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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)
Eric Wedig, Coordinator for Scholarly Resources in Social Sciences, is retiring
After 33 years of service, Eric Wedig, Coordinator for Scholarly Resources in Social Sciences, will be retiring from Tulane University Libraries (TUL) at the end of the Fall 2021 semester. Since his hire in February 1988 as the head of Government Documents and Microforms/Newspapers, Eric has held many roles, including Chief Bibliographer and a brief stint as the Acting Assistant Dean of Public… (read more)
Tulane University Special Collections Researcher Spotlight
Tulane University Special Collections (TUSC) holds primary sources that are invaluable for researchers like Lindsey Harris, PhD candidate in the History Department at Tulane University. In researching her dissertation on transnational nursing networks in the interwar period, Lindsey came across the Amelia Greenwald papers,… (read more)
Tulane University Special Collections acquires Offbeat Inc. Materials
Tulane University Special Collections (TUSC) is pleased to announce the acquisition of the business papers and correspondence of OffBeat magazine, OffBeat publications, OffBeat-sponsored events, and publisher Jan Ramsey. A monthly magazine that features news, reviews, interviews, and profiles about New Orleans and Louisiana music, musicians, culture, business, and events, Offbeat, Inc. was… (read more)