Here are recommendations from Miles Dame, Outreach Assistant, for a few of the BINGO square categories. Educated by Tara Westover is a great choice for the biography/memoir square. She has such an interesting and unique life experience and will have you turning the pages to find out what happens next in this true story. The . . .Continue reading Miles Recommends (Summer Reading)
Author: Jenny
Read Diversely this Summer
Whether you use our BINGO challenge or are looking for the right beach read, we always recommend reading widely and intentionally seeking out diverse voices. Jenny Colvin, one of our Outreach librarians, created a PRIDE version of the Summer BINGO challenge as one example: Read a book… with pride themes… B I N G O . . .Continue reading Read Diversely this Summer
Summer Reading BINGO Challenge
Katherine McCann, Biology and Spanish double major on the Pre-Health track, also works in Digital Collections in the Furman Libraries during the year. She had the idea to challenge the Furman community to read this summer and developed this BINGO card challenge. The BINGO card can be clicked on and downloaded. Those using screen readers . . .Continue reading Summer Reading BINGO Challenge
Know Your Librarian
All students at Furman have direct access to librarians in Outreach Services, including: A librarian paired with their First Year Writing class A personal librarian assigned as soon as a student declares a major Ability to make individual appointments for research consultations Two branch librarians residing in the Maxwell Music Library and Sanders Science Library . . .Continue reading Know Your Librarian
Books for younger readers
Our new library system functions slightly differently when it comes to looking for books for younger readers. The library reopens August 3rd but we will still have 2 weeks of summer, so you may want to refresh the books for the younger readers at your house! Jenny Colvin, the librarian who is liaison to Education, . . .Continue reading Books for younger readers
Zoom Backgrounds for National Library Week
This week is National Library Week, and originally the American Library Association had picked “Find Your Place At the Library” as the theme. They had to make a quick pivot when most libraries across the world shut down for COVID-19, including the Furman Libraries. Now we are celebrating the theme as “Find the Library At . . .Continue reading Zoom Backgrounds for National Library Week
Research with Pride
This year is the 50th anniversary of Stonewall and also the year Furman added a Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Major. One of our primary source databases supporting these content areas is Gale’s Archives of Sexuality & Gender: LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940 (Furman users only.) The publisher recently provided search tips for the various . . .Continue reading Research with Pride
Unwanted books? Donate here!
We have a donation box for Greenville Literacy for the next few months, right as you walk into the James B Duke Library. This is a great time of year to weed your bookshelves and donate to a good cause! The 2019 Really Good, Really Big, Really Cheap Booksale will take place August 9-11 at . . .Continue reading Unwanted books? Donate here!
Interlibrary Loan Deadlines
** Deadlines for ordering Interlibrary Loan items ** Classes end April 30th! 4/22/2019 – the last day to submit BOOK & other physical ILL requests 4/30/2019 – the last day to submit ARTICLE ILL requests The deadlines apply only to those items needed before the end of Spring term. Requests submitted after these deadlines will . . .Continue reading Interlibrary Loan Deadlines
Improved Catalog Search
Improvements were recently made to the library catalog to make specific formats and locations easier to find. Using one easy drop-down menu, you can limit searches to print books, all electronic formats, newspapers, and all reference materials (print in three locations plus electronic), and more. You can choose these limitations either before or after a . . .Continue reading Improved Catalog Search