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Fogler Library Workshop: How To Do A Literature Review, Lindsay Decker

UMaine Video

This recorded online workshop, How to Do a Literature Review, discusses tools and strategies to help graduate students make literature searches more efficient, including strategic searching, organizational methods, and synthesizing information. Presented by Lindsay Decker, Fogler Library Science Reference Librarian, University of Maine, Orono.

Fogler Library Salon Series: Protecting Acadia National Park Through Public-Private Partnerships, Daisy Domínguez Singh, John Daigle, Kevin Schneider, Ken Olson

UMaine Video

University of Maine Professor of Forest Recreation Management John Daigle conducts an armchair conversation about the operational, philosophical and political realities of running Acadia National Park, Maine’s most visited natural destination. Acadia faces challenges ranging from climate change to increasing diversity of its visitors to managing congestion and crowding. Acadia Superintendent Kevin Schneider will speak to the National Park Service mission of providing for visitor enjoyment, education, and inspiration while meeting the legal imperative to leave the parks unimpaired for future generations. Retired President and CEO of Friends of Acadia Ken Olson will lay out the part nonprofits perform in …

Fogler Library Workshop: Staying On Top Of Literature [In Your Field], Lindsay Decker

UMaine Video

Fogler Library Workshop: Staying on Top of Literature, presented by Lindsay Decker, includes tools and strategies for staying current in your field of research, including the use of search alerts, citation alerts, and working with subject specialist librarians.

Fogler Library Workshop: Staying On Top Of Literature [In Your Field], Christopher Clark

UMaine Video

Fogler Library Workshop: Staying on Top of Literature presented by Christopher Clark, includes tools and strategies for staying current in your field of research, including the use of search alerts, citation alerts, and working with subject specialist librarians.

Spun Chairs At Fogler Library, Daisy Domínguez Singh, Joey Collard, Herb Dittersdorf

UMaine Video

Promotional video featuring Library Dean, Daisy Domínguez Singh, inviting the University of Maine community to enjoy the Heatherwick “Spun Chairs” in the Reserve Reading Room. The spun chair, commercially available, was originally designed by Thomas Heatherwick in 2007.

Fogler Library: The Patents Of Summer, John Hutchinson

UMaine Video

This video slideshow explores patents for summer inventions. It was part of a display in Fogler Library during the summer 2023. For more information on business and patent resources at Fogler Library, the business librarian is here to help!

Fogler Library: Steam In Horror Fiction, Lindsay Decker, Christopher Clark, Heather Perrone

UMaine Video

This video slideshow explores aspects of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in works of horror and fiction. It was part of a display in Fogler Library October 17, 2022 through November 18, 2022. For more information on science resources and instruction at Fogler Library, the science reference librarians are here to help. No audio.

Fogler Library: Women In Science, Heather Perrone

UMaine Video

This video slideshow explores the history of women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. To celebrate Women's History Month, we are highlighting important and often forgotten women who have contributed to STEM throughout the decades. Here you will find information regarding important female scientists and researchers at the University of Maine including Kathryn E. Briwa, Katherine Musgrave, Edith Patch, and Beryl Warner Williams.

Stein Collection (University Of Maine) Records, 1932-2010, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The Nelson B. Jones Stein Collection is on display in the Oakes Room at Raymond H. Fogler Library. The theme of steins is inspired by the popularity of the Maine Stein song made famous by the singer Rudy Vallee.

In May of 1962, the Governing Board of the Memorial Union, with the urging of Nelson B. Jones, the first director of the Memorial Union, formally authorized the creation of the permanent stein collection, which in 1977 was renamed the Nelson B. Jones Stein Collection. The collection was originally housed in the Memorial Union before being relocated to Fogler Library.

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University Of Maine System (University Of Maine) Records, 1965-2014, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The University of Maine System (UMS) is the state university system in the state of Maine. It was created in 1968 by the Maine Legislature and consists of the University of Maine, University of Maine at Augusta, University of Maine at Farmington, University of Maine at Fort Kent, University of Maine at Machias, University of Maine at Presque Isle, University of Southern Maine, and University of Maine School of Law.

The records in this record group cover different University of Maine System initiatives, including the work of the New Challenges/New Directions Task Force tasked with reviewing UMS services that sought …

Mf070 Umaine During The Vietnam War Era / Laura Finkel Collection, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History Finding Aids

A series of fifteen interviews recorded between 1994 – 1997 by Laura Finkel concerning antiwar movement, protests, and activities on the campus at the University of Maine during the Vietnam War era (1964 – 1973).