February 2008 Archives
Jean Shipman, Director of the Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences, has been appointed to serve a two-year term on The New England Journal of Medicine's Academic Library Advisory Board. The Board consists of nine members who review and advise the journal on new products, services and issues of importance to the library community and users.
Friday, February 8
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
James Branch Cabell Library, Room 320
Technology Services is offering a workshop on how to work with and convert video to different formats on Friday, February 8th from 9 a.m. to noon in Cabell Library, Room 320. Topics include the basics of how to get video from the video camera to the computer and from the computer to a DVD or file, or to convert one video format to another. Emphasis on no cost solutions. This workshop is being led by Ken Hopson, Manager of Cabell Libraries Media and Reserve Services department.
Seating is limited, register online.
For more information and a full list of library instruction classes and events on both campuses, visit the VCU Libraries Events page.
Richmond Women in the Civil Rights Movement
VCU Libraries Black History Month Lecture
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
7:30 p.m.
Virginia Commonwealth University
VCU Student Commons, Commonwealth Ballrooms, 2nd Floor
907 Floyd Ave
Women played a pivotal but often unrecognized role in the Civil Rights movement. Join us to honor their contributions in a panel discussion with Richmond's own Ora Lomax, Elizabeth Johnson Rice, and Hilda Warden; moderated by Bonnie Winston. The sixth annual VCU Libraries Black History Month Lecture is sponsored by the VCU Friends of the Library.
Free and open to the public. Parking is available for a fee in the West Main Street and West Cary Street parking decks. If special accommodations are needed, please call (804) 827-1165 or 827-1163 prior to February 8, 2008.
Learn more about our panelists and Black History Month online.
