Month: October 2017

Library Event: Open Access Week 2017

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What is Open Access Week? Open Access Week is an opportunity to broaden awareness and understanding of Open Access to research, including access policies from all types of research funders, within the international higher education community and the general public. This year Baylor University is highlighting how Open Data can be used in research. The national theme for Open Access…

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(Digital Collections) Illustrating a Milestone: 50 Spencer Sheet Music Covers for 50 Percent Online

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This blog post was written by Baylor Libraries intern Will Overton. Will is a senior professional writing major from Dickinson, TX working in the Office of Marketing Communication for the Libraries and ITS. Music has been a part of American culture since the Colonies were founded hundreds of years ago. Many examples of American sheet music dating all the way…

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Read All (Digital Collections) About It: Waco Historic Newspapers Digital Collection Launches

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Waco’s renaissance as a national name – due largely thanks to our resident “Fixer Uppers” Chip and Joanna Gaines – has done much to elevate the city’s name and reputation in the eyes of a national audience. But for the local audience of the late 1800s and early 1900s, if you wanted to read about the goings-on in “Six Shooter…

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