In June 2024, Matthew Kopel joined Princeton University Library (PUL) as its Open Access and Intellectual Property Librarian. Kopel is part of the Research Data and Open Scholarship office and his work is focused on broadening our support of Open Access and copyright as it pertains to all forms of scholarship

Human figures of gigantic scale are deployed often in 20th century visual satire to represent self-aggrandizing hubris and overreach – an immoral, perverse transgression of the proper limits of an individual human being.

“Grabbing Tea,” a two-volume book set edited by Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz and Sara Howard, Princeton University Library’s Librarian for Gender and Sexuality Studies and Student Engagement, is now available from Litwin Books & Library Juice Press. 

An illustration from an edition of Dante’s “Divine Comedy” published 170 years after the author’s death (1491) provides context for 20th-century specimens of the bestiary genre. 

“The House of Condulmer,” a new book by Princeton University Library’s Curator of Numismatics Alan Stahl, was published in July 2024 in the Medieval Studies series of the University of Pennsylvania Press. 

For Charmaine Branch, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Art & Archaeology pursuing a graduate certificate in African American Studies, her work is committed to social equity and community care, both of which she believes can be supported by libraries. 

Multiple Princeton University institutions contributed funds for cataloging

In the fall semester of 2023, Princeton University Library (PUL) Special Collections debuted a new initiative: stickers.

When a patron requested access to “Vale’s improved globe and celestial sphere,” members of PUL’s Preservation and Conservation lab knew that the box it was being housed in wasn’t the right fit. 

PUL's Digital Scholarship Services invites applications to attend our inaugural "Digital Scholarship Foundations" training program, which consists of a series of workshops on methods that will benefit digital scholarship practitioners.

Princeton University Library  (PUL) co-sponsored the fourth installment of the Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies Colloquium (GSISC) in June 2024, which featured talks and workshops from a variety of librarians, archivists, researchers, and educators from around North America.

Students visited Princeton University Library (PUL) Special Collections as part of the Research, Equity, Archives, Curation and History (REACH) Program, a week-long, hands-on look into the work of librarians and archivists at both PUL’s Firestone and Mudd Library branches. 

Princeton University Library (PUL), in collaboration with the Office of the Dean for Research, and the Office of Information Technology, launched its own open data repository, Princeton Data Commons (PDC) on April 30, 2024. A multidisciplinary digital repository, PDC is designed to archive and publicly disseminate data and code that result from research by members of the Princeton University community.

Princeton University Library (PUL) is delighted to announce the appointment of Denzil Phillips, as Library IT Operations Early-Career Fellow. A member of the Library IT Operations Team. Phillips is originally from the vibrant city of Cape Town, South Africa. He relocated to Elizabeth City, North Carolina, before settling in the bustling community of Durham, North Carolina. Phillips recently graduated from North Carolina Central University, earning a Masters in Information Science.

Princeton University Library (PUL) is delighted to announce the appointment of Brionna Johnson, Cataloging and Metadata Services Fellow. Johnson joined the Serials and E-Resources (SeERs) Team on June 3, 2024. She will work collaboratively with colleagues on the SeERs Team and the Electronic Resources Management Group to learn how to manage and catalog e-resources.

In recognition of Pride Month, Princeton University Library shares media recommendations by students, staff, and faculty who visited Princeton University’s Pride Fair in April 2024.

On May 23, 2024, Our Kids Read, a Maryland-based, non-profit literacy organization led by Jahmal Lake ‘98, brought students from the Thomas Jefferson Intermediate School to Princeton University Reunions to explore both Cotsen Children’s Library, as well as Princeton University Library Special Collections.

Princeton University Library’s (PUL) digital imaging technicians are helping researchers look beyond the surfaces of PUL Collections using a piece of technology inspired by the way scientists capture images of the moon.

The following is the tenth in a series of inside looks at the current exhibition in Princeton University Library’s Ellen and Leonard Milberg Gallery in Firestone Library - “Ulises Carrión: Bookworks and Beyond.”

Four sets of Princeton University Library staff members received Flash Grants from Princeton University’s Humanities Council. The grants, which range in funding from $500 to $5,000, are provided to kickstart interdisciplinary, “outside the box,” initiatives by faculty and researchers. The Library projects span various topics, including walking tours, artificial intelligence-enhanced cataloging, workshops on prison labor, and a zine cart.

The following is the ninth in a series of inside looks at the current exhibition in Princeton University Library’s Ellen and Leonard Milberg Gallery in Firestone Library - “Ulises Carrión: Bookworks and Beyond.”

Undergraduate student Alyssa Lloyd and graduate student Keely Smith *24 were awarded 2024 Princeton University Library (PUL) Awards at Princeton Research Day in recognition of their research projects using Library resources.

The following is the eighth in a series of inside looks at the current exhibition in Princeton University Library’s Ellen and Leonard Milberg Gallery in Firestone Library - “Ulises Carrión: Bookworks and Beyond.”
 

The Student Friends of the Princeton University Library (SFPUL) is a student-run group that sponsors events and activities related to libraries, books, collecting, and other bibliographic endeavors, with a dedicated emphasis on Princeton University Library’s (PUL) collections.

The following is the seventh in a series of inside looks at the current exhibition in Princeton University Library’s Ellen and Leonard Milberg Gallery in Firestone Library - “Ulises Carrión: Bookworks and Beyond.”

