital objects including an estimated 1,950 photographs from the Maine Folklife Survey to the online archival content management tool ArchivesSpace.
The Maine Folklife Survey, conducted by the Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History between 1980-1981, created a year-long time capsule of Maine's rural sociology and folk traditions. The survey project, led by the late C. Richard K. Lunt, captured a portrait of Maine just prior to the pivotal period in American history marking the end of Gen X, the inauguration of Ronald Reagan, and the start of the Millennial generation.
Interview topics covered during the survey include crooked knives and carving; chainsaw carving; logging; country music; lobster fishing; vernacular architecture; dowsing; scrimshaw; canoe building; livestock auctions; horse and ox pulling at the Ossipee Valley, Skowhegan, and Oxford County Fairs; the Jonesport lobster boat races; bean hole beans; Franco-American music; storytelling; buckwheat milling; blueberry raking and much more. The collection includes approximately 80 hours of video and audio recordings. For assistance accessing restricted materials in this collection, please contact um.library.spc@maine.edu.
Also on ArchivesSpace, records from the Office of International Programs (OIP) are now available to researchers. The records outline the history of OIP and its previous iterations and include copies of UMaine guides and manuals for international students; publicity material; training material; annual reports; and material compiled on the history of OIP. There are also digital copies of newsletters, oral history interviews, brochures and a video of the International Dance Festival (2023).
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The Prints and Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC) contains catalog records and digital images representing a rich cross-section of still pictures held by the Prints & Photographs Division and, in some cases, other units of the Library of Congress. The Library of Congress offers broad public access to these materials as a contribution to education and scholarship. The collections of the Prints & Photographs Division include photographs, fine and popular prints and drawings, posters, and architectural and engineering drawings. While international in scope, the collections are particularly rich in materials produced in, or documenting the history of, the United States and the lives, interests and achievements of the American people.
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