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Library acquires Irene Castle collection
Ballroom dancer. Silent film star. Fashion designer. Animal rights advocate. Irene Castle wore many hats – and donned countless dazzling costumes – as a celebrity …
Gifts boost photography teaching, collecting
Photography and philanthropy share a long history at Cornell, including first president A.D. White’s donation of architectural photographs in the late 1800s. This year, new gifts boost …
Online ILR publications open up wealth of workplace wisdom
Scholars studying the shifting landscape of work can now dig deep into more than a half-century’s worth of knowledge from the ILR School’s digitized publications available on HathiTrust …
Enhanced library catalog boosts research discovery
With recent enhancements to Cornell University Library’s online catalog, library patrons can now judge a book by its table of contents and other information vital …
Library service interruptions and updates
As the Cornell campus prepares for an in-person fall semester, Cornell University Library is gearing up for necessary updates that will involve an important change and …
March 8 event to elevate women artists on Wikipedia
On International Women’s Day, Cornellians are joining a global effort to raise the visibility of women artists, writers, and performers on Wikipedia. Whether experienced or …
Toni Morrison Quilting Project, to weave communities together, launches Feb. 22
Celebrating the author’s work and the community-building tradition of African American quilt-making, the Toni Morrison Quilting Project kicks off on Feb. 22, noon to 1:30 p.m., with a …
A&S digitization program seeking applications
Cornell University Library’s Grants Program for Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences is seeking applications to create online collections that will support teaching and scholarship at Cornell …
Cornell RAD expands and unites special collections
The future of Cornell University Library’s special collections is “RADical.” The library’s varied special collections—ranging from one-of-a-kind manuscripts in vaults to circulating items on shelves …
Cornell Day of Data to focus on research collaboration
The annual Cornell Day of Data gathers strength in numbers by bringing together professors, researchers and students across the university to share techniques, tools and insights in …
From vaults to virtual classes, library archives enrich teaching
In the spring of 2020, Denise Green thought she had the fall 2020 semester all figured out. An associate professor of fiber science and apparel design in …
Signale celebrates decade of success and welcomes new leadership
In 2020, Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought, a print and electronic book series co-published by Cornell University Library and Cornell University Press, celebrated …
Return of Mohegan elder’s diaries to help revitalize language
The diaries of the last fluent speaker of the Mohegan-Pequot language have returned home. On Nov. 4, the papers of Fidelia “Flying Bird” Fielding, who …
Digitized files give rare glimpse of anti-union advocacy
When companies go toe to toe with labor unions, they call people like Leonard C. Scott, a former human resource and labor relations executive who …
South Asia Acquisitions Trip 2020
South Asia Program supported South Asia curator Bronwen Bledsoe’s three-week acquisitions trip to North India in January 2020. The purpose of such trips is twofold, …
Family ties abound in Cornell University Library archives
Digging deep into family history? Try Cornell University Library. Not only a trove of primary sources for scholarship, the numerous archives of Cornell University Library …
Digitization grants awarded to Arts and Sciences projects
Cornell University Library’s annual Grants Program for Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences is funding three new projects aimed at conserving fragile, physical artifacts and digitizing them …
Cornell unites science and policy to end hunger
Like all the farmers in her village in central Ethiopia, Hadjo Mergo works the land to feed and sustain her family. Confronted with scant income …
Ceres2030 offers path to ending world hunger within decade
The world’s small-scale farmers now can see a path to solving global hunger over the next decade, with solutions – such as adopting climate-resilient crops …
Newly discovered letters reveal professor’s impact on Ginsburg
As a Cornell undergraduate, Joan Ruth Bader ’54 was inspired by professor Milton Konvitz PhD ’33. He was a “marvelous teacher,” she said, who introduced Bader to …