Upcoming Events and Workshops

SPRING 2020

Aug. 2019 to Spring 2020: Exhibition - Toni Morrison
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 11:45 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 8:00 a.m. to 10:45 p.m. Friday; 9:00 a.m. to 10:45 p.m. Saturday; and 9:00 a.m. to 11:45 p.m. Sunday
Location: Firestone Library Lobby
Description: As the world mourns the passing of Toni Morrison, Nobel Laureate in Literature and Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities, Emeritus, at Princeton University, Princeton University Library presents in her memory a selection of first editions, translations, corrected typescripts, and a handwritten first draft of her novels.
Audience: Open to public
Contact: Don Skemer, Curator of Manuscripts
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Oct. to Mar. 2020: Exhibition - On Display: The Public Lives of 20th-Century American Women
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Monday through Friday; closed Saturday through Sunday
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library
Description: "On Display" examines the Library’s Public Policy Papers collection as it relates to 20th-century American women to show that women have, in fact, always been involved in public policy. 
Audience: Open to public
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Jan. 16 to May 29, 2020: Exhibition - Les Six: Collective Traces
Time: Open during hours of Mendel Music Library
Location: Mendel Music Library
Description: "Les Six" showcases a group artists whose modern sound changed the course of French musical history. 
Audience: Open to public
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Jan. 22 to March 1, 2020: Exhibition - In Pursuit of the Picturesque – British Color Plate Books: 1776 – 1868
Time: 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Location: Ellen and Leonard Milberg Gallery, Firestone Library
Description: In Pursuit of the Picturesque showcases the advancement of art through lithographic printing during the British Empire's expansion at the turn of the 19th century.
Audience: Open to public

Jan. 13: Study break with Video Services at Firestone Library
Time: Movies start at 9:00 a.m, 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m.
Location: Firestone Library, Video Services, B-15-H
Audience: Open to Princeton University students
Contact: Barbara McLaughlin, Supervisor
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Jan. 13: Study break with essential oil diffusers at Firestone Library
Time: 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Location: Firestone Library, Discovery Hub
Audience: Open to Princeton University students
Contact: Jen Hunter, Librarian for Reference and Research Services
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Jan. 14: Study break with Video Services at Firestone Library
Time: Movies start at 9:00 a.m, 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m.
Location: Firestone Library, Video Services, B-15-H
Audience: Open to Princeton University students
Contact: Barbara McLaughlin, Supervisor
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Jan. 16: Reception for Mendel Music Library's exhibition, "Les Six: Collective Traces"
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Location: Mendel Music Library, Woolworth Music Building lobby
Description: "Les Six" showcases a group artists whose modern sound changed the course of French musical history. 
Audience: Open to public
Contact: Darwin Scott, Mendel Music Librarian

Jan. 22: "Collections as Data" Discussion Series
Time: 12:00 to 1:30 p.m.
Location: Center for Digital Humanities, Firestone, Floor B
Description: Rebecca Koeser and Eleanor Koehl discuss Hathi Trust and the Princeton Prosody Archive.
Audience: Open to Princeton University students, faculty, and staff
Contact: Anu Vedantham, Assistant University Librarian for Research Services
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Jan. 23: Study break with virtual reality at Stokes Library
Time: 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.
Location: Stokes Library, Wallace Hall, Room 70
Audience: Open to Princeton University students
Contact: Seth Porter, Stokes Head Librarian
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Jan. 24: Symposium - Hidden in Plain Sight: How Changing Our Priorities Can Reveal Underrepresented Demographics in Special Collections
Time: noon to 4:00 p.m.
Location: Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, Harlan Room
Description: Mudd Library's current exhibition, “On Display: The Public Lives of 20th-Century American Women,” commemorates the centennial of women’s suffrage. This symposium will explore the lessons learned from the exhibition’s curation and larger contexts for utilizing existing resources in fresh ways. 
Audience: Open to public
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Jan. 27-29: Research Data Management Workshop for graduate students
Time: Monday at 1:00 p.m. to Wednesday at 2:00 p.m.
Location: Lewis Library, Room 120
Description: Join experts from across campus for a three-day workshop on research data management.
Audience: Open to Princeton University graduate students
Contact: Wind Cowles, Director of Princeton Research Data Service
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