NEWS
Stay updated on events, resources, and projects at Fogler Library and across UMaine Libraries. Discover what’s new and exciting in our library community!
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Bangor Daily News Historical Archive now available
We are excited to announce that you can now access the Bangor Daily News Historical Archive from our list of databases. The archive contains searchable page images of the Bangor Daily News and its predecessor, the Bangor Daily Whig & Courier. You’ll find coverage from 1836 to about one week ago with the exception of a few gaps where coverage is still being added.
This purchase was made possible by the gift of the John M. Webber Fogler Digital Library Fund; the bequest of Paul E. Taylor, M.D., Class of 1938; and the gift of Franklin Talbot.
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University Archivist co-teaches Research Learning Experience (RLE) to first year students
This past fall, University Archivist Matthew Revitt and Frédéric Rondeau, professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Classics and director of the Canadian-American Center, taught the RLE entitled “Fight the Power: Exploring the History of Student Activism at UMaine through Archives.”
Situating UMaine in the historical context of activism in the U.S. and the world, student research projects focused on different aspects of militancy such as Franco-American Identity; Civil Rights; Gay Rights; Gender Studies; Reproductive Rights; Student Protests in response to the Vietnam War; and the Counterculture Movement. Students had the opportunity to hear guest speakers such as Susan Pinette of the Franco-American Centre and An Thuy Nguyen of Cooperative Extension, and also to think about how students shaped the history of the university, including the perspectives of student activists Steve Bull (co-founder of Wilde-Stein) and Willow Wetherall (former president of the UMaine Women’s Student Association and founding member of the UMaine NARAL chapter).
Research posters produced by students as part of the class will be on display in the Center Hallway on Level 1 of Fogler Library for the remainder of the Spring Semester.
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Left: Students Keira Ryan, Frances Royal, Desmond Eliot and Sophie Hurst | |  |
Right: Student Eli Corridon-Crum | | |
UMAINE LIBRARIES EVENTS
You are invited to Fogler Library’s public events! Stay up-to-date by following our social media accounts listed at the bottom of this email, and check out our website for a complete list of upcoming events.
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Upcoming workshops from Fogler’s Research & Instruction Department
Exploring Open Educational Resources
Interested in learning about course materials you and your students can access for free? Come to Fogler Library’s Exploring Open Educational Resources workshop, where you can learn more about these types of resources and can work with your subject-area librarian to find resources for your courses. This will be held on Zoom on March 5 from 10–11 a.m., and you must register to attend as the Zoom link will be sent only to registrants. Please contact Amber Gray (amber.gray@maine.edu) if you have questions.
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Citation Managers
The first of our four-workshop Literature Review series, this Citation Management workshop will help you learn to use citation managers. Save time by organizing your information sources, and use them to create in-text citations and reference lists. The workshop is being offered on Zoom March 4 from 4–5 p.m. Registration is required to receive the Zoom link.
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FEATURED RESOURCE
Find unique databases and online resources available through the UMaine Catalog to enhance your research, teaching, and learning. Explore something new each week!
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Sanborn Maps, 1867–1970, Maine
Founded in 1867 by D. A. Sanborn, the Sanborn Map Company was the primary American publisher of city and town fire insurance maps for nearly 100 years. ProQuest created Digital Sanborn Maps from its microfilm collection, filmed from the Library of Congress’ map collection. Users have the ability to easily manipulate the maps, magnify and zoom in on specific sections, and layer maps from different years.
Sanborn maps are valuable historical tools for urban specialists, social historians, architects, geographers, genealogists, local historians, planners, environmentalists and anyone who wants to learn about the history, growth, and development of American cities, towns, and neighborhoods. They are large-scale plans containing data that can be used to estimate the potential risk for urban structures. This includes information such as the outline of each building, the size, shape and construction materials, heights, and function of structures, location of windows and doors. The maps also give street names, street and sidewalk widths, property boundaries, building use, and house and block numbers. Seven or eight different editions represent some areas. Textual information on construction details (for example, steel beams or reinforced walls) is often given on the plans while shading indicates different building materials. Extensive information on building use is given, ranging from symbols for generic terms such as stable, garage, and warehouse to names of owners of factories and details on what was manufactured in them. In the case of large factories or commercial buildings, even individual rooms and the uses to which they were put are recorded on the maps. Other features shown include pipelines, railroads, wells, dumps, and heavy machinery.
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