Author: Christy Allen

  • Library Closes at 6pm on Feb. 16

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    Christy Allen

    Because of inclement weather in the area, the Furman University campus including the Furman University Libraries will close at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 16. All classes and events scheduled for this evening are cancelled. University officials will make a decision in the early morning hours about the operational status of the university for Tuesday, Feb.…

  • Library Catalog Unavailable at 1pm Today

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    Christy Allen

    The Library Catalog requires an immediate upgrade to fix an error on the system’s back-end. To initiate this fix, the Library Catalog must be taken off-line for 10-30 minutes today. Starting at 1pm EST, the Library Catalog will be unavailable while the upgrade occurs. Access to the Library Catalog will be restored no later than…

  • Late Owls and Early Birds Unite: Up All Night in the Science Library

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    Christy Allen

    Do you prefer to study once the darkness of evening falls? Or maybe you catch your ZZZs then get up early to finish that last review? No matter when you want to study, the Sanders Science Library is here for you! We’ll be open all night before exam days, so come on over when you need…

  • Frozen

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    Christy Allen

    The night of November 18th was a cold one with temperatures dipping into the teens and twenties. As the sun rose over the Furman campus, many students and professors bustled to reach the warmth of their class room, dorm, or office. For those lucky few that stopped and looked around them, they witnessed a veritable…

  • James B. Duke Library Open at 9am

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    Christy Allen

    The James B. Duke Library will open at 9am on November 5th. It closed at 5pm on November 4th due to a water main break.

  • James B. Duke Library Closed

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    Christy Allen

    Due to a water line break, the James B. Duke Library closed on November 4th at 5pm. There is no water available in the building, so all areas of the James B. Duke Library including the 24 hour study room are closed for all users. The water may be unavailable through Wednesday, November 5th and…

  • What is Open Access?

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    Christy Allen

    Open Access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. What makes it possible is the internet and the consent of the author or copyright-holder (Peter Suber). OA is achieved through two primary channels: archiving (Green OA) or publishing (Gold OA). OA publishing shifts the costs of content…

  • Why I Published Open Access

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    Christy Allen

    FULcrum Article by Andrea Wright, Science & Outreach Librarian After completing a speaker series on scholarly communication issues here at Furman, I knew that I wanted to share the process with other librarians. A major shift in scholarly communication over the past 15 years has been the Open Access (OA) movement. OA advocates call for…

  • History Is Just a Mouse Click Away!

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    Christy Allen

    Over the past 2 months, The Digital Collections Center launched two new online collections containing historical materials from the Furman University Special Collections and Archives. Now you can access these important primary source materials with just a simple click of a mouse.   Civil War Correspondence View Online Collection This collection contains over 100 letters…

  • “Nothing but rain, rain”

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    Christy Allen

    The Digital Collections Center is partnering with the Furman University Special Collections and Archives on the creation of a new digital collection titled “Civil War Correspondence.” The contents of the collection will include over 100 letters from Furman alumni who served in the Civil War. Among the letters is one written from Charles Manning Furman…