Current Library Displays

A collection of British royalty memorabilia will be on special exhibit in the Bower-Suhrheinrich Library now through Sunday, March 22. This display is part of the British Engagements series designed to celebrate the opening of the Ridgway University Center as well as Dr. Ridgway's gift of Harlaxton Manor. Art, music, theatre, lectures, exhibits, and discussions highlighting our British connections will continue throughout the semester. To learn more about this or other events in the British Engagements series, call 488-2455. This event is free and open to the public.


Photography by Mohammed Alsaleh

2 New Photo Websites

FreeLargePhotos has a catalog of over 2,600 high-resolution pictures of famous places and landscapes. The site’s developer and manager, Roy Tennant of Sonoma, Calif., said, “the photos are free to individuals for personal use, but if they are used on a web site a photo credit and a link to the web site are required.”

Freeze Frame contains over 20,000 images from 1845-1960, capturing the Golden Era of Polar Exploration. Here is a picture from the 1921-22 Shackleton-Rowett Antarctic Expedition. It is accessible through the Scott Polar Research Institute. Freeze Frame provides information on how images can be purchased.

Open Congressional Research Reports

Have you heard the exciting news? Now anyone, not just your Congressional Representatives, can read CRS reports at: http://opencrs.com/. Funded by taxpayers dollars, Open CRS provides citizens access to CRS Reports already in the public domain and encourages Congress to provide public access to all CRS Reports.

RSS feeds are available for recently added reports and reports by collection (National Library for the Environment, Federation of American Scientists, etc.). You can also search reports by keyword.

Check it out!