Fogler Plus Newsletter — July 2, 2024 - Raymond H. Fogler Library

Fogler Plus Newsletter — July 2, 2024

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Fogler Plus Newsletter — July 2, 2024

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What’s “Fogler Plus”? Raymond H. Fogler Library, Merrill Library in Machias, Maine InfoNet, and the University of Maine Press provide library collections and related services under the direction of the University of Maine Dean of Libraries.

In this issue:

Proxy bookmarklet update required
Changes to state database subscriptions as of July 2024
Journey through the Dawnland: Wabanaki homelands scavenger hunt
Open to Collaborate
Featured resource: Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America

Proxy bookmarklet update required

Do you use the proxy bookmarklet on your web browser toolbar, to instantly gain access to library-subscribed resources while searching online? Due to library system changes, the bookmarklet needs to be uninstalled and then reinstalled, in order to continue working. Please reinstall from https://libraries.maine.edu/mariner/proxy.asp.

Changes to state database subscriptions as of July 2024

Four database resources are being discontinued by the state’s Digital Maine Library starting in July, which means the University of Maine community will no longer have access to them: Gale Literature Resource, ProQuest Global Newsstream, World Book and Value Line. For news, the state will be subscribing to EBSCO’s Newspaper Source Plus as a replacement resource starting in September. Until September, you can access Gale’s Newsstand. For July, you can access Proquest Global Newsstream as a trial. Please contact Research & Instruction subject specialists to explore identifying and accessing content for your research needs.

Journey through the Dawnland: Wabanaki homelands scavenger hunt

Fogler Library is happy to participate as a site in the First Annual Wabanaki Homelands Scavenger Hunt! Come in to get a copy of the Scavenger Hunt information booklet, and locate a book by a Wabanaki author in Fogler’s collections to receive your Fogler stamp. The Scavenger Hunt begins June 24 and runs through the summer.

Stamp your travel log at participating destinations throughout what is now called Maine, and learn more about the Wabanaki and their homelands! As you collect stamps and answer questions in your travel log, you can win prizes including stickers, jewelry, and signed books by Wabanaki authors!

Open to Collaborate

Fogler has added an Open to Collaborate icon on its homepage. The icon also appears in several other locations throughout the Fogler website. Fogler is committed to the development of new modes of collaboration, engagement, and partnership with Indigenous peoples and Wabanaki Nations in particular for the care and stewardship of past and future heritage collections. For more information about this notice, please read more at Local Contexts.

Featured resource: Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America

Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America includes full text of selected works relating to American Indian history in the United States, Canada and Mexico, as well as visual material such as art work, photographs, and maps. Content is digitized from the Newberry Library’s extensive Edward E. Ayer Collection; one of the strongest archival collections on American Indian history in the world.

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