Category: Features

  • Meet Alicia: Our New Financial Records and Acquisitions Assistant

    Meet Alicia: Our New Financial Records and Acquisitions Assistant

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    Miles Dame

    We’re thrilled to introduce Alicia, our newest addition to the Digital and Resource Management Division at the library. As our Financial Records and Acquisitions Assistant, Alicia plays a key role in ordering and receiving resources, ensuring that the materials we need are available for our students, faculty, and staff. Getting to Know Alicia Since stepping…

  • What Libby and Rebekah are Reading (Along with the Rest of Us)

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    Mary Fairbairn

    Here’s our July edition of What We’re Reading Libby’s been reading Deacon King Kong by James McBride and said: “Love it! Funny and relatable characters set in late 1960s NYCity. McBride has you routing for the Black drug dealers in the projects, the Italian mobsters and the corrupt Irish cops all at the same time.…

  • What Jeffrey’s Reading (Along with the Rest of Us)

    What Jeffrey’s Reading (Along with the Rest of Us)

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    Mary Fairbairn

    Here’s Our June Issue of What We’re Reading.   And here are Jeffrey Makala’s takes on the books he’s reading this summer:   Ned Blackhawk. The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History. Blackhawks’ history won the National Book Award last year. It’s a comprehensive history of the North American continent…

  • What We’re Reading – In Memory of Jenny Colvin

    What We’re Reading – In Memory of Jenny Colvin

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    Mary Fairbairn

    Many of you who have been part of the Furman community for at least a few years will remember Jenny Colvin, an extraordinary librarian and human being. Yesterday marked the second anniversary of her passing. Jenny joined us as our Music Librarian in 2006 then went on to become our Associate Director for Outreach Services.…