Category: Library in the News

  • Peter Wexler Website Garners Praise

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    Christy Allen

    “The library team at Furman University has done some amazing work with customizing LibGuides v2 CMS templates to create a website for The Peter Wexler Digital Museum at Furman University.” So begins a blog post from Springshare, the company responsible for the library content management system, LibGuides. Dated May 1st, the blog post goes on to…

  • Library Makes the Top 10

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    eyoung

    The Furman Library was included in the list of “10 Tiny Colleges With Truly Impressive Libraries,” by the Open Education Database. http://oedb.org/ilibrarian/10-tiny-colleges-with-truly-impressive-libraries/ Below is what it says about the James B. Duke Library. Furman University One of the oldest colleges in South Carolina, this school produces more PhDs than any other liberal arts school, perhaps with…

  • Library Ranked Among Most Beautiful

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    eyoung

    The James B. Duke Library has been named one of the “Most Beautiful College Libraries” in the nation by CampusGrotto.com. Furman is ranked 46th in the list, which includes libraries at Harvard, Yale, Emory, Duke, and Wake Forest. In compiling the list, CampusGrotto.com says it looked “at some of the most magnificent university libraries across…

  • JB Duke Library Plays Role in 12th Place Ranking

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    eyoung

    Polling conducted by the college ranking service, The Best Colleges, reveals that students who graduate from universities with beautiful campuses typically report greater satisfaction with their college experience. TBC created a ranking of the 50 Most Amazing College Campuses, with Furman at #12. The JB Duke Library was specifically recognized as being “amongst the standout…