Category: James B. Duke Library

  • Fall Break Hours

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    eyoung

    The James B. Duke Library will be operating under an altered schedule during Fall Break. October 6  Saturday  1:00pm-5:00pm October 7  Sunday  1:00pm-5:00pm October 8  Monday  9:00am-5:00pm October 9  Tuesday  9:00am-1:00am

  • CLP: Desegregation of Greenville Public Library

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    eyoung

    CLP – Desegregation in Greenville: The Public Library Story Dr. Wayne A. Wiegand, historian and co-author of The Desegregation of Public Libraries in the Jim Crow South: Civil Rights and Local Activism will visit Furman University on October 3rd. Dr. Wiegand will speak about the integration of public libraries in the South during the civil…

  • Meet the Scholar of the Month!

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    eyoung

    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…

  • Time Travel and Other Things to Do While Waiting for the Rest of Your Study Group to Arrive

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    eyoung

    by Gabe Fresa, Library Intern, Summer 2018 Greetings, Time-Traveler! Certainly, you are reading this because you want to begin the respectable art of treating the space-time continuum like Play-Doh at a child’s daycare. Maybe, you decided to revisit that moment in the past in which you first became interested in time travel. Whichever the case may…

  • Hurricane Florence

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    eyoung

    Cheers went up in the library as students received the official University email alerting them that classes would be canceled on Thursday and Friday! While day and evening classes are canceled, the James B. Duke Library will remain open and operate under normal hours. However, the Sanders Science Library and Maxwell Music Library will be…

  • Furman’s Legacy of Slavery

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    eyoung

    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…

  • Print from your laptop!

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    eyoung

    You can send an email from your laptop or mobile device with an Office or PDF attachment to stuprint@furman.edu. You will receive a confirmation email with a link to release the print job. Once you click the link, go to a designated printer, swipe your ID card, and print your document. Print jobs will be…

  • Meet the Scholar of the Month

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    eyoung

    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…

  • Schmooze with the Jews

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    eyoung

    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…

  • Labor Day Hours

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    eyoung

    In observance of Labor Day, the James B. Duke Library will be operating on an adjusted schedule: Sep 2 Sun 10:00am – 5:00pm Sep 3 Mon 10:00am – 1:00am Learn more about the history of Labor Day by visiting the United States Department of Labor website. Did you know that more than 100 years after the first Labor Day observance, there is still…