Library News and Events

PUL acquires photographs documenting life in migrant camps, immigrant communities, and low-income areas across U.S. in 1968

Posted on Wednesday, 11 July 2018 - 8:58am

PUL's Graphic Arts Collection (within the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections) recently acquired a series of 73 photographs documenting poverty across America in April/May 1968, presumably commissioned for Time Magazine.
PUL names Firestone Reading Room in honor of William Elfers '41, who established the Herman Elfers Collection of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Posted on Thursday, 14 June 2018 - 10:03am

The third floor reading room in Firestone Library now honors Elfers' many contributions, which include donating 75 rare books and manuscripts by and about Ralph Waldo Emerson to PUL's Department of Rare Books and Special Collections.
PUL and HBCUs join forces to launch inaugural archives student program

Posted on Wednesday, 13 June 2018 - 2:13pm

During the week of July 9 to July 13, 2018, 12 undergraduate students and 2 graduate students from historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) across the nation will visit Princeton University to explore archives, historical narratives, and social justice.
Dana Sheridan, Cotsen Children's Library Education & Outreach Coordinator, wins first place in Princeton Writes essay contest

Posted on Tuesday, 12 June 2018 - 9:41am

Sheridan received the award for her personal essay, "She Still Hasn't Told Me Her Name."
Timely tip: tap into PUL's access to NK News for up-to-date info on North Korea

Posted on Monday, 11 June 2018 - 10:56am

Princeton students, faculty, and staff can subscribe to NK News, an independent database focused on North Korea with news, opinion, analysis, research tools, data, and subject specialists.
East Asian Library hosts Head of the China Academic Digital Associative Library

Posted on Thursday, 31 May 2018 - 10:05am

Cheng Huang, Head of the China Academic Digital Associative Library, and Haiyan Xu from the Foreign Cooperation and Communication Department visited Princeton University Library, particularly East Asian Library, Cotsen Children's Library, and the Digital Imaging Studio, to discuss future collaborations.
Professor emeritus Stanley J. Stein visits Brazilian collection acquired in honor of him and Barbara Hadley Stein

Posted on Thursday, 17 May 2018 - 11:00am

The collection, which honors Stanley and Barbara Stein's contributions to the library's Latin American collections and to Latin American studies at Princeton, documents historical manuscripts about African slavery and the plantation economy in colonial and imperial Brazil.
"A Campus Divided: War at Princeton," a Mudd Library exhibition panel on Jun. 1

Posted on Tuesday, 15 May 2018 - 4:09pm

As part of their current exhibition, "Learning to Fight, Fighting to Learn: Education in Times of War," Mudd Library will host a panel discussion to gain a deeper understanding of the impact of war on the Princeton campus on June 1 at 3:00 p.m. in the Harlan Room.
"Most Masterful Cat: The Exploits of Puss in Boots," a Cotsen Children's Library exhibition

Posted on Monday, 14 May 2018 - 3:54pm

Cotsen Children's Library will display an exhibition of Puss in Boots, the cat who made a prince of his handsome but dirt-poor owner and made a star long before Antonio Banderas voiced the fairy tale character, from May 21 through August 15.
Marquand Art Library acquires rare Japanese book by renowned artist Kitagawa Utamaro

Posted on Wednesday, 9 May 2018 - 1:38pm

Marquand Library of Art and Archaeology recently acquired Gifts from the Ebb Tide by renowned artist Kitagawa Utamaro, described as "one of the most beautiful books ever published."