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Tourism in Appalachia: A Public Presentation Highlighting Collections and Research on the Tourism Industry and Its Impact on the Appalachian Region
Mar 28, 2022

Appalachian State University, UNC Asheville, and Western Carolina University Libraries are sponsoring an online event to showcase recent digital proje...

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DSI Wins NDSA Organizational Excellence Award
Nov 19, 2021

The Appalachian State University Libraries’ Digital Scholarship and Initiatives team received the 2021 National Digital Stewardship Alliance (N...

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Open Journals @ Appalachian
Jun 22, 2021

In 2020, Scholarly Communications launched a new program to help faculty and researchers publish open access academic journals at Appalachian State Un...

RECAPP 2020: Research and Creative Activity at Appalachian

Research and Creative Activity at Appalachian
Jun 24, 2020

Call for Submissions - RECAPP 2020The Office of Research, The Office of Student Research, and University Libraries are excited to virtually ...

Open Access: Combatting the COVID-19 Outbreak
Mar 19, 2020

Why Publicly Available Research & Data are Critical to Combatting the COVID-19 OutbreakDebate over the pros and cons of open access is coming to a...

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Copyright Guidance & COVID-19
Mar 15, 2020

At the time of writing, universities and schools have closed in 49 countries due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Library consortia and individual libr...

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Community Archiving Workshop
Sep 23, 2019

I recently traveled four hours from our library in Boone all the way to Whitesburg, Kentucky to attend an audio/visual Community Archiving Workshop, h...

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How do you like them apples?
Aug 20, 2019

DSI recently wrapped up a summer community partnership project with the Park Service, members of Appalachian's Department of History and the Blow...

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Tech-enabled Diversity & Innovation
Mar 28, 2019

Library patrons who visit Belk Library & Information Commonsare often unaware of the extent of IT expertise, development, and resources that keep ...

Open Access Week @ App State
Feb 27, 2019

Did you know that journal subscriptions cost universities and libraries millions of dollars? Even Harvard can’t afford the rising prices.Open access...