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Thanks to a library grant for preserving the most fragile materials, 225 talks from the Cornell Lecture Tapes Collection have been digitized and are now publicly available online.

The New York-specific climate data, curated by Cornell librarians, will provide access to the most recent and credible information available.

“The class was famous on campus,” said Curtis Lyons, the Harriet Morel Oxman Director of Cornell’s Hospitality, Labor and Management Library. “Students who could not get into it were known to just sit in on the lectures.”

The records from the 1977 Grateful Dead concert form the beginning of a new collection in the archives, documenting the history of the Cornell Concert Commission and major performances at Cornell.

The project, with more than 100 events around the world held in connection with International Women’s Day, aims to empower women to edit content on Wikipedia and ensure the accurate representation of important arts contributions of women from all cultures.

Once a user types in search terms, the database offers links to the passage in digital versions of the text in the original Latin or Greek and in English translations.

The 18-month grant will pay for an archivist to organize more than 300 boxes of material and digitize around 1,600 photographs, including images of specific locomotives, rail yards, depots and train parts.

Alumnus rescued files that form Law Library's Donovan Nuremberg Trials Collection

Among the highlights of the exhibit are a first edition of the King James Bible and a leaf from the 1454 Gutenberg Bible, the first book printed on a press in the Western world.

Johan Kugelberg, a collector, historian and author, has placed material in the library on such diverse genres as hip-hop, punk, Latin jazz and Norwegian black metal – featuring bands that may not be household names, but whose cultural influence is on the rise.

Through its founder, Chuck Feeney ’56, The Atlantic Philanthropies has been a major benefactor of Cornell.

William B. Gould IV is the former chairman of the National Labor Relations Board, a scholar of U.S. labor law and the author of 10 books.

Cottrell revolutionized the female nude, validated women’s right to pleasure, and opened possibilities for women to see themselves and their desires in new ways

SPARK Talks – short for Scholars Present about Research and Knowledge – aims to help graduate students become more adept at speaking about their research to diverse audiences.

“I wanted him to come here, but I never tried to pressure him, because he’s his own man,” said Richard "Crazy Legs" Colon, whose breakdancing archives are in the Hip Hop Collection, of his son's decision to attend Cornell. “I was happy after he made his decision. Him being close to it – it means something to me.”

The university archivist is responsible for documenting, preserving and showcasing a dauntingly wide – and increasingly digital – range of Cornelliana, from official university records to faculty research to yearbooks and scrapbooks to photos of campus construction.

Chinese-Western language dictionaries offer a mirror that reflects an essential element in the cultural exchange between China and the West.

A century and a half ago, in April 1865, the Civil War was coming to an end. To commemorate that anniversary, Cornell University Library is putting three unique documents related to Abraham Lincoln on display in the same place at the same time: Saturday, April 11, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. 

The newest exhibit in Mann Library provides a window into James L. Reveal's images, which bring into focus the fantastic shapes, intricate patterns, myriad textures and vivid colors present in even the smallest flower blossoms.

The first project from the Library's new AAP grants initiative digitizes the work of John Clair Miller, emeritus professor in the Department of Architecture.

Check out video of "Lincoln's Unfinished Work," our exhibition marking the 150th anniversary of the 13th Amendment and Abraham Lincoln's death.

The Library’s newest exhibition marks the 150^th anniversary of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. 

It all started with an electronic bulletin board — one computer on one scientist’s desk. Now, more than two decades later, arXiv is a driving force in scientific communication

President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson visited Cornell in late November. Among other stops on campus, he came to the library to tour Cornell’s renowned Fiske Icelandic Collection.

Cornell’s rare titan arum plant – the Amorphophallus titanum, or “corpse flower” – is once again releasing its rotten scent for all of Cornell to smell.

In celebration of Def Jam's 30th anniversary, the Library is showcasing one-of-a-kind materials from its first year of operation

Soon, 250 hours of fragile audio material from Cornell’s ILR School from 1953 to 1978 will be available to the public, thanks to a grant from the Coordinated Preservation Program in the New York State Library’s Division of Library Development.

500 Works from the 18th and 19th Centuries Add Significant Dimension to Jewish Studies

When Dan McKee decided to go for a run on a brisk February morning in Tokyo, he had no idea he was about to uncover a little piece of Cornell, 6,000 miles from home.

Here are some recent Cornell ideas that span inspired revelation, quirky suggestion, counterintuitive supposition and the culmination of a lifetime of careful study.

Come say hello! Take a break with historic Cornell footage, check out our amazing exhibitions from World War I to human sexuality, learn some new things about brewing and genealogy, go on a library tour, and much more.

Assessing garment values for a scholarly project or after raiding a relative’s closet might be easier now, thanks to the Kheel Center’s comprehensive collections of original union clothing label.

One hundred years ago, one of Cornell’s most famous alumni graduated with the Class of 1914.

The Human Sexuality Collection’s 25th anniversary is in full swing, with a new component: an online exhibition. See scanned images of the items from every exhibition case, arranged by themes such as “advice,” “silence” and “want.”

Exhibition & Events Celebrate 25th Anniversary of Human Sexuality Collection

The sea of information available to scholars and researchers can seem impossibly vast. But, with the help of a new grant, Cornell University Library, in collaboration with the Harvard Library Innovation Lab and Stanford University Libraries, aims to make that sea easier to navigate.

Cornell’s original copy of the Gettysburg Address — one of only five written in Abraham Lincoln’s own handwriting — now has a spotlight from Google.