William (Will) Noel, the John T. Maltsberger III '55 Associate University Librarian for Special Collections at Princeton University Library (PUL), passed away on April 29. A memorial service will take place at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, June 28 at Princeton University Chapel.

The following is the sixth in a series of inside looks at the current exhibition in Princeton University Library’s Ellen and Leonard Milberg Gallery in Firestone Library - “Ulises Carrión: Bookworks and Beyond.”

Tom Bruno comes to Princeton University Library from his role as Director of Access Services at University of Pennsylvania Libraries, where he was responsible for overseeing and shaping strategic direction of public-facing services and library operations for the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center and Penn’s departmental libraries and off-site facility.

The following is the fifth in a series of inside looks at the current exhibition in Princeton University Library’s Ellen and Leonard Milberg Gallery in Firestone Library - “Ulises Carrión: Bookworks and Beyond.”

Curated by Sal Hamerman, Metadata Librarian for Special Collections at PUL, and Javier Rivero Ramos, a recent Ph.D graduate from the Department of Art & Archaeology, who is now Assistant Curator at Art Bridges Foundation in Arkansas, the exhibition explores Carrión’s pioneering reinvention of the book as a material and social platform, primarily featuring Princeton’s extensive holdings, drawn from the Marquand Library of Art and Archaeology and PUL’s Special Collections. PUL is steward to one of the most substantial collections of Carrión’s book and mail art in any American library. 

On March 26, Dave Hansen, Executive Director at Authors Alliance, delivered a talk at Princeton University on the existing law and policy around copyright and data mining and highlighted ways for researchers who incorporate text data mining in their workflows to navigate the complex series of limitations and considerations involved in mining copyrighted works.

In recognition of Earth Month (and following a solar eclipse and an earthquake in New Jersey), Emily Wild, Chemistry, Geosciences, and Environmental Studies Librarian recommends the following books.

The following is the fourth in a series of inside looks at the current exhibition in Princeton University Library’s Ellen and Leonard Milberg Gallery in Firestone Library - “Ulises Carrión: Bookworks and Beyond.”
 

The Student Friends of the Princeton University Library (SFPUL) is a student-run group that sponsors events and activities related to libraries, books, collecting, and other bibliographic endeavors, with a dedicated emphasis on Princeton University Library’s collections.

Ulises Carrión created two artists’ books in 1973 with the Beau Geste Press, an artist-run imprint based in England and founded by fellow Mexican expatriates Felipe Ehrenberg and Martha Hellion, and English artist David Mayor. Carrión maintained a lively correspondence with Ehrenberg in the early 1970s, and he became inspired by Beau Geste Press’ artisanal, communal, and self-directed approach to publishing.

A new exhibition featuring the photography of Elizabeth Menzies (1915-2003), to whom the University Archives credits with most of the visual evidence of Princeton University in the mid-20th century.

Meet Jacqueline Zhou, an undergraduate, and co-leader of the Student Friends of Princeton University Library

The following is the third in a series of inside looks at the current exhibition in Princeton University Library’s Ellen and Leonard Milberg Gallery in Firestone Library - “Ulises Carrión: Bookworks and Beyond.”

The story of Helen Baker isn’t simply about her role as the only woman faculty member in Princeton University’s Economics Department. Nor is it about becoming the first woman to hold an associate professor position at the University. 

The following is the second in a series of inside looks at the current exhibition in Princeton University Library’s Ellen and Leonard Milberg Gallery in Firestone Library - “Ulises Carrión: Bookworks and Beyond.” 

PowerPoint or instructional video? Bar graph or pie chart? Choosing the right tool to present data is important, but what about bringing that digital data into the physical world? The "Data Driven Creativity: Making Data Physicalizations" Wintersession, held at the Princeton University Library (PUL) Makerspace, explored just that by taking participants through the complete process of bringing their data to life.

The following is the second in a series of inside looks at the current exhibition in Princeton University Library’s Ellen and Leonard Milberg Gallery in Firestone Library – “Ulises Carrión: Bookworks and Beyond” 

Curated by Sal Hamerman, Metadata Librarian for…

The following is the first in a series of inside looks at the current exhibition in Princeton University Library’s Ellen and Leonard Milberg Gallery in Firestone Library – “Ulises Carrión: Bookworks and Beyond” 

Curated by Sal Hamerman, Metadata Librarian for Special…

The following is the first in a series of inside looks at the current exhibition in Princeton University Library’s Ellen and Leonard Milberg Gallery in Firestone Library - “Ulises Carrión: Bookworks and Beyond.”

A graduate of the University of Mary Washington (BA in History and International Affairs) and the University of Michigan (MSI with a specialization in archives and records management), she interned at the Bentley Historical Library as well as the University of Ghana. She has also presented and published on issues relating to both technical standards and remedial description.

Princeton University Library (PUL) has long paired its physical collections with the digital realm, providing access to resources like online periodicals and content memberships, and offering patrons the opportunity to have any of its print articles or book chapters digitized for use. 

In November 2023, Brittany Norwood joined Princeton University Library (PUL) as the Policy and International Affairs Librarian.

LaTeX is a typesetting system for creating everything from posters and presentations to theses and journal articles.

Two classes, separated by 400 years and a couple feet of drywall, called Princeton University Library (PUL) Special Collections home this summer as part of Rare Book School.

This fall, Princeton University Library (PUL) embarked on an educational campaign to introduce university staff to various applications of 3D capture through a series of workshops.