Library News

Behind the Scenes: Inside the Digital Imaging Studio
When remote teaching, learning and research became the norm during the pandemic, digitizing Princeton University Library (PUL) collections and materials became more important than ever. Where does much of that digitization work take place? Inside the Digital Imaging Studio.
Posted on Thursday, September 23, 2021 in Series: Inside PUL, General news
PUL helps uncover international mystery of a 15th century Spanish-Latin dictionary
Mysteries sit among the shelves that weave through Princeton University Library (PUL). Library staff regularly seek answers to questions about collection ownership or the age and rarity of materials. Sometimes those puzzles have straightforward solutions – a cover inscription or some notches on the binding. Other times, they are tucked between pages that appear to have nothing to do with the item in question.
Posted on Wednesday, September 8, 2021 in Anti-Racism & Social Justice, General news
Meet Ethan Glattfelder ‘21, a former staff member at East Asian Library pursuing a master of library and information science
This is an interview with Ethan Glattfelder, a Class of 2021 graduate and former staff member at East Asian Library, whose Library experience influenced his decision to pursue a master’s degree in library information science.
Posted on Tuesday, September 7, 2021 in General news, Series: Spotlights
ReCAP adds millions of volumes from Harvard to shared collection
Over three and a half million volumes held by Harvard University have been added into the Discovery to Delivery Program of the Research Collections and Preservation Consortium (ReCAP), a partnership between Columbia University Library, The New York Public Library (NYPL), Princeton University Library (PUL), and Harvard Library. Users of all four libraries will be able to access the shared collection, now numbering nearly 17 million volumes, as though those items were in their own library.
Posted on Wednesday, September 1, 2021 in Announcements, General news
Mudd Manuscript Library reopened August 30!
After more than three years of planning, pandemic setbacks, and moving collections out and back, Princeton University Library’s (PUL) Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library is reopening its doors to the University community.
Posted on Tuesday, August 31, 2021 in General news
“They had a really interesting Library.” - Yü Ying-shih
Yü Ying-shih (余英時), Emeritus Professor of East Asian Studies and History, Princeton University, passed away on August 1st, 2021 at the age of 91.
Posted on Tuesday, August 24, 2021 in
Library services: What's new for fall 2021?
Find out what's new for fall 2021 at PUL!
Posted on Friday, August 20, 2021 in
Gabriella Karl-Johnson’s research published as book foreword
Architecture Librarian Gabriella Karl-Johnson’s research on Baroque dance notation has recently been published as the foreword to a republication of Kellom Tomlinson’s classic work of dance instruction, “The Art of Dancing Explained by Reading and Figures,” originally published in London in 1735.
Posted on Wednesday, August 18, 2021 in
Over 400 years of coins digitized and visualized in Princeton University’s FLAME database
In July 2021, the Framing the Late Antique and Early Medieval Economy (FLAME) project passed the major milestone of digitizing, storing, and visualizing the production and movement of more than 700,000 coins across Western Afro-Eurasia.
Posted on Monday, August 16, 2021 in General news
Sign up for the PRDS Data Stewardship Program by Aug. 27!
Registration is open through Aug. 27 to sign up for the Princeton Research Data Service Data Stewardship Program! Eight units beginning the week of September 1. Talks, discussion groups, hands-on activities.
Posted on Wednesday, August 4, 2021 in