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On view: “Music IS the Scene”: Jazz Fest’s First Decade, 1970-1979
Tulane University Special Collections (TUSC) presents “Music IS the Scene”: Jazz Fest’s First Decade, 1970-1979, on display from Friday, March 4, through Friday, May 27, in the TUSC gallery on Tulane University’s uptown campus. The exhibition features archival materials and audio… (read more)
New Orleans and Latin America Colloquium Series
Beginning this spring, The Latin American Library will host a colloquium series featuring faculty whose research considers relationships between Latin America and New Orleans.
Marilyn Miller, Professor of Spanish and Sizeler Family Professor in Judaic Studies, Tulane University, will present new research on a mid-century New Orleans beautification project that immortalized Latin… (read more)
Vernon “Dr. Daddy-O” Winslow Broadcast Recordings are Newly Digitized for Online Access
“Jivin’ with Jax” recordings featuring New Orleans’ first Black radio disc jockey have been preserved with funding by a grant from the GRAMMY Museum®
Live broadcasts, interviews, and radio segments by Vernon "Dr. Daddy-O" Winslow for "Jivin' with Jax" on WWEZ AM New Orleans are now available online via the Tulane University Digital Library at… (read more)
Open Now: 2022 Libraries User Survey
Attention all Tulane students, faculty, and postdocs: Tell us how we are doing!
The Libraries are conducting a campus-wide user survey for Tulane students, faculty, and postdocs. The survey will gather your feedback about how well the Libraries support your coursework, teaching, and research. Your valuable input will help us learn more about your needs and make… (read more)
2022 Student Poetry Competition
Tulane University Libraries is pleased to announce the 2022 Student Poetry Competition!
Poems received by noon, February 25, will be entered into a double-blind review by select members of the Tulane University Libraries personnel. Reviewers include librarians and staff who are authors, researchers, cultural critics, and, above all, lovers of poetry. Through the review process, a first… (read more)
Our newest streaming film database: Academic Video Online
Six years ago, Tulane Libraries introduced its first interdisciplinary streaming film licensing resource with Kanopy. Since then, our collection of streaming film content has grown exponentially, with titles individually licensed not only from Kanopy, but also from Alexander Street Press, Criterion on Demand, Digital Theater+, Digitalia Film Library, Docuseek2, Films On Demand, and Swank… (read more)
New issues of Women Leading Change now published
Two new issues (Vol. 6 no. 1 and 2) of Women Leading Change: Case Studies in Women, Gender, and Feminism, an online undergraduate journal have just been published. Featuring case studies authored by the Newcomb Scholars, an elite cohort of undergraduate students at Tulane University, the journal is published periodically and reflects… (read more)
Children of the Streets: Reminiscences of Jan Yoors - An exhibit opening
Please join us for a virtual viewing, Q&A, and discussion of Children of the Streets: Reminiscences of Jan Yoors with curators Dara Bram & Catherine Ryan, Yoors Family Partnership director Kore Yoors, and artist Jason Francisco on Friday, December 17… (read more)
Two Professors Featured in Testimonios
The Mathematics Department is proud to announce that Dr. Ricardo Cortez and Dr. Victor Moll are highlighted in Testimonios: Stories of Latinx and Hispanic Mathematicians. Their stories are inspirational and thought provoking.
Anne Rice Collection: Conservation Update
This semester, the Tulane University Libraries (TUL) Conservation Team has collaborated extensively with Tulane University Special Collections (TUSC) to preserve items from the Anne Rice Collection.
For the Bible Rice used in her research for her Christ the Lord novels, Conservation Librarian Sabrena Johnson designed a custom clamshell box with red and purple book cloth and… (read more)