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Population: 355,608 Lucayan Indians already inhabited the islands when Christopher Columbus set foot in the New World on San Salvador in 1492. The uninhabited island of Big Major Cay in The Bahamas’ Exuma district is home to a small colony of non-native ‘swimming pigs’. It’s thought that they were left by sailors who planned to . . .Continue reading LibDEI: Black History 2023 Day 4 – The Bahamas
Population: 122,320 Aruba’s first inhabitants are thought to have been Caquetio Amerindians from the Arawak tribe, who migrated from Venezuela. Keshi Yena is one of Aruba’s best-known traditional foods; a mix of meat, vegetables, and dried fruits baked in a cheese rind Aruba has little seasonal temperature variation, averaging 82°F and rainfall averaging 18 inches . . .Continue reading LibDEI: Black History 2023 Day 3 – Aruba
Population: 99,175 Motto: Each endeavoring, all achieving Antigua and Barbuda territory actually include three islands. Redonda is the third although it is actually a tiny rugged, uninhabited rock, the remnant of a volcanic cone of only 0.5 square miles and rising to nearly 1,000 feet above sea level, with steep cliffs on all sides. Barbuda . . .Continue reading LibDEI: Black History 2023 Day 2 – Antigua & Barbuda
Population: 18,741 It’s the only country to feature a dolphin on its flag. The national flag of Anguilla has a blue background and a British flag in the canton. It also features Anguilla’s coat of arms in the fly, which contains three playful orange (or golden) dolphins leaping in a circle. They represent endurance, unity, . . .Continue reading LibDEI: Black HIstory 2023 Day 1 – Anguilla
About In 2018, Centre College, Furman University, Rollins College, and Washington and Lee University collaboratively began to collect documents, images, stories, and artifacts related to the desegregation of their campuses. This effort was funded by three generous grants from the Associated Colleges of the South and led by librarians, in collaboration with faculty, students, and . . .Continue reading Pathways to Diversity: Documenting Racial Desegregation
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 . . .Continue reading Free Open Access Publishing in Wiley
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 . . .Continue reading Statements on Potentially Harmful Content and on Accessibility
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 . . .Continue reading Auditing Furman Libraries Digital Collections and Finding Aids: A Self-Reflection of our Archival Practices
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 . . .Continue reading International Education Week 2021
The Furman University Libraries have the pleasure of introducing to you our newest faculty member Dr. Nashieli Marcano our Archivist/Digital Collections Librarian. Dr. Marcano comes to us from the Kennesaw State University Library System where she held the position of Graduate Librarian for Humanities and Social sciences. Her new role at Furman is Archivist and . . .Continue reading Welcome Dr. Nashieli Marcano
