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SU Libraries’ Discovery Team

Snow in front of Bird Library

Posted on Jan. 28, 2020, 2:07 p.m.

Providing easily accessible information to our communities.

An Act of Moral Courage

A 1943 Syracuse Herald-Journal article about Japanese-American students.

Posted on Jan. 28, 2020, 1:55 p.m.

Tsuneishi, a 1943 graduate of Syracuse University praised Tolley for accepting Tsuneishi and “some of 100 of my Japanese American colleagues"

Writing over Medieval Texts in Renaissance Europe

Two pages of a medieval manuscript with red, blue, and black text

Posted on Jan. 21, 2020, 2:27 p.m.

Breviary on vellum, or a book that contains daily services recited by members of the Roman Catholic Church

Decade of Architecture Books

Barbara Opar in room with books behind her and architecture display on table

Posted on Jan. 16, 2020, 9:27 a.m.

A list of the most influential architecture books of the past decade.

Happy New Year from SCRC!

words happy new year lit behind black sky and fireworks

Posted on Jan. 15, 2020, 2:38 p.m.

Invitation from our William Wallace Denslow Collection

Boxing the Collections with a Box Making Machine

Posted on Dec. 17, 2019, 2:59 p.m.

Interview with David Stokoe

Giving Thanks for our Sound Beat Partners

Sound Beat team: 6 people standing shoulder to shoulder, smiling and facing camera

Posted on Dec. 11, 2019, 3:23 p.m.

Thankful for the support of staff, interns and campus partners.

Marketing and Publicity and Press, Oh My!

White and red poster advertising The Wizard of Oz film and picturing Judy Garland.

Posted on Dec. 10, 2019, 3:22 p.m.

The marketing campaign for The Wizard of Oz film

Getting Pulled In

Black and white image of couples of men and women holding hands and dancing.

Posted on Dec. 3, 2019, 3:41 p.m.

Photos from the Syracuse University Military and World Wars Reference Collection.

November 2019 News Wrap Up

Dr. Sumathi Ramaswamy of Duke University

Posted on Nov. 27, 2019, 3:57 p.m.

Recap of events and newly processed collections.

Katsushika Hokusai as Book Illustrator

Two interior pages of a book with wood block prints

Posted on Nov. 20, 2019, 4:25 p.m.

Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) was a Japanese painter and ukiyo-e printmaker

James Thornton and The Syracuse State School

White page with a list of entries on top of tan folder

Posted on Nov. 13, 2019, 8:41 a.m.

Syracuse State School was a facility that cared for mentally disabled children and, in some cases, adults.

University Press Week, SU Press Author Sean Kirst Discusses ‘Community’

Sean Kirst giving a radio interview in a red plaid shirt

Posted on Nov. 7, 2019, 8:52 a.m.

Syracuse University Press book “The Soul of Central New York.”

Native American Heritage Resources and Studies

Haudenosaunee flag: purple with geometric shapes in reverse white

Posted on Nov. 6, 2019, 3:34 p.m.

Syracuse University Libraries acknowledge the Onondaga Nation

Delight in the Mundane: Rehousing the Plastics Artifacts Collection

Pair of white sunglasses with seahorses on the sides of the lenses.

Posted on Nov. 5, 2019, 8:52 a.m.

A Library and Information Science student doing an internship in SCRC’s Plastics Artifacts Collection

October 2019 News Wrap Up

People sitting around a table in a classroom looking at a screen

Posted on Oct. 30, 2019, 8:59 a.m.

Recap of past month's events and news mentions

Open Access Electronic Theses & Dissertations, Summer 2019

Carnegie Library and Carrier Dome during summer surrounded by green trees

Posted on Oct. 23, 2019, 9:50 a.m.

By Déirdre F. Joyce, Head of Digital Library Program

"Where there is no imagination, there is no horror..."

Woman in a hooded black coat wearing red gloves

Posted on Oct. 22, 2019, 9:07 a.m.

Selection of spooky materials from SCRC.

Open Access: An International Student Perspective

Carnegie Library at sunrise

Posted on Oct. 18, 2019, 12:58 p.m.

Open Access week is October 21-27, 2019.

Shedding Light on Illuminated Manuscripts

Tan page of vellum with red, black, and blue text and decorations

Posted on Oct. 15, 2019, 9:55 a.m.

Illuminated manuscripts are handwritten books that have been adorned with vibrant colors, artwork, and even gold.

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