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Humanities booksKeeping the Commitment to the Book
Endowment provides for additions to Humanities collection.

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Olin LibraryOlin Library Room 601 closes for renovation
As part of the planning for Olin Library renovation, Room 601, the American and European History and History of Science reading room, is now unavailable so that the façade investigation of Olin may continue outside Olin.

Teaching & Learning
New Course & Research Guides
Summer 2008 Workshops
 
 
Info CompetencyCornell Undergraduate Information Competency Initiative.
Week-Long Institute Explores Ways to Transform Undergraduate Research Instruction.		 Other Library, Social Sciences & Humanities News at Cornell
Library Communications
Cornell Humanities News
 
 
Shelf Life: Stacks of Memories. Alumni record thoughts and memories of the library for the library's oral history project.  
 
 
 
 
Cornell University Librarian Comments on Microsoft. Anne R. Kenney discusses Microsoft’s Book Search project.
Exhibitions in Olin & Uris

Cartobibulosity! Wine, Grapes & Maps. Exhibition shows a range of cartography and cartographic strategies associated with wine production and viticulture, from a plan of Louvain from 1600 to a map produced with Geographic Information System (GIS) software generated just last week. Level B1 Olin Library
[Olin Library, Level B]
 
Cornell University Library and Duke University Press Announce Partnership. Cornell University Library and Duke University Press have established a joint venture to expand and enhance the services of Project Euclid, the premier online information community for mathematics and statistics resources from independent publishers. Queer Cornell: LGBT Student Activism, 1968-2008
[Olin Library, Level 1, outside Current Periodicals Reading Room]
History of Uris Library
[Lobby & Gallery, Uris Library, ongoing]
A History of Uris Library is also available online and via podcast
Carried Away: A large crane at the southeast corner of Olin Library recently removed a 2,200-pound limestone panel from the exterior of the sixth floor as part of Cornell’s investigation to determine how the library’s facade can be rebuilt.
New Collections
New Databases
Scholarly Communications
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Collecting culture: Cornell University students win prizes for book collections Samples from student book collections, from medieval manuscripts to fishing guides, filled large tables in Uris Library’s Kinkeldy Room April 14, as finalists in Cornell University Library’s sixth annual Book Collection Contest. News Archive

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Anne KenneyNew University Librarian Anne Kenney to broaden access, expand both collections and services.
Anne Kenney, Cornell's newly named Carl A. Kroch University Librarian, plans to "articulate" several issues during her tenure.		  
 
 
 
 
LibXLibX makes research easier
The next time you’re conducting research on the Internet, instead of opening a new tab or window in your Web browser, use LibX to get extreme access to Cornell University Library. Available online at labs.library.cornell.edu 		 
 
 
 
   
Olin LibraryPlans for renovating Olin Library are underway.  Find out more by visiting our Web site at www.library.cornell.edu/RenovateOlin  or
e-mail us at RenovateOlinLibrary@cornell.edu with your questions.		  
   
LincolnLincoln at Gettysburg selected for the 2008-09 New Student Reading Project Cornell’s next incoming class and much of the rest of the Cornell community will read Garry Wills’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America, as part of the 2008-09 New Student Reading Project....


   
SignaleCornell University Library and Cornell University Press announce a new series: Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought, a new publishing model for new book manuscripts, conference proceedings, reprints... .  
 
 
 
   
Book Collection ContestThe Cornell University Library and Library Advisory Council Book Collection Contest is an annual competition for Cornell students interested in books and book collecting. Now in its sixth year, this essay contest provides Cornell students an opportunity to write about their reading and research interests and their passion for collecting books and things..
   
RevelsCornell Librarian Receives John C. Tyson Award.
Olin librarian has been awarded the prestigious John C. Tyson Award by the Black Caucus of the American Librarian Association (BCALA). Ira Revels, a project manager in the library’s Division of Public Services and Assessment, was recognized for her work with the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Library Alliance.		  
   
Bread and RosesPivotal Moments, Unique Collections
“Celebrating Black History,” an Olin Library exhibition, honors the history and contributions African Americans have made to American life by highlighting pivotal moments and people that are tied to the Library’s unique collections...		  
   
Library offers free workshops on using the Web
The world of information is changing quickly, and its fast evolution makes the research process demanding. Cornell's librarians can help you find and manage electronic information and take full advantage of the wealth of resources available to the Cornell community. 		   
   

Shelved in the computer area on Olin’s first floor, “New and Noteworthy” books include more than 1,000 popular fiction and non-fiction titles. From Harry Potter to baseball haiku to a non-fiction work on the racial implications of Hurricane Katrina, there is something for everyone...

  
 

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