Anthony Ray Hinton, who spent 30 years on death row after being wrongfully convicted, will speak at Furman on February 27th from 7:00 – 8:30 pm. In preparation for his arrival, The Furman Prison Education Partnership (FPEP) will lead a reading group discussion on his memoir, The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death . . .Continue reading The Sun Does Shine Reading Group
Year: 2019
Win a private study room for a month!
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 February) comfy lounge chair large study table with 4 chairs bookcase to . . .Continue reading Win a private study room for a month!
Primary and Secondary Sources in the Sciences
You may be familiar with the distinction between primary and secondary sources in the humanities. There, a primary source is an account from someone who experienced the event – a first-person account. A secondary source is written by someone who was not there. Likewise, a science primary source is written by someone who experienced the . . .Continue reading Primary and Secondary Sources in the Sciences
Slacks Allowed in JBD on Saturdays
The newly updated Furman Student Newspapers Collection is now online. The collection includes scans of the print newspapers from 1916 through April 2018. A huge thank you to the Digital Collections Center staff and student assistants who made this collection a reality. The new scans, better OCR, and improved metadata really improve the usability of this . . .Continue reading Slacks Allowed in JBD on Saturdays
The Birth of Emoticons: 1881
The first use of emoticons in print came in the March 30, 1881 issue of Puck magazine. You can see the faces of joy, melancholy, indifference, and astonishment in a short piece about ‘Typographical Art’. Puck was an American magazine of political satire and other humor, published in English and German editions in the 19th and early . . .Continue reading The Birth of Emoticons: 1881
Shutdown Impacts Information Access
As we head to almost a month of a partial government shutdown (it began on December 21, 2018) one of the areas to receive collateral damage is the vast array of data collected and disseminated by the federal government. For agencies that are not funded, their websites are not being updated. Eerily, the population clock . . .Continue reading Shutdown Impacts Information Access
Furman Church Music Conference
Visit the Maxwell Music Library to browse the latest exhibit which celebrates church music and organ playing. Materials on display include: More Great Hymns of the Church – The Choirs of Cathedral of St. Paul, Buffalo, Directed by Bruce Neswick The King of Instruments: How Churches Came to Have Organs Church Music in the United States: . . .Continue reading Furman Church Music Conference
Trump Approves OPEN Government Data Act
Yesterday, President Trump signed into law the Open, Public, Electronic and Necessary (OPEN) Government Data Act, a sweeping, government-wide mandate requiring U.S. federal agencies to publish all non-sensitive government information – including federally-funded research – as open data. “This bill is a huge win for innovation, transparency and openness – and most of all, for taxpayers . . .Continue reading Trump Approves OPEN Government Data Act
Audio Recording Studio in JBD!
The James B. Duke Library now has an audio recording studio co-sponsored by Furman Libraries and Information Technology Services. The Audio Recording Studio is a sound-insulated room located on the lower level of the library near the IT Service Center. The room is equipped with a microphone and a laptop computer with Camtasia and Audacity installed. Faculty, staff . . .Continue reading Audio Recording Studio in JBD!
Meet the Scholar of the Month
Congratulations to Nathaniel DeSantis (’19)! He is the lucky winner of the Scholar of the Month contest. As Scholar of the Month, Nathaniel wins a private study room in the library for the month of January. Perks of the private study room: • floor-to-ceiling dry erase wall • large study table with 4 chairs • super-duper . . .Continue reading Meet the Scholar of the Month