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We are the Fletcher L Byrom Earth and Mineral Sciences Library, part of Penn State University Libraries. This account is updated by EMSL Staff.
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EMSLibraryPSU An Interlibrary Loan is a way to borrow materials from any library participating, from Australia to Zambia! See how- http://t.co/ldB9iIl4

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EMSLibraryPSU PSU University Libraries' Interlibrary Loan has received a 4-star rating and the highest score among all participating libraries. Congrats!

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EMSLibraryPSU Watch these cool animations on ocean surface currents made by NASA- http://t.co/ybnt5MjG

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EMSLibraryPSU Most images of Earth are stitched together from many small ones, but this is the largest single-shot image captured- http://t.co/u7GG4Acm

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EMSLibraryPSU RT @psulibs : Our iPad Cart arrived today! Come fall semester we will have 40 iPad 2s to loan out from Pattee Library! http://t.co/4fnZdNdP

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EMSLibraryPSU The HathiTrust (http://t.co/LfDuzxfF) has 2,901,468 digitized volumes in the public domain, i.e., free to view online.

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EMSLibraryPSU The new ATLAS OF CLIMATE CHANGE has great graphics. Concise explanations- 2p/topic - makes it easy to grasp. http://t.co/YZDjrHvS^C7542476

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EMSLibraryPSU Through joint licensing with other CIC institutions, CIC libraries saved on average over $485,000 each! (per Kim Armstrong)

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EMSLibraryPSU The EPA has released a draft of additional oversight for obtaining permits for fracking- http://t.co/hDqWBTqQ

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EMSLibraryPSU You expect books to be preserved by the Library of Congress, but they are preserving digital media too, which is difficult to say the least.

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EMSLibraryPSU See this on preserving obsolete media and problems with making bits last for a generation, or even just a few years- http://t.co/nRvqh4Zg

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EMSLibraryPSU What to do with maps that are no longer relevant? Matthew Cusick makes detailed collages from cut and shaped maps- http://t.co/AwHlxkwV

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EMSLibraryPSU Wind turbines are great, but bird deaths are an issue. What about blade-less wind generators, (not by Dyson)? http://t.co/atECVycg

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EMSLibraryPSU We'll be closed Sunday, but will open again May 7th at 8am. Our summer schedule is Sun- 1pm-8pm, Mon-Thurs- 8-8, Fri- 8-5pm, & Sat- 1-5pm

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EMSLibraryPSU Congrats to the group of meteo students who won 1st in the North American collegiate weather forecasting competition. http://t.co/tuZn76x2

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EMSLibraryPSU Congratulations to all those graduating this semester! Good luck in the future and remember you're always welcome back! #PSU2012

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EMSLibraryPSU The most popular country top level domains as of October 2011 were .de (Germany), .uk (United Kingdom), .tk (Tokelau), and .nl (Netherlands)

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EMSLibraryPSU Nearly 5M domain names were added to the Internet in Q3 of 2011, bringing the total # of registered domain names to nearly 220M worldwide.

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EMSLibraryPSU Check out this very cool map that animates current the wind speed over the U.S. using the National Digital Forecast DB- http://t.co/Onscuqsr

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EMSLibraryPSU PSU researchers have developed starch fibers that can be woven into bandages that dissolve into glucose- http://t.co/ruIGTMEV

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EMSLibraryPSU Do you know your rights? Choose Privacy Week, May 1-7, 2012, focuses on privacy rights in a digital age. http://t.co/BDd4X8AC

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EMSLibraryPSU Geoscience professor James Kasting awarded Evan Pugh Professorship! http://t.co/YUObgfrC

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EMSLibraryPSU RT @david_bressan : Born today in 1900: Charles Francis Richter - modified Richter scale for earthquakes http://t.co/xqaTP53S

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EMSLibraryPSU We had an Open House today for faculty and staff of the EMS college and the libraries. Here are some images from it- http://t.co/HttUisTl

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EMSLibraryPSU Did you catch the 2 episodes of "Earth: The Operators Manual" Sunday? No!? Well, you can watch the whole series online! http://t.co/1vNsW5MH

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