Category: Exhibits

  • Peace Corps Exhibit

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    A new display in the James B. Duke Library highlights the recently published government document, Peace Corps Perspective: a Look at the People, Places, and Cultures of the First 140 Peace Corps Host Countries from 1964 to 2014. This book captures the work that Peace Corps Volunteers conduct as part of the program ranging from agriculture,…

  • Reception: 96 Press Archives

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    An exhibition marking the acquisition of the Ninety-Six Press Archives will run through January 15, 2016. An opening reception, sponsored by the Friends of the Furman University Libraries, will be held on Thursday, October 15, at 4:00pm, in Special Collections and Archives, located on the 2nd Floor of the James B. Duke Library. The reception…

  • Banned Books Week

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    Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read  September 27 – October 3, 2015 Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Typically held during the last week of September, it highlights the value of free and open access to information. Banned Books Week brings together the entire book community –-…

  • New Library Exhibition!

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    New Library Exhibition Open Now!  Celebrating South Carolina Poetry: An Exhibition to Mark the Acquisition of the Ninety-Six Press Archive. 2nd floor, James B. Duke Library      English professors William Rogers and Gilbert Allen founded The Ninety-Six Press at Furman University in 1991 to publish book-length works of poetry by South Carolina authors. Rogers and…

  • Special Collections “Petting Zoo”

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    Special Collections & Archives has had several splendid new arrivals  just in the past few weeks. Please stop by Special Collections on Thursday, September 17, anytime between 9 and 5 to have a look. The following items will be out for casual viewing and examination in the Simms Research Room: The remarkable Pennyroyal Caxton Bible, which…

  • Books on Display in JBD

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    Two new displays in the JBD! Visit the #BLACKLIVESMATTER book display located on the main level of the James B. Duke Library.  Titles highlighted include: Suspicion nation : the inside story of the Trayvon Martin injustice and why we continue to repeat it Wrong place, wrong time : trauma and violence in the lives of…

  • TV Series on DVD

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    The library’s Media Collection includes television series on DVD. So, we made a Pinterest board of what we have! We have Downton Abbey, The Wire, 24, Battlestar Gallactica, Mad Men, Game of Thrones, House of Cards, Breaking Bad, and the list goes on and on.

  • Get Caught Listening

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    June is Audiobook Month We invite you to visit our display of audiobooks in the James B. Duke Library. Titles on display include Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn and Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Coast Trail by Cheryl Strayed. The books on CD in our Multimedia Collection cover all genres. Browse the shelves…

  • Creating the Rest of Your Life

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    Trying to figure out what your future holds? This month’s display in the James B. Duke Library highlights the following inspirational books: Creating the rest of your life : an atlas for manifesting success and excellence in life and work The art of happiness : a handbook for living Zero to one : notes on…

  • Just in time for Halloween

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    Just in time for Halloween . . . a display starring horror novels called “Attack of the Zombie Librarians!”             And if that isn’t scary enough, visit the Government Documents Collection located downstairs to see a display which highlights a Congressional Budget Office report titled “Options for Reducing the Deficit:…