The science of architecture: Gehry building to provide distinctive home for Lewis library
Those who have watched its bold, curved stainless steel roofline emerge on the corner of Washington Road and Ivy Lane no doubt believe the Lewis Science Library designed by Frank Gehry will have a distinctive exterior look. A recent tour of the building’s yet unfinished rooms and halls shows an interior to match: glass walls jut down from the ceiling to create an enclosed area surrounded by an atrium; an opening between two floors appears in the shape of a star; large, adjacent walls are painted in such colors as bright blue, orange and chartreuse.
Alan Stahl Named a Guggenheim Fellow for 2008
Alan Stahl, the Library’s Curator of Numismatics, has been named a Guggenheim Fellow for 2008 as one of only 190 recipients from a pool of 2,600 applicants. The award from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation carries support for research for Stah’s next book project, The Nexus of Wealth and Power in Medieval Venice. Stahl plans to use the grant for six months of research in the Venetian archives to investigate the relationship of the rise of capitalism and the maintenance of republican government in fourteenth-century Venice. In order to keep the Princeton Numismatic Collection open for use by students and visitors during the academic year, Stahl plans to carry out the research during summer and winter breaks. The awards are given to scholars, scientists and artists who demonstrate “stellar achievement and exceptional promise for continued accomplishment,” according to a statement from the Foundation.
Numismatics in the Renaissance
An exhibition of rare 15th and 16th century. volumes that discuss and illustrate ancient coins, “Numismatics in the Renaissance”, will open November 9th in the Main Exhibition Gallery of Firestone Library. The exhibition includes a display of some of the treasures of the Library’s Numismatic Collection, featuring gold, silver, and bronze coins of Greece and Rome, as well as coins and medals of the Renaissance that were inspired by them. Also on display are manuscripts, prints, and drawings from Princeton’s collections and Pirro Ligorio’s monumental map of ancient Rome, made in 1561. A November 9th symposium, “The Rebirth of Antiquity: Numismatics, Archaeology, and Classical Studies in the Culture of the Renaissance”, culminates with the opening of the exhibition. The exhibition will run through July 20, 2008.
Miró Exhibition
À toute épreuve, with text by the French poet Paul Éluard and 79 original woodcuts by the Catalan artist Joan Miró will be on display in the Milberg Gallery for the Graphic Arts, Firestone Library, from February 22 to June 29, 2008 . The exhibition opening will be celebrated on March 9, 2008 with a talk by Elza Adamowicz, University of London, and a reception following.
Linda Chamberlin Receives a President’s Achievement Award
Congratulations to Linda Chamberlin, special collections assistant in the Psychology Library, who received the 2007 President’s Achievement Award together with four other recipients. An employee of the University for 27 years, Linda has worked closely with faculty, students, and staff of the Psychology Department for the last 22. There she creates a warm and supportive environment for research and study. The award was presented by Shirley Tilghman at the Princeton employee annual Service Recognition Luncheon on March 27.
Princeton University’s Encoded Archival Description Website
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library has reached a major milestone with the completion of a project aimed at improving access to all of the Mudd Library’s collections. Mudd is one of the first archival repositories in the U.S. to provide online access to information about all of its archival collections, both processed and unprocessed.
Local Express Newspaper Digitized
Digitization of the four volumes of a self-proclaimed “Princeton progressive newspaper”, The Local Express, is a valuable addition to the body of information available about Princeton in the late 1930s. As part of the local celebration of “Princeton in the 1930s”, the scanned volumes are publicly available on the Library’s “Digital Collections“ website.
Mary Chaikin Named Emeritus Librarian
Mary C. Chaikin, Librarian at the Psychology Library in Green Hall for twenty-four years, was named Emeritus Librarian by Dean of Faculty, David Dobkin, upon her retirement in December 2007. Mary began her library career at Baltimore City Hospital and worked in several medical libraries: University of. Kentucky’s Medical Center, Johns Hopkins’ Welch Medical Library, and the Carrier Foundation Psychiatric Hospital Medical Library, prior to coming to Princeton as Assistant Plasma Physics Librarian in 1983.
Kevin Barry Awarded Emeritus Librarian
Kevin Barry retired from Princeton University on September 1, 2007 and was awarded the title of Emeritus Librarian.Throughout his twenty-nine years at the Firestone Library, Kevin fostered a climate of trust and collaboration in the Social Science Reference Center and then throughout Firestone as Acting Associate University Librarian for Instruction and Public Service.
Featured and New Databases
Keep up on the latest additions to the Articles and Databases system.
New Titles in the Library
View all the new titles available in the Library for the month. Limit your search by location, language, and/or format; or select everything and retrieve a list sorted by call number.
Borrow Direct
A cooperative, fast, patron-initiated book delivery service among seven partner libraries is here!
Off-campus or out of town?
Use the Library
Proxy Server to access many of Princeton's e-resources.
Members of the Princeton University community may use the Library
Proxy Server to connect to the Library's e-resources while away from
campus. A valid netid and password is required in order to use this service.
Library Web Computer resources are only available on designated Library Web
Computer workstations located within the Library premises.
