Anytime is the right time to study in the Sanders Science Library during finals week. We’ll be open all night before exam days, so come on over when you need that perfect place to review for exams or finish up term papers. And, as always, the snack fairy arrives at midnight! Sanders Science Library Exam Week . . .Continue reading Up All Night in the Science Library
Category: Maxwell Music Library
Request This Item
We have activated a new option in the online library catalog – you now have the ability to place a hold for any circulating item (books, DVDs, audiobooks, scores), to pick up at any library location. Simply click through to the item you desire, and click the “Request This Item” button at the top of . . .Continue reading Request This Item
The Eccentricity Effect
A new display in the Maxwell Music Library highlights a recent study published in the European Journal of Social Psychology, “From Van Gogh to Lady Gaga: Artist Eccentricity Increases Perceived Artistic Skill and Art Appreciation.” article abstract: We examined the impact of eccentricity on the evaluation of artistic skills and the quality of artworks. Based . . .Continue reading The Eccentricity Effect
Protest Songs: Voices of Resistance and Possibility
The Maxwell Music Library is currently displaying a selection of books about protest songs. The exhibit, Protest Songs: Voices of Resistance and Possibility, includes the following books: Singing for Freedom: The Hutchison Family Singers and the Nineteenth-Century Culture of Reform Pistol Packin’ Mama: Aunt Molly Jackson and the Politics of Folksong Woody Guthrie, American Radical . . .Continue reading Protest Songs: Voices of Resistance and Possibility
Musical Moments in JBD
Musical Moments Enjoy a brief interlude on study day, Wednesday, December 9th from noon til 12:20 in the Blackwell atrium of the Duke Library. Featuring The Gladden String Quartet Anne Katherine Stiekes & Alyssa Jouret (violins) Chase Mekdara (viola) Jesus Miranda (violoncello) performing music by Bach, Handel, and Grieg During this time, quiet study space . . .Continue reading Musical Moments in JBD
A Librarian in Your Pocket
Got a question and a cell phone? Text your librarian at (864) 214-7172.
The Squarcialupi Codex
In 2014, the Maxwell Music Library made a large purchase – in every sense of that word! The Squarcialupi Codex is a facsimile of a 15th century manuscript named for its owner, the Italian organist and composer Antonio Squarcialupi. Squarcialupi did not create the Codex himself; rather, it was produced by the monastery of Santa . . .Continue reading The Squarcialupi Codex
Buttoning Up Valentine’s Day In The Library
Book Drop Locations
Do you have a growing stack of library materials to return? Borrowed materials can be returned at any book drop location on campus: exterior book drop at the front entrance of the James B. Duke Library interior book drop at the Circulation Desk in the James B. Duke Library interior book drop in the Maxwell . . .Continue reading Book Drop Locations
Check Out Holiday Music
From now until the end of the semester, you can check out CDs and DVDs of holiday music in the music library. Items will not be due until classes resume in January. We have everything from symphonic and movie soundtracks to Renaissance and Moravian. There is a sprinkling of solstice music, as well as a . . .Continue reading Check Out Holiday Music