Thank you to the 2591 VCU students who participated in the myVCU portal poll that asked, "Which new volume best describes the Fall semester of 2009?" The winner is What would Google do? by Jeff Jarvis. From the book's description in the catalog:

A manual for survival and success that asks the most important question today's leaders, in any industry, can ask themselves: What would Google do? To demonstrate how to emulate Google, Jarvis lays out his laws of what he calls "the new Google century," including such insights as: Think distributed; Become a platform; Join the post-scarcity, open-source, gift economy; The middleman has died; Your worst customers are your best friends and your best customers are your partners; Do what you do best and link to the rest; Get out of the way; Make mistakes well; and more. He applies these principles not just to emerging technologies and the Internet, but to other industries--telecommunications, airlines, television, government, healthcare, education, journalism, and, yes, book publishing--showing ultimately what the world would look like if Google ran it. The result will change the way readers ask questions and solve problems.

Full poll results are below. Thank you to the VCU community for participating!

• The human right to a green future (Hiskes)
• How Barack Obama won (Todd)
• What would Google do? (Jarvis)
• Attacking inequality in the health sector (Yazbeck)
• Hip-hop Japan: rap and the paths of cultural globalization (Condry)

The VCU Libraries invited the schools and other university groups to participate in the Two Millionth Volume Celebration. Each was asked to select an item from the VCU Libraries' collections that was particularly meaningful for their community. We will be highlighting these selections in our Two million Volume Celebration blog over the next couple of weeks.


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Thanks to all who joined us last Friday for the Two Millionth Volume Celebration program. Inside VCU will provide you additional details about the October 2nd event. Although the formal ceremony has past, the celebration of this important milestone in the history of the VCU Libraries continues. New timeline banners (View image) can be seen at both James Branch Cabell and Tompkins-McCaw libraries.

Also be sure to see the exhibits on the fourth floor of Cabell Library which showcase the honored volumes from the Two Millionth Volume Celebration as well as those recognized during the Millionth Volume Celebration in 1993. Over the next weeks we will be highlighting the library resources selected by the schools for recognition. So stay tuned--we've only just begun celebrating!

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The VCU Libraries announces the 2,000,001st addition to its collection: the R2 Digital Library.   The new collection provides access to digital books from the fields of medicine, nursing, pharmacy and allied health, and each individual title is cataloged and linked from the VCU Libraries Catalog. The collection will be celebrated during VCU's 2,000,000th volume ceremonies on October 2, beginning at 2pm in Cabell Library.

The VCU Libraries reveals the 2,000,000th addition to its collections! Marvel Comics "Amazing Spider-Man, #583" featuring Barack Obama, highlights the historic election of the 44th President; VCU's proud tradition of diversity; and the national stature of VCU's Comic Arts Collection. Join the VCU Libraries to celebrate the 2,000,00th addition on October 2nd at 2:00 pm at Cabell Library or by simulcast at Tompkins-McCaw Library.

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The VCU Libraries is delighted to announce the release of a new addition to the VCU Libraries Digital Collections: the Edward H. Peeples Prince Edward County (Va.) Public Schools Collection. From 1959 to 1964, Prince Edward County, Virginia, chose to close its public schools rather than integrate them. Through photographs, documents, and maps, this collection explores the history of Prince Edward County segregation in the 1950s and 1960s. Dr. Edward H. Peeples, Emeritus professor at VCU, photographed over 100 images of schools in the county and environs in 1962 and 1963, documenting the disparity between African American and white facilities. Also included are contemporary images of the schools and events surrounding the anniversary of the 1951 student strike and other occasions, as well as additional published and unpublished materials on the topic.

The Edward Peeples Collection will be celebrated as the 1,999,999th addition to the VCU Libraries during VCU's 2,000,000th volume ceremonies on October 2, beginning at 2pm in Cabell Library.

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