Congratulations to Barrie Clark (’20)! She is the lucky winner of the Scholar of the Month contest. As Scholar of the Month, Barrie wins a private study room in the library for the month of October. Perks of the private study room: • floor to ceiling dry erase wall • super-duper comfy chair • large study . . .Continue reading Meet the Scholar of the Month!
Category: Events
Celebrate Banned Books Week
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. The books featured during Banned Books Week have all been targeted with removal or restrictions in libraries and schools. While books have been and continue . . .Continue reading Celebrate Banned Books Week
Furman’s Legacy of Slavery
This exhibition invites the Furman community and the general public to reckon with Furman University’s legacy of slavery. The themes, artifacts, and documents presented here are based on research conducted by the Task Force on Slavery and Justice, which was commissioned by the university in the spring of 2017. The exhibition is a companion to . . .Continue reading Furman’s Legacy of Slavery
Meet the Scholar of the Month
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 . . .Continue reading Meet the Scholar of the Month
Schmooze with the Jews
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 . . .Continue reading Schmooze with the Jews
Help Shape Your University Library: Join LSAG
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 . . .Continue reading Help Shape Your University Library: Join LSAG
Education Curriculum Kit Giveaway
Hungry Drovers Love Poetry
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 . . .Continue reading Hungry Drovers Love Poetry
Southern Civil Rights and Library History
On June 24, the governing Council of American Library Association (ALA) passed a historic resolution that “apologizes to African Americans for wrongs committed against them in segregated public libraries” and commends those “who risked their lives to integrate public libraries for their bravery and courage in challenging segregation in public libraries and in forcing public libraries . . .Continue reading Southern Civil Rights and Library History
Summer Orientation Hours
Library hours during Summer O are as follows: Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday June 15 June 16 June 17 June 18 June 19 June 20 June 21 June 22 June 23 June 24 June 25 June 26 June 27 8am-5pm 9am-5pm 1pm-5pm 8am-10pm 8am-10pm 8am-10pm 8am-10pm 8am-5pm . . .Continue reading Summer Orientation Hours