Population: 355,608 Lucayan Indians already inhabited the islands when Christopher Columbus set foot in the New World on San Salvador in 1492. The uninhabited island of Big Major Cay in The Bahamas’ Exuma district is home to a small colony of non-native ‘swimming pigs’. It’s thought that they were left by sailors who planned to . . .Continue reading LibDEI: Black History 2023 Day 4 – The Bahamas
Population: 122,320 Aruba’s first inhabitants are thought to have been Caquetio Amerindians from the Arawak tribe, who migrated from Venezuela. Keshi Yena is one of Aruba’s best-known traditional foods; a mix of meat, vegetables, and dried fruits baked in a cheese rind Aruba has little seasonal temperature variation, averaging 82°F and rainfall averaging 18 inches . . .Continue reading LibDEI: Black History 2023 Day 3 – Aruba
Population: 99,175 Motto: Each endeavoring, all achieving Antigua and Barbuda territory actually include three islands. Redonda is the third although it is actually a tiny rugged, uninhabited rock, the remnant of a volcanic cone of only 0.5 square miles and rising to nearly 1,000 feet above sea level, with steep cliffs on all sides. Barbuda . . .Continue reading LibDEI: Black History 2023 Day 2 – Antigua & Barbuda
Population: 18,741 It’s the only country to feature a dolphin on its flag. The national flag of Anguilla has a blue background and a British flag in the canton. It also features Anguilla’s coat of arms in the fly, which contains three playful orange (or golden) dolphins leaping in a circle. They represent endurance, unity, . . .Continue reading LibDEI: Black HIstory 2023 Day 1 – Anguilla
Lecture by June Manning Thomas, who entered Furman in the fall of 1967 as one of Furman’s first three African American women students. Her new book, Struggling to Learn: An Intimate History of School Desegregation in South Carolina, traces her experiences desegregating schools in Orangeburg and at Furman. Dr. Thomas is the Mary Frances Berry Distinguished . . .Continue reading A Protracted Struggle: Raising Up Black Education in South Carolina (CLP)
What do you know about Africa? Do you think you know a decent amount? Are you confident that the knowledge you have is accurate? The spotlight on Africa Display, located in the James B. Duke Library, offers passersby the opportunity to explore and challenge their preconceived notions about the vast continent of Africa. Come take . . .Continue reading Spotlight on Africa
The Furman University Libraries are thrilled to announce the first publication of an article under a new open access agreement with Wiley. Professor of Chemistry, Greg Springsteen, became the first Furman professor to publish under the new agreement. The article, A Plausible Prebiotic One-Pot Synthesis of Orotate and Pyruvate Suggestive of Common Protometabolic Pathways, was . . .Continue reading Free Open Access Publishing in Wiley
The Furman University Libraries have the pleasure of introducing to you our newest faculty member Dr. Nashieli Marcano our Archivist/Digital Collections Librarian. Dr. Marcano comes to us from the Kennesaw State University Library System where she held the position of Graduate Librarian for Humanities and Social sciences. Her new role at Furman is Archivist and . . .Continue reading Welcome Dr. Nashieli Marcano
We’ve been hearing from a lot of people on campus that they are having issues accessing ebooks. These problems can be caused by a variety of factors, but there is one simple step you should take to see if you can fix your ebook access problem: deleting your browser cache. Think of deleting your browser . . .Continue reading Ebook Problem Fix!
Charge of the Group 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 concerns to the attention of . . .Continue reading Join the Library Student Advisory Group (LSAG)
