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Media Literacy Week at Tulane
We're celebrating National Media Literacy Education Week with 3 engaging events. "Media" is used broadly, it may mean a website, the news, Instagram, podcasts, or even digital art. Just like other forms of literacy… (read more)
Video: "Jivin' with Dr. Daddy-O: Race, Radio and Representing Black in Jim Crow New Orleans"
The video for “Jivin' with Dr. Daddy-O: Race, Radio and Representing Black in Jim Crow New Orleans" is now available to view at this link, via the Tulane University Libraries YouTube page.
The online presentation was given on October 2, 2023, during American Archives Month, and by Melissa A. Weber, curator of the Hogan Archive… (read more)
Learning Commons Refresh at Howard-Tilton Memorial Library
The 1st-floor Learning Commons area of Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, the popular space to the left of the entrance to the building, has undergone a refresh, the finishing touches of which were completed this week.
The biggest change in the space is the recent installation of 11 new study tables, with frosted acrylic dividers, that provide upgraded seating for 40 users. These tables… (read more)
Tulane University Special Collections welcomes visitors to Archives Social Hour, October 20
Tulane University Special Collections (TUSC) invites students, faculty, staff, alumni, and visitors to Archives Social Hour, an informal mixer and open house during Wave Weekend ’23 and American Archives Month. It takes place Friday, October 20, 2:30-3:30 p.m., on the 2nd floor (rooms 202 and 208A) of Jones Hall (6801 Freret St.).
View and learn about… (read more)
Tulane University Special Collections Acquires Collection of Antenna Press publications
Tulane University Special Collections (TUSC) is pleased to announce the acquisition of nearly a complete record of Antenna Press publications, from the beginning of the press as a small printing shop on Press Street in 2005 to today. The collection archives over 70 multidisciplinary works of fiction, poetry, illustration, memoirs, essays, art,… (read more)
New Library Classroom and Event Space Can Be Used for Studying Too
A project over the summer built a large glassed-in library classroom under the older wooden portion of the ceiling on Howard-Tilton Memorial Library’s 4th floor in an open area adjacent to the general stacks.
The classroom is intended to be used for library-related classes and events, but when no events are scheduled, its doors are open and can be used by students as a study area with… (read more)
Event: "Jivin' with Dr. Daddy-O: Race, Radio and Representing Black in Jim Crow New Orleans"
On Monday, October 2, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. Central Time, Melissa A. Weber, curator of Tulane University Special Collections’ Hogan Archive of New Orleans Music and New Orleans Jazz, will give an online presentation, “Jivin' with Dr. Daddy-O: Race, Radio and Representing Black in Jim Crow New Orleans.” The talk, presented as part of American Archives Month… (read more)
A Great New Place to Study
New tables and about 25 seats have been added to the atrium area on the 5th floor of Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, which may have created the new best place for students to study in the building.
Each of the new tables has power outlets and sits adjacent to the atrium’s double-height windows, providing some of the best views of the surrounding area and the city on campus. The soft,… (read more)
William C. Brumfield Photographs of Russian Architecture
Comprising of over 10,000 images taken by Tulane Professor of Slavic Studies and decorated historian William C. Brumfield, this collection is a detailed and extensive archive of photographs depicting Russian architecture and street scenes from 1970 through the 2010s. From the first trips to Russia and Central Asia in the early 1970s to recent trips across Siberia, Professor William C.… (read more)
New Digital Acquisitions for Fall 2023
Students and faculty returning for fall 2023 will find that Tulane Universities Libraries have acquired more than two dozen new major digital acquisitions from scholarly publishers. These resources have each been linked with records in the catalog and in the Libraries’ A-Z Databases List. For a list of these new acquisitions, see this one… (read more)