Library News and Events
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Now published: Ellen Ambrosone’s article on collaborative fieldwork
South Asian Studies Librarian Ellen Ambrosone, along with colleagues Laura A. Ring (University of Chicago Library) and Mara L. Thacker (International and Area Studies Library, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) traveled to four cities in India for a librarian acquisition trip. They authored an article on their travels and reflections on the ethics of creating and caring for collections, which was published by IFLA Journal in 2022 and recently printed in the March 2023 issue.
Posted on Wednesday, April 12, 2023 in Featured on Social Media, General news -
Charissa Jefferson and Industrial Relations Section receive ALA Award
The Industrial Relations Library at Princeton University—a part of the Industrial Relations Section (IR Section) in Princeton’s Economics Department—has been awarded the 2023 John Sessions Memorial Award by the American Library Association’s Reference & User Services Association.
Posted on Monday, April 10, 2023 in Anti-Racism & Social Justice, Featured on Social Media, General news -
Travis York ‘23 is tracing LGBTQIA history through the archives
How do you begin when you’re tasked with looking through physical archival material but most of your experience is with digital resources? Travis York’s strategy was to dive in head first.
Posted on Tuesday, April 4, 2023 in Anti-Racism & Social Justice, Featured on Social Media, General news, Series: Spotlights -
Inside the Milberg Gallery: Sites of Memory - Beginnings
A series of inside looks at the current exhibition in Princeton University Library’s Ellen and Leonard Milberg Gallery in Firestone Library - “Toni Morrison: Sites of Memory.”
Posted on Thursday, March 30, 2023 in General news, Series: Inside the Milberg Gallery -
Nobody Turn Us Around: The Freedom Rides and Selma to Montgomery Marches– Selections from the John Doar Papers
A new exhibition opens on April 24 at Seeley Mudd Manuscript Library that showcases photographs and documents from two watershed events during the 1960s U.S. civil rights movement: the Freedom Rides of 1961 and the Selma-to-Montgomery marches of 1965.
Posted on Tuesday, March 28, 2023 in Anti-Racism & Social Justice, Exhibitions, General news, Special Collections -
PUL honors Women's History Month
In celebration of Women’s History Month, Princeton University Library (PUL) highlights a selection of collection items that speak to the efforts of female writers, suffragettes, and others who directly support issues related to women’s rights.
Posted on Thursday, March 23, 2023 in Anti-Racism & Social Justice, General news -
PUL digitizes letter from John Brown to Frederick Douglass
Following Princeton University Library’s (PUL) acquisition of an 1861 letter from Frederick Douglass, Assistant University Librarian for Special Collections, Technical Services Alexis Antracoli revisited the Library’s General Manuscripts Miscellaneous Collection (1502-2012) to find related material. Upon closer inspection she found an interesting piece: a letter from abolitionist John Brown to Frederick Douglass.
Posted on Monday, March 20, 2023 in Anti-Racism & Social Justice, General news -
Ivy Plus Libraries Announce Support for Open Access to Federally Funded Research
The Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation sends letter to the White House Office of Science & Technology voicing support to make federally funded research immediately available to the public to freely access and fully use.
Posted on Friday, March 10, 2023 in General news -
Meet Lucia Brown an undergraduate and co-leader of the Student Friends of Princeton University Library
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.
Posted on Wednesday, March 8, 2023 in General news -
Entering the Public Domain
Princeton University Library (PUL) has launched its "In the Public Domain” digital collection, a curated selection of books entering the public domain starting in the year 2020 (or those published in 1924).
Posted on Tuesday, March 7, 2023 in Anti-Racism & Social Justice, General news