DigitalCommons@ILR to exceed 10,000 uploaded documents
Originally posted in the ILR News Center, November 6, 2009:
10,000 Uploads, 2 Million Downloads
DigitalCommons@ILR a repository for workplace information
Labor trends in Cambodia. On-the-job health hazards for beauticians. The collective bargaining agreement of Watervliet firefighters. Testimony from the Glass Ceiling Commission.
The electronic documents housed within DigitalCommons@ILR cover an immense range of workplace topics. The repository, part [...]
Upcoming workshops, sign up now!
There are still plenty of seats in most of the library workshops. Come learn skills that will make you a better student AND improve your grades. Some examples:
Advanced Refworks
Legal Research
Who’s citing me, who’s citing my prof?
Google Apps I and II
…and more. To see a complete list, go to the registration page.
Reunion Weekend events at Catherwood Library and the Kheel Center
ILR Reunion 2009
June 5-6, Ithaca Campus
Martin P. Catherwood Library
The Martin P. Catherwood Library is the leading academic research collection on the workplace and workplace issues in North America. It is not the library you remember. Catherwood is now the library of choice for undergraduates because it is a beautiful facility, and also because of its [...]
Union Days Follow-up
The ILR ALumni Media site has posted the videos from two of the Union Days events. If you missed either of these, feel free to visit and watch.
Keynote Speaker: Tom Geoghegan (Lecture starts at about the 9:30 mark)
Employee Free Choice Debate
The site also has other ILR ONLINE videos of interest to alumni, practitioners, and researchers. [...]
Represent the ILR School in the Digital Literacy Contest!
The Cornell University Library is hosting a Digital Literacy Contest, an Internet search competition, on Thursday Apr 9 at 4:30 in Mann Library. Cornell students will compete to answer 30 questions in 30 minutes using the Internet and library databases. Winners get $200+ cash prizes, and everyone gets free food. The event is free, but [...]
Lecture and Book Signing – April 2
An American in Hitler’s Berlin: Abraham Plotkin’s Diary, 1932-33
Lecture by Professor Catherine Collomp
Date: April 2
Time: 4:30 p.m.
Location: 105 Ives Hall, ILR School
Professor Catherine Collomp will discuss her new book, An American in Hitler’s Berlin: Abraham Plotkin’s Diary, 1932-33, just released by the University of Illinois Press. This is the first edition of the diary of [...]
Lecture and Book Signing Sponsored by the Kheel Center
The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR’s Secretary of Labor and his Moral Conscience
Lecture by Kirstin Downey
Date: March 12
Time: 4:30 p.m.
Location: 105 Ives Hall
Award-winning author Kirstin Downey will discuss her new biography of Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor under FDR and the first woman to hold a cabinet position in [...]
Spring 2009 Library Workshops
Learn Lexis, basic ILR research, or a number of other in-demand skills by attending one of our spring workshops. A full list of classes and the link to register for each can be found here.
Celebrate Martin P. Catherwood’s Birthday!
The Catherwood Library will be celebrating the birthday of the man whom our library is named after, Martin P. Catherwood.
Catherwood (1904-1978) was born on January 28, and was the New York State Industrial Commissioner from 1958-71 as well as the Dean of the ILR School from
To celebrate we will have birthday muffins in the library lobby from 11:30-12:30 on Thursday, [...]
Happy Holidays from the Catherwood Library!
Tomorrow, December 24, will be the last day the Catherwood Library is open prior to Winter Break. The Library will reopen on January 5. We here at the Catherwood Library wish you all an enjoyable and relaxing holiday season, and a Happy New Year!
Also, please note that today will be the final day of posting [...]
