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  Library Celebrates AU Role in Founding of Peace Corps

  To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Peace Corps, the library is sponsoring a special exhibit and presentation that highlight American University’s role.
  February 25, 2011
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  Discourse on the Americas

  The current library exhibit, Discourse on the Americas: Current Scholarship from AU's Center for Latin American and Latino Studies, highlights scholarship from American University's Center for Latin American and Latino Studies (CLALS).
  January 13, 2011
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  Library Announces Early English Books Online

  Thanks to a supportive group of CAS faculty, and the visionary funding for the acquisition by Dean Peter Starr of CAS and Provost Scott Bass, the library is pleased to bring a very important new resource to campus: Early English Books Online (EEBO)
  January 11, 2011
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  The Paperless Future?

  With so much knowledge being created, delivered or saved in electronic formats, one naturally wonders what impact this transformation from print to digital information means for scholars, teachers, students and librarians.
  January 6, 2011
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  Digital Futures Forum 2010

  Joan Lippincott and Tom Scheinfeldt discussed how technology is changing the role of libraries at American University's Digital Futures Forum 2010.
  December 14, 2010
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  Sally L. Smith Papers dedicated

  A reception to celebrate the dedication of the papers of Sally L. Smith to the University Library’s Special Collections was held on Friday, November 19. Sally L. Smith was the founder of The Lab School of Washington.
  December 9, 2010