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Deborah Schlein, Near Eastern Studies Librarian.
Deborah Schlein joined Princeton University Library as the Near Eastern Studies Librarian in 2020. She received her PhD in 2019 from Princeton's Near Eastern Studies department, where she wrote her dissertation on the history of Graeco-Arabic medicine in Mughal and colonial India, focusing on the production and use of Arabic and Persian medical manuscripts. Prior to joining Princeton University Library, Deborah was a Provost's Postdoctoral Librarian Fellow at New York University. She is a senior fellow in the Andrew Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography at the University of Virginia’s Rare Book School.
Posted on Tuesday, May 11, 2021 in Meet Our Specialists -
Now Online: 30-plus years of Sri Lankan activism
A new Digital Princeton University Library (DPUL) collection,“Dissidents and Activists in Sri Lanka, 1960s to 1990s,” documents decades of activism in the South Asian country as advocates for change worked to escape the claims of rival ethno-nationalisms and build alternative political and development projects.
Posted on Tuesday, May 11, 2021 in General news -
Inside the Hellenic Collections: The Greek War of Independence
2021 marks the 200th anniversary of the Greek War of Independence and so provides a commemorative opportunity to again assess its nature and significance.
Posted on Monday, May 10, 2021 in Series: Inside the Hellenic Collections -
Staff Profile: Bobbi Coffey, Finance Research Librarian
Before joining Princeton University Library in 2017, Finance Research Librarian Barbara (Bobbi) Coffey spent over 30 years in the financial industry, in roles ranging from managing director of equity research to vice president of finance in a publicly traded internet company.
Posted on Monday, May 10, 2021 in General news -
Johanna Van Gogh-Bonger (1862-1925): The unseen champion of Vincent Van Gogh
In January of this year, Marquand Library acquired a catalogue of one of the earliest exhibitions of art by Vincent van Gogh following his death in July 1890.
Posted on Friday, April 30, 2021 in General news -
Inside PUL: Preservation and Conservation gives new life to well-worn items
Tucked away on the A Floor of Firestone Library, the Preservation & Conservation Department and its tight-knit staff are hard at work on repairing and conserving the various items that live in Princeton University Library’s (PUL) collections. While some of the staff are gingerly removing old glue from bindings, others are mending tears in pages, all in the name of ensuring PUL items are stable and accessible for years to come.
Posted on Thursday, April 29, 2021 in Series: Inside PUL -
PUL leads the Ivy League in Latin American Indigenous languages materials
According to a recent article published in College & Research Libraries (C&RL), Princeton University Library (PUL) ranks as the third academic library in the U.S. for holdings in Latin American Indigenous languages, behind Tulane University and the University of Texas.
Posted on Monday, April 26, 2021 in Collections -
Now online: Capturing Feathers, a virtual bird imagery exhibition
A new digital Princeton University Library (PUL) exhibition explores the bird imagery in the Library’s Digital Repository and highlights the importance of birds as an indicator species, serving as one of nature’s primordial messengers of climate change.
Posted on Sunday, April 25, 2021 in General news -
Q&A: FLI is Fly Week and SIFP with Sara Howard
Between April 19-25, Princeton University Library joins the University community in celebrating FLI is Fly week, which celebrates the successes of first-generation and low-income (FLI) students while shining a spotlight on available resources and services.
Posted on Thursday, April 22, 2021 in Anti-Racism & Social Justice -
Virtual teaching with collections: ‘Reading the Landscapes of Colonial Latin America’
This spring, students in the course, “Reading the Landscapes of Colonial Latin America,” taught by Noa Corcoran-Tadd, associate research scholar and lecturer in Latin American studies, examined the Library’s Mesoamerican manuscripts collection to gain insight into the dramatic influence of Spanish colonialism of the Americas.
Posted on Thursday, April 22, 2021 in Series: Teaching with Collections
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