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Exhibit commemorates women’s right to vote
As voters make their voices heard on Election Day, a new online exhibit looks back at a time when casting a ballot in itself was …
SPARK Talks 2018 brings specialized research to a general audience
Can years of highly specialized research be boiled down to a five-minute talk that sparks the interest of a general audience? Since 2015, through a …
“Beautiful” oddity unveiled at math library
On Oct. 25, Cornell’s Department of Mathematics unveiled a strange, shiny object that’s made from one material, has uniform density, and always rests on the …
Library study named in honor of Isaac Kramnick
Studied by scholars of English and American political thought and by Cornell students in particular, Isaac Kramnick’s books form a sizable collection on the shelves …
Portal connects President Pollack to Afghan coding school for girls
On a crisp and sunny morning, President Martha E. Pollack and a small group of Cornell leaders walked into a gold-painted shipping container outside Olin …
Conference explores migration, celebrates Wason Collection centennial
More than 100 scholars and librarians from 12 countries celebrated the centennial of the Charles W. Wason Collection on East Asia at the seventh International Conference of …
Library exhibit weaves together text and sound
From whimsical 17th-century illustrations to game-changing gadgets like Thomas Edison’s wax cylinder-playing gramophone to the modern-day audiobook, Mixed Media: The Interplay of Sound and Text showcases artifacts …
Seven projects awarded 2018 digitization grants
Seasoned documents and artifacts are starting fresh digital lives through the Grants Program for Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences, which is funding seven projects this …
New program lets students request textbooks for reserve
Textbooks can be heavy in the backpack, but even heavier on the budget. Through a pilot program this semester, Cornell University Library is lightening the …
Railway records document seismic labor shifts
Railroads transformed the world and sped the pace of social change. Newly organized and now available to researchers, the Kheel Center’s railroad collections tell stories …
Library receives collection on Jewish fables around the world
A newly arrived collection of Jewish books containing fables, with around 400 volumes spanning six centuries, will enrich Jewish studies at Cornell and cast light …
Notes from Cornell typewriters
Library users are invited to record their thoughts on vintage typewriters now set up in Olin and Uris libraries. Inspired by “Notes from a Public …
Student workers honored for ‘outstanding service’
Five student workers with a combined 15 years of library experience received the Library’s 2018 Fuerst awards for outstanding service. Named for William F. Fuerst, …
Finding, using map data online just got easier
A new redesign of Mann Library’s geospatial information website makes it easier to find and use a broad variety of map data. The Cornell University Geospatial …
Library offers help protecting online privacy
As revelations about Cambridge Analytica’s use of Facebook data raise privacy questions, Cornell University Library is offering drop-in hours, workshops and consultations to help students, faculty …
Elevator art contest winners
Shrinidhi Shrikant Pandurangi, a PhD candidate in Engineering, and Deepa Pandurangi, a husband-and-wife team, won first prize in the Library’s contest to decorate the Olin Library …
Library ‘portal’ to connect campus with people worldwide
In fall 2018, Cornellians will be able to engage deeply with people all over the world – from international entrepreneurs to Syrian refugees – through …
Legal information for developing countries
Cornell Law Library is pleased to announce its participation in the International Labor Organization’s Global Online Access to Legal Information program. The international project, launched …
Rand to house luminous, voluminous fine arts library
Rand Hall is being transformed over the next 18 months to house the Mui Ho Fine Arts Library, a state-of-the-art facility on its top two …
Create something at mannUfactory makerspace, opening Feb. 1
The mannUfactory is a place where any person can find the tools to make just about anything. Cornell University Library’s makerspace, in 112 Mann Library, offers …