Author: Mary Fairbairn
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BHM #10 – African American Communities
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African American Communities – Pamphlets, photos, postcards. Political cartoons, illustrations, maps. Scrap books, legal documents, ephemera and more. This collection, albeit somewhat small, contains a fascinating variety of primary source documents evidencing race relations across social, political, cultural, and religious arenas. Examining multiple aspects of the lives of African Americans through the lens of…
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We Will Rock You!
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Furman students joined us at the Research Assistance desk on Thursday, December 7, to paint rocks as a study break during finals. They were AMAZING! We hope they found as much fun and stress release in their creative activity as we did observing the results. Bravo, rock artists!
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We Got You!
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As you all head home for the holiday break, we wanted to make you aware of some electronic resources you might not know. Don’t let the word “database” scare you off! MUSIC? We got you – Naxos Music Library – it’s one of the world’s largest music databases. Classical, Traditional and Contemporary Jazz, Gospel, even Pop &…
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In Memory of Stan Lee
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In Memory of Stan Lee “An entire generation of young readers expanded and strengthened their vocabulary and knowledge through Stan’s stories.” – “Marvel and Disney Remember Stan Lee” “Mr. Lee’s unwavering energy suggested that he possessed superpowers himself…. And the National Endowment for the Arts acknowledged as much when it awarded him a National Medal…
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Putting Streaming Video (FoD) in Moodle
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30,000+ documentary films 280,000+ video segments from these films that can stand alone All now available to be integrated into your Moodle courses. Let us know if you have any questions or problems. New to Films on Demand? Check it out.
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Booker T. Washington’s Birth Anniversary
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In honor of Booker T. Washington’s birth anniversary today, a sample of various resource types available in and through the Furman library: The Booker T. Washington Papers (e-book) Booker T. Washington Rediscovered (print book) The Golden Age of American Oratory (streaming documentary film) Lost sounds: Blacks and the birth of the recording…
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The Librarian at the Nexus of the Harlem Renaissance
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“You might not know about Regina Anderson, but you’ve probably heard of many of her friends. On a typical day in 1923 or 1924, Anderson might leave her desk at the 135th Street Branch of the New York Public Library and drop a letter to W.E.B. Du Bois in the mailbox. She may go home to…
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Water Groove
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For the U.N.’s World Water Day, a gift: Water Groove Music Online: Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries is the largest and most comprehensive streaming audio collection of world music. It currently provides streaming access to over 44,000 tracks from the Smithsonian archives and world music archives in Asia and Africa. It includes Music from 169 countries from…
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In Celebration of the Equinox
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In the segment linked via the image above, see Kukulcan’s appearance on the temple at Chichen Itza during the Vernal (Spring) Equinox. It’s from a BBC documentary entitled Tilt: Orbit—Earth’s Extraordinary Journey. Our Films on Demand database offers streaming access to over 25,000 documentary films with closed captioning and interactive transcripts. The database itself is searchable by segment…
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Overlooked
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Obituaries in the New York Times since its first issue in 1851 have been populated almost exclusively by white men. Even looking at just the last two years, only 20% have been about women. There is, finally, an effort underway to change this, in a project entitled “Overlooked.” Though the first iteration includes only fifteen…