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Library Mourns Loss of Jenny Colvin
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Jenny Colvin, Associate Director for Outreach and Access Services, and library faculty member passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, May 12. Jenny, who joined the Furman University Libraries in 2006, was deeply connected across campus, collaborating with many students and colleagues on a variety of initiatives. An expert in storytelling, she taught in our May Experience…
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Dins Day! ’22
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In the Furman Libraries, when we think about the value we provide to the University community, we don’t always think of books, computers, or buildings. We do think of the people, the programs, and the authentic relationships that we’ve built with people like you. April 26th is Dins Day, and as we celebrate all the…
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Spotlight on Africa
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What do you know about Africa? Do you think you know a decent amount? Are you confident that the knowledge you have is accurate? The spotlight on Africa Display, located in the James B. Duke Library, offers passersby the opportunity to explore and challenge their preconceived notions about the vast continent of Africa. Come take…
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Poetic Time Travel: How Past Creates the Present – CLP
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Presenter Poet and Kennedy Center Teaching Artist Glenis Redmond will discuss her work in creating inspiring and transformative literature for young people and encourage a “brave space” for critical conversations about inequities and injustices. She will also be sharing poems from her newest book, “The Three Harriets and Others,” which will be released in early…
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Free Open Access Publishing in Wiley
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The Furman University Libraries are thrilled to announce the first publication of an article under a new open access agreement with Wiley. Professor of Chemistry, Greg Springsteen, became the first Furman professor to publish under the new agreement. The article, A Plausible Prebiotic One-Pot Synthesis of Orotate and Pyruvate Suggestive of Common Protometabolic Pathways, was…
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Statements on Potentially Harmful Content and on Accessibility
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As we embark on our efforts to review our digital collections and finding aids (see our first blog post in the series), FUL Special Collections & Archives and the Digital Collections Center are self-reflecting on how we can better address representational gaps and improve user experience when interacting with our digital collections. At this stage…
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Updated Library Hours Due to Winter Weather
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Libraries resume regular hours on Thursday, January 20th: Duke Library: 8:00am – 1:00am Maxwell Music Library: 8:00am – 9:00pm Sanders Science Library: 8:30am – 9:00pm Special Collections & Archives: noon – 5:00pm (by appointment)
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Auditing Furman Libraries Digital Collections and Finding Aids: A Self-Reflection of our Archival Practices
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Furman Libraries has been documenting life at Furman through its digital archival collections. The Digital Collections Center, in partnership with the Special Collections & Archives, brings together unique digital reproductions and descriptions of over 130,000 records—from ancient and modern artifacts, photographs, music recordings, and oral histories, to manuscripts, diaries, correspondence, yearbooks, newspapers, and ephemera. With…
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International Education Week 2021
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The flags are up in the library! It must be International Education Week! As we start this year’s celebration, it is important to acknowledge that we are still in the midst of a global pandemic. Even as we ache for a “return to normal,” we remember that in much of the world and in many…
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PASCAL Delivers service temporarily unavailable
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Due to circumstances beyond our control, requesting materials through PASCAL Delivers will be temporarily unavailable beginning Friday, September 24, 2021 at 5pm and lasting into next week. We apologize for the inconvenience. If there are any books or other materials that you need, that we don’t own, we are still able to request those through…