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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, …
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 …
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 …
Artifacts from upstate Indigenous towns digitized, repatriated
Unearthed, digitized and soon to be repatriated, artifacts from two Native American towns are beginning to share their rich stories online thanks to a collaborative …
Librarians aid startups
Finding accurate data to size a potential market, determine emerging trends, and understand the competitive landscape can be a daunting process for new entrepreneurs. During …
Paniccioli’s vast hip-hop photo archive launches online
Missy Elliott and Li’l Kim dressed up as anime characters, resting between takes on the set of the “Sock It 2 Me” music video. Biz …
Library’s linked-data project gets new grant
A $2.5 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is boosting a multi-institution initiative to develop tools and workflows that improve the sharing of …
Library gears up for curbside pickup, other services
Cornell University Library is rolling out services to give scholars and researchers access to physical collections over the summer, while continuing to guard against the …
Aviation company’s archive donated to Cornell library
The archive of Shannon Engineering Inc., an aviation company that specialized in “hush kits” to muffle the roar of Boeing 707s during takeoff, has landed …
Library webinar series ends with COVID-19 response panel
A four-part webinar series devoted to academic libraries’ role in a sustainable future concluded with a discussion of how three libraries in China have responded …
Cornell library gains permanent access to genocide archive
Witnesses and survivors of the Holocaust and other acts of genocide are dwindling in numbers, but their faces and voices will live on through Cornell …
Cornell library sends laptops to students
In the week before the start of online classes, doctoral student Amanda Domingues drove from Ithaca to shelter in place with her partner in St. …
Book retrieval effort gives grad student welcome relief
You’ve been working on your dissertation for what seems like forever, doing research abroad when you’re not teaching or holed up in the library, and …
New RMC exhibit celebrates black women in media
Curator Ben Ortiz dug deep into the Cornell Hip Hop Collection and culled more than 400 vibrant images to honor black women in media with …
Library boosts digital resources for teaching, learning
As Cornell University Library’s physical spaces remain temporarily closed to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, librarians are opening digital doors for Cornell’s community of scholars. …
Library expands remote services for Cornell community
Amid the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Cornell University Library staff are working to support students, researchers, faculty and the campus community. Library users …