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Library research informs Cornell’s COVID-19 models

Melanie Lefkowitz
August 25, 2021

When Cornell’s COVID-19 Modeling Team began developing protocols for the return to campus in summer 2020, they turned to Cornell librarians to comprehensively answer a …

Library launches future with FOLIO

Jose Beduya
July 19, 2021

At the start of July, Cornell University Library made a giant leap to the future by implementing an innovative integrated library system (ILS) called FOLIO, becoming the …

Library acquires Irene Castle collection

Jose Beduya
July 1, 2021

Ballroom dancer. Silent film star. Fashion designer. Animal rights advocate. Irene Castle wore many hats – and donned countless dazzling costumes – as a celebrity …

Gifts boost photography teaching, collecting

June 30, 2021

Photography and philanthropy share a long history at Cornell, including first president A.D. White’s donation of architectural photographs in the late 1800s. This year, new gifts boost …

Online ILR publications open up wealth of workplace wisdom

June 24, 2021

Scholars studying the shifting landscape of work can now dig deep into more than a half-century’s worth of knowledge from the ILR School’s digitized publications available on HathiTrust …

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Enhanced library catalog boosts research discovery

May 28, 2021

With recent enhancements to Cornell University Library’s online catalog, library patrons can now judge a book by its table of contents and other information vital …

Library service interruptions and updates

April 5, 2021

As the Cornell campus prepares for an in-person fall semester, Cornell University Library is gearing up for necessary updates that will involve an important change and …

March 8 event to elevate women artists on Wikipedia

February 25, 2021

On International Women’s Day, Cornellians are joining a global effort to raise the visibility of women artists, writers, and performers on Wikipedia. Whether experienced or …

Toni Morrison Quilting Project, to weave communities together, launches Feb. 22

February 15, 2021

Celebrating the author’s work and the community-building tradition of African American quilt-making, the Toni Morrison Quilting Project kicks off on Feb. 22, noon to 1:30 p.m., with a …

A&S digitization program seeking applications

February 5, 2021

Cornell University Library’s Grants Program for Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences is seeking applications to create online collections that will support teaching and scholarship at Cornell …

Cornell RAD expands and unites special collections

January 26, 2021

The future of Cornell University Library’s special collections is “RADical.” The library’s varied special collections—ranging from one-of-a-kind manuscripts in vaults to circulating items on shelves …

From vaults to virtual classes, library archives enrich teaching

January 21, 2021

In the spring of 2020, Denise Green thought she had the fall 2020 semester all figured out. An associate professor of fiber science and apparel design in …

Cornell Day of Data to focus on research collaboration

January 21, 2021

The annual Cornell Day of Data gathers strength in numbers by bringing together professors, researchers and students across the university to share techniques, tools and insights in …

Signale celebrates decade of success and welcomes new leadership

January 19, 2021

In 2020, Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought, a print and electronic book series co-published by Cornell University Library and Cornell University Press, celebrated …

Tamar Evangelestia-Dougherty, associate university librarian, right, examines a bowl presented by Mohegan Tribal Historic Preservation Officer James Quinn in a ceremony at Cornell University transferring the Fidelia Fielding’s diaries.

Return of Mohegan elder’s diaries to help revitalize language

November 9, 2020

The diaries of the last fluent speaker of the Mohegan-Pequot language have returned home. On Nov. 4, the papers of Fidelia “Flying Bird” Fielding, who …

Digitized files give rare glimpse of anti-union advocacy

October 30, 2020

When companies go toe to toe with labor unions, they call people like Leonard C. Scott, a former human resource and labor relations executive who …

South Asia Acquisitions Trip 2020

October 30, 2020

South Asia Program supported South Asia curator Bronwen Bledsoe’s three-week acquisitions trip to North India in January 2020. The purpose of such trips is twofold, …

Family ties abound in Cornell University Library archives

October 28, 2020

Digging deep into family history? Try Cornell University Library. Not only a trove of primary sources for scholarship, the numerous archives of Cornell University Library …

Digitization grants awarded to Arts and Sciences projects

October 23, 2020

Cornell University Library’s annual Grants Program for Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences is funding three new projects aimed at conserving fragile, physical artifacts and digitizing them …

Cornell unites science and policy to end hunger

October 16, 2020

Like all the farmers in her village in central Ethiopia, Hadjo Mergo works the land to feed and sustain her family. Confronted with scant income …

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