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Thematic Resources – Architecture Research Guide page
Posted on March 1, 2021, 1:05 p.m.
Celebrating Black History month at King + King Architecture Library.
Reflecting Forward: The Digital Underground Series
Posted on Feb. 23, 2021, 11:17 a.m.
Visualizing our past in the context of our future as a library and community.
Inside SCRC | Abolitionist Materials
Posted on Feb. 22, 2021, 4 p.m.
Petrina Jackson spotlights anti-slavery and abolitionist collection items.
Bento-box Focus Group
Posted on Feb. 19, 2021, 12:36 p.m.
NCSU Libraries’ bento-style search interface
Researching Stenogravures, Crystopal and Armand Winfield
Posted on Feb. 17, 2021, 7:12 p.m.
Stenogravures are very strong and are akin to stone carvings
Film and Media Roundtable Announces 2021 Notable Films
Posted on Feb. 15, 2021, 9:34 a.m.
Movie clapper icon by Shmector is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Reconstructing Racial Equality in Syracuse
Posted on Feb. 10, 2021, 7 p.m.
Syracuse’s Interstate 81 has played a major role in the racial, social, and economic landscape of the city.
Black History Month Resources 2021
Posted on Feb. 10, 2021, 8:55 a.m.
Although not comprehensive, highlights from our collections in celebration of Black History Month include:
Research Starting Points
Posted on Feb. 8, 2021, 10:03 a.m.
Explore the Syracuse Universities Libraries website
75 Years of Benjamin Spock’s Common Sense Parenting
Posted on Feb. 3, 2021, 6:32 p.m.
2021 marks the 75th anniversary of the publication of the first edition of Benjamin Spock’s Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care.
Marcel Breuer auf Deutsch
Posted on Jan. 14, 2021, 4:08 p.m.
Letters from the Marcel Breuer Digital Archive.
Inside SCRC | World War I American Red Cross Posters
Posted on Jan. 14, 2021, 3 p.m.
World War I-era American Red Cross posters
Everyone Wants the Libraries to Acquire Textbooks for Student Use
Posted on Jan. 7, 2021, 12:09 p.m.
Acquiring textbooks at the Libraries is a complex issue.
Animals in the Stacks
Posted on Jan. 6, 2021, 6:41 p.m.
Inspired by the Getty Collection, materials from our archives for animals within our own collection.
2020 Year in Review
Posted on Dec. 23, 2020, 4:40 p.m.
As we reach the end of a decidedly unprecedented and unusual year, let’s look back on some of the topics we researched, discussed, and discovered in SCRC’s collections this year.
Inside SCRC | Pan Am Flight 103 Archives: Shannon Davis
Posted on Dec. 18, 2020, 2 p.m.
Postcard, written by Shannon Davis, victim of the Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster, detailing her travels.
Tempering Virtue, Prohibiting Vice
Posted on Dec. 17, 2020, 4:16 p.m.
When the Volstead Act came into effect on January 17, 1920, it ushered in a 13-year period where alcohol’s production, sale, and distribution was prohibited by constitutional law.
In the Beginning of the Year and When it Ends: Memorials to Pan Am Flight 103
Posted on Dec. 9, 2020, 2:24 p.m.
December 21 will mark the 32nd anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland that killed 270 individuals from 21 countries.
Hail Librarians!: Reflecting on SU Library Service
Posted on Dec. 2, 2020, 3:18 p.m.
“Hail, Librarians, holders o’ the golden keys!”, wrote poet Frank Elijah Dudley in 1955.