Library News and Events

Cotsen Children's Library Public Gallery - Temporary Closure

The Princeton University Numismatic Collection announces the acquisition of Peter Donald’s vast collection of rare Byzantine coins. Comprising 5,280 coins, the London-based numismatic scholar’s collection is one of the most comprehensive private collections in the world.

The winners of the 2017 Elmer Adler Undergraduate Book Collecting Prize were announced at the Friends of the Princeton University Library’s dinner that took place on Sunday April 30th. The jury awarded first, second, third prize, and honorable mention.

Three spectacular new etchings have been acquired for Firestone Library’s African American Studies Room (B floor) thanks to a joint initiative between the Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton University Library, and the Department of African American Studies.

Opening March 27, the Tiger Tea Room at Firestone Library is a pilot test project launched in response to Library patrons’ popular request for on-site, easily-accessible beverages and snacks. The Tiger Tea Room will have a trial run through early June 2017.

Effective Wednesday March 15, the area on C floor that has been under construction for the past nine months will be open to patrons.  Please be aware that there will be a lot of activity with staff cleaning and moving books into the area.  This work may be noisy at times. We apologize for the inconvenience. 

All first year students and their families are welcome to join us in Firestone Library, on Friday and Saturday, October 14th and 15th for cider and donuts, tours of the library, and a chance to chat with librarians, staff and current students. The Open House will be held from 2:00-4:00 p.m. on both days.

The Lewis Library will have a video series, Behavioral Economics: When Psychology and Economics Collide, hosted by Professor Scott Huettel, Ph.D. Duke University on Fridays Noon to 1 in Lewis 225 from September 16th to December 16th. 

Initially released as a beta service in the spring of 2016, this new catalog is the result of a two year effort to improve and eventually replace our twenty-year-old Main Catalog and incorporate the best features of contemporary library search technology. The catalog is available at https://pulsearch.princeton.edu and is also directly available from the main search box on https://library.princeton.edu under the heading “New Catalog”.

The Princeton University Library is pleased to announce that the major portion of the Toni Morrison Papers (C1491), part of the Library’s permanent collections since 2014, is now open for research. The papers are located in the Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, in the Harvey S. Firestone Memorial Library.

Jane Holmquist, Astrophysics, Mathematics and Physics Librarian, will briefly explain how permanent identifiers like ORCID and DOI make Open Access work smoothly. Yuan Li, Scholarly Communications Librarian, will discuss business models for Open Access.

On February 14, the Library opened the exhibition By Dawn’s Early Light: Jewish Contributions to American Culture from the Nation’s Founding to the Civil War. Recently completed and released is a 14 minute video introduction featuring exhibition curators Prof. Adam Mendelsohn (University of Cape Town) and Dr. Dale Rosengarten (University of Charleston).

The winners of the 2016 Elmer Adler Undergraduate Book Collecting Prize were announced at the Friends of the Princeton University Library’s winter dinner that took place last Sunday (April 24). The jury awarded first, second, and third prize to Samantha Flitter, Preston Lim, and Alex Cuadrado.

On Sunday, April 17, 2016, at 3:00 pm in 10 McCosh Hall, Princeton University, the Princeton University Library will host a screening of the film Carvalho’s Journey:  A New Documentary by Steve Rivo in connection with the exhibition By Dawn’s Early Light: Jewish Contributions to American Culture from the Nation’s Founding to the Civil War.  Following the screening will be a question and answer session with producer/director Steve Rivo, moderated by Martha (Marni) Sandweiss, Professor of History.  Tickets are not required, but an RSVP is requested to 609.258.9508 or dawn2016@princeton.edu.

Continuing the McGraw Center’s very successful Productive Scholar Series, this new “Library Edition” will focus on research related technologies but also include other computing topics of interest to Princeton students, faculty and staff. Second in our spring series is "Effective Note Taking: Tech Tools and Strategies for Taking Effective Notes" led by Janet Temos and Nic Voge.
All events will be held in Lewis 225, and light refreshments will be provided!

What's New with Streaming Audio and Video Resources: February 11th at noon!

Are you an avid collector of books, manuscripts, or other materials found in libraries? If so, consider submitting an essay about your collection for a chance to win the Elmer Adler Undergraduate Book Collecting Prize!

The deadline for submissions is Tuesday, December 1, 2015. For more information and complete rules, go to: https://graphicarts.princeton.edu/2015/10/12/attention-princeton-students/. 

The Video Library, formerly known as the Humanities Resource Center (HRC), will be moved from its current location at East Pyne to a temporary location in Firestone Library.  This move is scheduled for August 5^th (Wednesday). 

The Princeton University Library has recently become a partner of the Perma.cc service.  Developed by law school libraries, and used by academics in many disciplines, as well as courts, the Perma.cc service allows users to create citation links that will never break.

