Author: eyoung

  • US Navy Vessel Captured by North Korea

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    eyoung

    Over the last few months, tensions between the United States and North Korea have been high. Fifty years ago, the two countries faced a crisis that found nearly half of the US public expecting war. On January 23, 1968, the US Navy intelligence-gathering vessel Pueblo was fired upon and captured by North Korea, which claimed it had…

  • Print from your laptop!

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    eyoung

    You can send an email from your laptop or mobile device with an Office or PDF attachment to stuprint@furman.edu. You will receive a confirmation email with a link to release the print job. Once you click the link, go to a designated printer, swipe your ID card, and print your document. Print jobs will be…

  • Meet the Scholar of the Month

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    eyoung

    Congratulations to Nyrobi ’19! She is the lucky winner of the Scholar of the Month contest.  As Scholar of the Month, Nyrobi wins a private study room in the library for the month of September. Perks of the Scholar of the Month room include: • floor to ceiling dry erase wall • super-duper comfy chair…

  • Schmooze with the Jews

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    eyoung

    Schmooze with the Jews outside the JBD Library today, September 5th, from 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.  Then visit the library’s book display! Encyclopaedia Judaica. Michael Berenbaum and Fred Skolnik, eds. 2nded. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2007. 18015 pp. 22 vols. Provides an exhaustive and organized overview of Jewish life and knowledge from the Second Temple period…

  • Labor Day Hours

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    eyoung

    In observance of Labor Day, the James B. Duke Library will be operating on an adjusted schedule: Sep 2 Sun 10:00am – 5:00pm Sep 3 Mon 10:00am – 1:00am Learn more about the history of Labor Day by visiting the United States Department of Labor website. Did you know that more than 100 years after the first Labor Day observance, there is still…

  • Help Shape Your University Library: Join LSAG

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    eyoung

    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…

  • The Senate Buys Jefferson’s Library

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    eyoung

    August 24, 1814 When the invading British army burned the United States Capitol building on this day, August 24, in 1814, they fueled the fire with 3,000 books from a small room that served as the congressional library. Among the Senate’s first orders of business, as it convened in temporary quarters ten blocks from the…

  • Furman’s Legacy of Slavery

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    eyoung

    Special Collections and Archives recently made a major acquisition with help from the History Department and the library administration: a letter from Jackson, a slave belonging to John Howard Furman, to his master, written (or likely dictated) in October 1864. Jackson and several other slaves belonging to Furman (son of Samuel Furman, who was a…

  • Education Curriculum Kit Giveaway

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  • Hungry Drovers Love Poetry

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    eyoung

    Furman University’s Special Collections and Archives is teaming up with The Hungry Drover on Saturday, August 18. Come for lunch and stay for a poetry reading, featuring poets from the newly-published anthology “Archive: South Carolina Poetry Since 2005.” Lunch 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM / Poetry Reading 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Edited by Furman…