Libraries Blog Posts
List of blog posts
Collection Spotlight: Web Soil Survey
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Posted on March 12, 2024, 10 a.m.
A database for visualizing soils information through an interactive mapping interface for all areas across the U.S.
Collection Spotlight: DMPTool for Writing Data Management Plans
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Posted on March 5, 2024, 1 p.m.
DMPTool makes writing Data Management Plans easy!
Women's History Month 2024
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Posted on March 1, 2024, 4 p.m.
Since 1995, U.S. presidents have issued a series of proclamations declaring March "Women's History Month."
Collections Spotlight: Birkhauser Building Types Online
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Posted on Feb. 26, 2024, 10 a.m.
Birkhauser Building Types Online has undergone significant improvements in the past year which are included in remarks about this resource.
In Celebration of Black History Month: Fannie Lou Hamer
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Posted on Feb. 22, 2024, 1 p.m.
Fannie Lou Hamer – have you heard her name? You’ve most likely heard one of her most famous quotes.
Collection Spotlight: Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)
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Posted on Feb. 20, 2024, 2 p.m.
Open access books no matter who or where you are.
Updates on the New Libraries Search Platform
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Posted on Feb. 14, 2024, 3 p.m.
Updates on the Libraries' new library services cloud-based platform.
Electronic Theses and Dissertations on SURFACE for Summer and Winter 2023
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Posted on Feb. 13, 2024, 3 p.m.
The records for the Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) submitted by the Graduate School for Summer and Winter 2023 have been processed and loaded into SURFACE.
Valentine’s Day with Syracuse University Libraries
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Posted on Feb. 12, 2024, 9 a.m.
If you’re looking for a Valentine’s Day activity, try checking out the libraries collections!
King + King Architecture Library Chinese New Year 2024 Display
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Posted on Feb. 9, 2024, 10 a.m.
A display of images in celebration of Chinese New Year 2024.
Collection Spotlight: the International Encyclopedia of Health Communication
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Posted on Feb. 5, 2024, noon
Advance your research outcomes within communications and a focus on culturally inclusive health contexts.
Quiet(er) Spaces Video
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Posted on Feb. 1, 2024, 3 p.m.
Quiet and quieter study spaces in the Libraries.
Existing Outside the Lines: Book Display in Celebration of Black History Month
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Posted on Jan. 31, 2024, 8 a.m.
This curation of books explores themes of Black American experiences and their influence on visual arts, music, cultural movements, and more.
New eResources October 2023 through January 2024
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Posted on Jan. 26, 2024, 4 p.m.
The Libraries collects a wide array of online resources licensed from hundreds of publishers, spanning from books and journals to streaming media, images, indexes and databases.
Inside the Preservation Lab Video
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Posted on Jan. 25, 2024, 11 a.m.
Explore the day-to-day activities of the Preservation Team, as told by preservation student employees.
Collection Spotlight: Grove Press
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Posted on Jan. 23, 2024, 1 p.m.
A look at one of America’s most infamous publishing houses and its founder.
Sound Beat: The Birth of a New Age
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Posted on Jan. 18, 2024, 2 p.m.
Sound Beat episode featuring a recording by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. titled "The Birth of a New Age."
Collection Spotlight: Romanticism: Life, Literature and Landscape and Nineteenth Century Literary Society
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Posted on Jan. 17, 2024, 4 p.m.
Recent subscriptions offer exciting opportunities to explore, search and discover among a vast trove of Eighteenth & Nineteenth Century primary source materials.
Migrating the Ted Koppel Collection: A Case Study in Digital Stewardship
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Posted on Dec. 12, 2023, 10 a.m.
Libraries' Department of Digital Stewardship, Special Collections Research Center and Information Technology undertook a multi-platform migration of the of the materials comprising the Ted Koppel Collection.
Collection Spotlight: National Technical Reports Library (NTRL)
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Posted on Dec. 5, 2023, 10 a.m.
The National Technical Reports Library provides free public access to US Federal government-sponsored research technical reports in science, technology, engineering and related business information.