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The Public History 497 Digital Archive at the University of Windsor brings together thematically organized digitized archival materials from the Leddy Library that capture part of the unique history of Windsor & Essex County. Students in the class selected materials on various topics, worked to digitize those materials and build an online exhibit using the Omeka digital exhibits software, and also contributed their unique historical scholarship to bring these items to life.

For this month's installment of shared reading lists we have Leddy Library's own Yvonne Arnowitz who was kind enough to share some of her favourite good reads with us!

Fiction

It’s always great to go back to the classics and revisit a forgotten time or place:

Hi everyone! Just a reminder that you should try to get your submissions for the conference in today if possible.

UWill Discover is Windsor's campus wide undergraduate conferences and accepts submissions of all types from all departments and faculties. 

Submission is easy - just head over to the website, hit submit and tell us about your proposal.

http://scholar.uwindsor.ca/uwilldiscover/2016/

Questions can be directed to Simon Du Toit at sdutoit@uwindsor.ca

The University of Windsor's  Leddy Library hosts bilingual travelling exhibition, Ontario’s Francophonie: Then and Now

The University of Windsor’s Leddy Library is proud to host the bilingual exhibition Ontario’s Francophonie: Then and Now until February 19, 2016. Visitors can delve into 400 years of French presence in Ontario, from Samuel de Champlain to today.

Check out these lovely Leddy Library reusable book bags. Small bags are $3.00 and large are $4.00. Available for purchase at the circulation desk. Get yours now!

From the Daily News Story

Check out the book here

A unique collaboration between professor Michael Crawford in the Department of Biological Sciences, students enrolled in his Epigenetics course, and the Leddy Library’s Centre for Digital Scholarship, has led to the publication of a new book exploring the way our genes relate to our experiences of life.

How to Submit a Proposal to UWill Discover!

The UWill Discover conference is an excellent opportunity for you to showcase your research or original creative work in a professional setting before your peers, faculty, and the public. Each presentation will be reviewed by expert faculty and guest respondents. Prizes will be awarded in many different categories!

The UWill Discover conference is an excellent opportunity for students to showcase their research or original creative work in a professional setting before peers, faculty, and the public.

Each presentation will be reviewed by expert faculty and guest respondents to award prizes in many different categories.

Students in any undergraduate discipline are eligible to participate:

We Have Our Winners!

http://scholar.uwindsor.ca/leddyrqc/2015rqc/

Congratulations to the winners in this year's Leddy Research Question Competition and thank you again to everyone who participated and voted!

Have you noticed our colourful signs on campus? The Leddy Library Research Question Competition is hoping you will visit our website and cast your vote for the most popular question. You can read all the questions here:

http://scholar.uwindsor.ca/leddyrqc/2015rqc/

The winning question gets $50, and one randomly selected question also will win $50.  In addition, one randomly selected voter will win $50.  That could be you!