The digital collections news and information that you love is moving to a new home! http://blogs.furman.edu/digitalcollections is being merged with several other Furman Library news blogs to provide our users with a “one stop shop” for news related to library events, resources, services, and more! Please check out our new home for digital collections news . . .Continue reading Digital Collections News Has a New Home
Year: 2013
Exciting Annual Report
Exciting Annual Report Check out what’s been happening at the Furman University Libraries. Our 2012-2013 Annual Report is now available. The report contains usage statistics and highlights last year’s accomplishments and activities.
Manga Collection Growing
What is it? Manga, the Japanese name for comics, is rooted in Japanese graphic arts and caricatures dating back as far as the 12th century. The contemporary manga genre, involving mostly story manga, emerged in the 1950s and expanded in the 1960s. Unlike single-frame caricature, story manga consists of dozens of frames that engage readers in the story as the plot develops. . . .Continue reading Manga Collection Growing
Lyles Alley Reception – Nov. 9th
Special Collections and Archives would like to remind you of the opening remarks and reception for our new exhibition, A Coach for Life: the J. Lyles Alley Collection. The event will begin at 9:30 am on November 9, 2013 with remarks by Interim President Carl Kohrt, and a reception will follow until 1:00 pm. For more information about . . .Continue reading Lyles Alley Reception – Nov. 9th
A Pyramid in D.C.
A recently received government document,Civic Art: a Centennial History of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, is on display in the government documents collection on the main floor of the James B. Duke Library. The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts is a presidentially appointed body of seven well-qualified judges of the fine arts who review . . .Continue reading A Pyramid in D.C.
World Religions Symposium
This year, Furman’s World Religions Symposium focuses on Judaism. Come visit the James B. Duke Library’s display highlighting books about the beliefs and traditions of this rich religion. The display also includes a schedule of the symposium’s events.
Don’t touch the spider!!!
In the spirit of Halloween, the Furman University Library website has gotten a little bit “buggy”. Whatever you do, don’t touch the spider!!! Update: Halloween has passed but if you missed the spider-clicking fun we’ve preserved an opportunity for you to see what all the clicking and tapping was about!
Contempt
What is your pick for the coolest movie of all time? A difficult task, one that certainly would lead to many opinions, if asked of our blog’s readers. Troy Patterson of Slate suggests a movie released 50 years ago this week is the coolest movie of all time: Contempt. This French movie is based on an Italian novel, . . .Continue reading Contempt
Twelve More Monsters
So far, 12 of the 24 monster tokens have been found and redeemed for Monster Energy drinks. These sneaky little monsters are hiding all over the library. There are still 12 monsters hiding in the library, so keep searching!
Monsters in the library!