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  • Ellen Lauri Ochoa is a former astronaut and current Director of the Johnson Space Center. Ochoa became director of the center upon retirement of the current director, Michael Coats, on...

    Happy Birthday Ellen Ochoa Director Johnson Space Center.

    Ellen Lauri Ochoa is a former astronaut and current Director of the Johnson Space Center. Ochoa became director of the center upon retirement of the current director, Michael Coats, on...

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  • Final Week Hours. Open till Midnight! starting Sun, 2:00 pm-Midnight. Mon, May 13- Thurs, May 16 8:30- Midnight. Fri, May 17: 8:30 am-5 pm….Closed May 18th & 19th. Free Coffee...

    Extended hours, Free Coffee, Interim!

    Final Week Hours. Open till Midnight! starting Sun, 2:00 pm-Midnight. Mon, May 13- Thurs, May 16 8:30- Midnight. Fri, May 17: 8:30 am-5 pm….Closed May 18th & 19th. Free Coffee...

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  • “It was a long way up for the humble zipper, the mechanical wonder that has kept so much in our lives ‘together.’ On its way up the zipper has passed...

    Zipper Day–the mechanical wonder!

    “It was a long way up for the humble zipper, the mechanical wonder that has kept so much in our lives ‘together.’ On its way up the zipper has passed...

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  • No one has received more U.S. patents than Thomas Edison – 1,093 to be exact. http://ow.ly/kx1Vs

    Patents

    No one has received more U.S. patents than Thomas Edison – 1,093 to be exact. http://ow.ly/kx1Vs

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  • http://www.earthday.org/blog/2013/04/22/its-earth-day http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/earth-day-2013-to-celebrate-google-doodle-puts-the-power-of-nature-at-your-fingertips/2013/04/22/3259c822-ab40-11e2-b6fd-ba6f5f26d70e_blog.html http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2262944/Earth-Day-2013-Google-Doodle-Control-the-Weather-in-Interactive-Logo http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=BUOQ_yPW_0s

    It’s Earth Day!

    http://www.earthday.org/blog/2013/04/22/its-earth-day http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/earth-day-2013-to-celebrate-google-doodle-puts-the-power-of-nature-at-your-fingertips/2013/04/22/3259c822-ab40-11e2-b6fd-ba6f5f26d70e_blog.html http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2262944/Earth-Day-2013-Google-Doodle-Control-the-Weather-in-Interactive-Logo http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=BUOQ_yPW_0s

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  • Open access is an electronic publishing model that allows free and immediate access to research, and  also allows authors to retain intellectual property rights to their research.  Many open access...

    Open Access

    Open access is an electronic publishing model that allows free and immediate access to research, and  also allows authors to retain intellectual property rights to their research.  Many open access...

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  • Celebrate National Library Week, April 14-20, 2013, with Honorary Chair Caroline Kennedy. Communities matter @ your library Every day across the country, libraries open their doors to everyone: students, parents, seniors,...

    National Library Week

    Celebrate National Library Week, April 14-20, 2013, with Honorary Chair Caroline Kennedy. Communities matter @ your library Every day across the country, libraries open their doors to everyone: students, parents, seniors,...

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  • Learn more about Patents during a 15 minute Library Xpress Class, April 18th at 10:00am and 2:30pm in the Engineering Library.

    Xpress Class–Patents

    Learn more about Patents during a 15 minute Library Xpress Class, April 18th at 10:00am and 2:30pm in the Engineering Library.

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  • ebrary currently hosts 630,401 documents with 13, 634 added in the past 30 days.  This month, ebrary added more than 5,500 e-books from Encyclopedia Britannica, Peter Lang Publishing, University of...

    ebrary new titles

    ebrary currently hosts 630,401 documents with 13, 634 added in the past 30 days.  This month, ebrary added more than 5,500 e-books from Encyclopedia Britannica, Peter Lang Publishing, University of...

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  • April 15th Tax Day is when you celebrate this weird and wacky holiday called national Eraser Day.  Office supply geeks, eraser collectors, artists, writers, librarians school children and rubber eraser...

    National Rubber Eraser Day

    April 15th Tax Day is when you celebrate this weird and wacky holiday called national Eraser Day.  Office supply geeks, eraser collectors, artists, writers, librarians school children and rubber eraser...

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