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Colombian Immigrants Tell Their Stories
Dr. Sofía Kearns, professor at the Modern Languages and Literatures Department has completed an exciting digital scholarship project: Oral Histories of Colombian Textile Workers in Greenville, South Carolina. Dr. Kearns, working with her research fellows Ingrid Ramos (2021), Marina Cox (2020), and Whitney Maness (2020) completed the project this summer. They then collaborated with the […]
Queer Zine Viewing Party
The Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program and the Furman Libraries are hosting a Hands-On Queer Zine Viewing Party in Special Collections, 2nd floor, James B. Duke Library, on Wednesday afternoon, October 9th, from 4:00-5:30. Stop by to have a look at this major new acquisition of over 400 LGBTQ+ zines, comix, and small press […]
Win a Private Study Room!!!😎
The library has created a private, upgraded study room reserved for the “Scholar of the Month” and their friends. Perks include: exclusive access to the upgraded study room for one month (think of it as your own office in the library for the month of March) comfy lounge chair large study table with 4 chairs bookcase to […]
Introducing Miles Dame
The fourth and final of our new employee introductions is about Miles Dame, the Outreach Assistant. Miles’ primary responsibilities are providing support to the outreach librarians, managing the library’s Instagram and blog, overseeing outreach student assistants, and serving as the liaison to all Furman staff members. Miles is a former fourth-grade teacher, and graduate from […]
Introducing Sarah Ward
Continuing our series of blog posts about new library staff members, today I would like to introduce you to Sarah Ward. Sarah is the Furman Library’s Financial and Acquisitions Assistant. In this role she keeps track of the budget for material purchases and shares budget reports. She also orders and pays for library materials including […]
Introducing Paige Dhyne
Paige Dhyne is the new Furman University Science Librarian. She comes to Furman all the way from Grand Rapids, Michigan. Paige is a first generation master’s degree holder. She has a B.A. in writing and a B.A. in film/video production with a minor in biology from Grand Valley State University. She earned her M.S. in […]
Win a Private Study Room!!!😎
The library has created a private, upgraded study room reserved for the “Scholar of the Month” and their friends. Perks include: exclusive access to the upgraded study room for one month (think of it as your own office in the library for the month of March) comfy lounge chair large study table with 4 chairs bookcase to […]
Help Shape Your University Library: Join LSAG
The Library Student Advisory Group (LSAG) is a group of students who: give the Library feedback when we need a student perspective; serve as a focus group for discussion of library issues; bring student needs and concerns to the Library’s attention and participate in discussions on how to respond to these needs (advocating for students); help bring Library […]
Introducing Sharon Hager
Sharon Hager is the new Collections Management and Acquisitions Assistant in the Technical Services Department of Duke Library. One of her main responsibilities is ordering new materials, which often come in as requests from faculty and staff who want or need a particular book. One of her favorite aspects of being an acquisitions assistant is […]
Former Library Student Challenges NCAA scores
Are the NCAA’s APR Scores Fair? That’s a question posed by Monique Ositelu a senior policy analyst with the Education Policy program at New America in her recent opinion piece in Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. Nearly a decade ago Monique was a Furman student, a standout performer in Furman’s track and cross country, and […]