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<Title>Applications now available</Title>
<Tagline>Field research in Switzerland</Tagline>
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<Summary>Sign up for the spring course International Field Research. You will learn about field research methods and then spend a week in Switzerland (in June) practicing what you learned and exploring a...</Summary>
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<Title>Oxford Scholarship Online</Title>
<Tagline>Database Trial - ends 11/11/2011</Tagline>
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<Summary>UMBC now has trial access to Oxford Scholarship Online.  Oxford Scholarship Online (OSO) is a vast and rapidly expanding cross-searchable library providing access to the full text of over 6,500...</Summary>
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<Title>World Scholar: Latin America and the Caribbean</Title>
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<Title>The Diversity Vision in the Workplace</Title>
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<Summary>Here is an excerpt from a speaker on diversity:     Diversity Vision: Inclusion, Commitment and Success  In today's competitive environment and global economy, an organization's success depends on...</Summary>
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<Title>The LGBT Alphabet</Title>
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<Summary>Visit this website to learn more about the terms used in the LGBT community! </Summary>
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<Title>The History of Coming Out</Title>
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<Title>American Archives Month 2011 at UMBC</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><p>The Special Collections department of the Albin O. Kuhn Library &amp; Gallery at UMBC is pleased to be celebrating our Second Annual American Archives Month! Using UMBC's 45th anniversary as our starting point, we've put together several exhibits and resources for interested students, staff, and alumni to learn more about the past 45 years at UMBC:</p>
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    <li><strong>Exhibit installation on the 1st floor</strong> (<em>Coming soon!</em>): Stop by the 7th floor of Albin O. Kuhn Library and view an exhibit from the University Archives, "In the Archives: UMBC at 45." The exhibit will highlight the many types of materials collected by the University Archives as well as the varied groups, events, and stories documented within the materials. This exhibit will be installed on October 12, the first day of Homecoming.</li>
    <li><a href="http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/specoll/exhibits/evolution/index.php" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><strong>UMBC: An Evolution</strong></a>: Reprinted with permission from <em>The Retriever Weekly</em>, this ten part essay series documents the planning, development, and controversies of UMBC from 1955 to 1981. Originally written for UMBC's 15th anniversary in 1981, this student essay series reveals important historical facts about the establishment of our campus. It is also a great example of student research - something that has continued to be a key aspect of UMBC students' academic life.</li>
    <li><strong>Book display</strong>: UMBC history is taking over the Reference department's monthly book display! This month you can browse (and check out) faculty publications from the early years of campus (circa 1965-1970) and current faculty publications (circa 2009-2011). <a href="http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/reference/displays/archives2011.php" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">The full list of books available is listed online.</a> You can also browse all of UMBC's faculty/staff publication holdings through the Library catalog; using the <a href="http://catalog.umd.edu/F/?func=file&amp;file_name=find-c&amp;local_base=bc" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">UMBC-only catalog search</a>, select "UMBC Faculty/Staff Publications" from the named collections drop-down menu.</li>
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    Other resources:</strong><div><strong><br></strong><p><a href="http://alumni.umbc.edu/s/1325/UMBC-template.aspx?sid=1325&amp;gid=1&amp;pgid=630" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Retriever Fever!</a> Visit for more information on UMBC's 2011 Homecoming celebrations, October 12-15</p>
    
    <p>Archives Month webpage on the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference website: <a href="http://www.marac.info/mc/page.do?sitePageId=127365&amp;orgId=marac" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Celebrating Advocacy for Archives</a></p>
    
    <p><a href="http://www2.archivists.org/initiatives/american-archives-month" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">American Archives Month</a> at the Society of American Archivists</p>
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<Title>National Coming Out Day</Title>
<Tagline>Show your support. Donate you status!</Tagline>
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<Summary>In celebration of National Coming Out Day, the Human Rights Campaign has rolled out a Facebook app that allows you to show your support for LGBTQ equality.  Please visit the website to get started.</Summary>
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<Title>Researcher of ther Week: Teklu Dawit</Title>
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    <br><br>Read more about Teklu's research, <em>“Genetic Analysis of the Role of PHT4;6 in Regulating Innate Immunity of Arabidopsis”</em> at the link below.</div>
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<Title>Undergraduate Research Workshop</Title>
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