The Princeton University Library is very pleased to announce the acquisition of the vast personal working library of the famous—and famously controversial—philosopher, Jacques Derrida, whose ideas have profoundly influenced scholarship in many disciplines. His library of more than 13,000 books represents a lifetime of intensive reading, while the extensive annotations they contain reveal the ways in which he integrated what he read into his evolving philosophical structures and methodologies.

On February 16, 2015, the University announced that the The Scheide Library has been received as a legacy from William H. Scheide, Class of 1936. It has been housed in Firestone Library since 1959, when Scheide moved the collection from his hometown of Titusville, Pennsylvania. Bill Scheide added new acquisitions to the Library continuously down to his death in November 2014. For the past 56 years it has been available to scholars on terms comparable to the University’s other rare book collections and this will continue.

Build your own virtual newstand with BrowZine, a service that delivers thousands of academic journals to your mobile device.

In this law school-style class taught by Prof. Jonathan Hafetz, you will prepare a case and experience the Socrating method first hand. 

Are you an avid collector of books, manuscripts, or other materials found in libraries? If so, submit an essay about your collection for a chance to win the Elmer Adler Undergraduate Book Collecting Prize!

The Princeton University Library is pleased to announce that the Papers of Toni Morrison, celebrated American author and Nobel Laureate, now have a permanent home in the Library. President Christopher L. Eisgruber made the announcement on Friday, October 17, in Princeton's Richardson Auditorium, during the conference Coming Back: Reconnecting Princeton's Black Alumni. 

PUL is pleased to announce the availability of a large digital collection of pamphlets documenting World War I in Europe.

Marquand Library features Katsushika Hokusai’s 19th century manga series through the end of November.

Princeton launches the first public version of the Princeton University Library Map Search website.

Princeton University Digital Library (PUDL) Zooms in with New Feature

Let PUL help you create data management plans

The Manuscripts Division of Rare Books and Special Collections is pleased to announce that Peter N. Heydon, Class of 1962, has made several important gifts, which are now on view in Firestone Library’s Eighteenth-Century Window.

Beautifully renovated study and stack spaces now open on Firestone's top two floors.

History grads now have a new perch in Firestone.

The Princeton University Digital Library (PUDL) includes this digitized collection of popular prints and posters.

The Elmer Adler Undergraduate Book Collecting Prize is endowed from the estate of Elmer Adler, who for many years encouraged the collecting of books by Princeton undergraduates.  Deadline for Entries is Monday, December 2, 2013.

Firestone Library is pleased to be exhibiting a selection of Woody Allen’s film scripts in conjunction with the question-and-answer session with the celebrated American movie director, screenwriter, and author in Princeton University’s Richardson Auditorium on Sunday, October 27.

The Blue Mountain Project at the Princeton University Library will host an
interdisciplinary conference,  "Remediating the Avant-Garde: Magazines and
Digital Archives," October 25-26, 2013 on the Princeton University Campus.

“Building the House of Knowledge:” The Graduate College Centennial now on exhibit in Mudd.

The Friends of Princeton University Library present "Egyptian Film Poster Designers and the Print Shops of Hassan Mazhar Gassour & Sayed Ali Ibrahim al-Nasr."

Mendel honor's "Rite of Spring" with new acquisitions and an an exhibition.

Cotsen Children's Library hosts “Putting the Figure on the Map: Imagining Sameness and Difference for Children"

September 11, 2013 through September 13, 2013. 

Princeton University Library is very pleased to announce the appointment of Thomas Keenan, the new Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies Librarian.

An extraordinary collection of world maps, dating from 1472 to 1700, has found a permanent home in the Historic Maps Collection of the Princeton University Library.

The Library's annotated books today provide evidence not only for historians of reading but also for anyone interested in how and why the mentalité of an era was formed. See what has been digitized!

Get Library books on your Kindle, iPad, and other electronic reading devices. The Dixon eBooks Collection has hundreds of titles available for downloading or streaming on your own device or reading online.

Discover world music through Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries.

The Princeton University Library is pleased to announce the acquisition of an eighteenth-century scribal score (297 pages) of George Frideric Handel’s three-act opera Berenice, copied by a contemporary Handel copyist (“S2”) from the composer’s autograph manuscript. The scribal score is complete but for Berenice’s aria “Avvertite mie pupille” and opens with the title page reading, “Berenice Opera Composta per il Sgr G:F: Handel / Comminciato December: 15 1736.” Handel’s opera seria concerning the life and loves of Queen Cleopatra Berenice of Egypt around 80 B.C.E. was based on an Italian libretto by the Florentine poet Antonio Salvi, who entitled it Berenice, regina d'Egitto.

Come visit the Princeton University Library's new Map and Geospatial Information Center in Fine Hall.

Get help locating books or other materials in Firestone.