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Virtual teaching with Special Collections: ‘Colonial Spanish American Literature: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz’
In early summer, Nicole Legnani, assistant professor of Spanish & Portuguese, anticipated a key hurdle in order to teach virtually in fall 2020. Legnani was the first Princeton faculty member to “virtually visit” with Special Collections staff this past summer to determine possibilities for remote instruction.
Posted on Monday, November 9, 2020 in Series: Teaching with Collections -
Grappling with archival silences: Decolonizing knowledges, Nov. 17
Library and special collections staff across the world are grappling with how to address inherent biases and silences in the archives.
Posted on Sunday, November 8, 2020 in Anti-Racism & Social Justice -
From hurricanes to astrogeology: Princeton's geosciences librarian and collections serve national, international communities
In 2018, Chemistry, Geosciences, and Environmental Studies Librarian Emily Wild joined Princeton University Library (PUL) after serving as a hydrologist and librarian (physical scientist) at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for over two decades. Wild’s knowledge of the USGS data, publications, and applications – the world’s primary source of geosciences information – along with PUL’s extensive collections, makes the University a new hub for international geosciences research.
Posted on Monday, October 19, 2020 in -
Selections from Library collections: Native American life and culture
Princeton University Library highlights a sampling of our collections on Native American life and culture, including phonotapes, advocacy records, newspapers, postcards, photographs, and manuscripts.
Posted on Monday, October 12, 2020 in Anti-Racism & Social Justice -
Borrow Direct resumes beginning Sept 28
Borrow Direct resumes incrementally beginning Sept. 28.
Posted on Monday, September 28, 2020 in -
The Books and Prints of Anaïs Nin and her Gemor Press, Sept. 25
Please join us for the latest webinar in Princeton University Library's Special Collections Highlights Series.
Posted on Tuesday, September 22, 2020 in -
Professor Betsy Levy Paluck and librarian Meghan Testerman awarded Data-Driven Social Science Initiative Grant to fund open database of prejudice reduction studies
The DDSSI Grant will fully fund the creation of a new enduring web platform with a searchable open database of all prejudice reduction studies.
Posted on Sunday, September 20, 2020 in General news -
Celebrating the installation of María Berrío’s The Augur in Firestone Library
Artist María Berrío joins Mitra Abbaspour, Haskell Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, and Holly Hatheway, Head Librarian of Marquand Library of Art and Archaeology, to celebrate the installation of The Augur, the eight-foot-tall multi-technique work that Berrío created specifically for the Elfers Reading Room of Firestone Library.
Posted on Monday, September 14, 2020 in Events & Workshops -
Featured E-Resource: Historical U.S. census and vital records
The guide provides access to U.S. census information from 1790 to 2010, including aggregated data reports and individual census records up to 1940.
Posted on Thursday, September 10, 2020 in Featured E-Resource -
NEH grant advances CDH commitment to DH in many languages
CDH project receive support from National Endowment for the Hunanities
Posted on Thursday, September 10, 2020 in
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