Carnegie Library to stay open 24 hours a day for reading days, finals
Carnegie Library will remain open 24 hours a day, seven days a week during reading days and final exams. The extended hours in Carnegie are being put in place to accommodate student needs for silent...
View ArticleSU Libraries receives $15,000 grant for Sound Beat radio program
Syracuse University Libraries has received a $15,000 grant from The John Ben Snow Memorial Trust to expand their Sound Beat public radio program. Launched in 2011, Sound Beat is a daily public radio...
View ArticleSU Libraries adds six members to advisory board
Syracuse University Libraries doubled the size of its Libraries Advisory Board to increase efforts to raise more money as new renovations in Bird Library begin. SU wanted to enhance its resources and...
View ArticleOpen forums to allow student input in the search for a new Dean of Libraries
A series of open forums will be held as part of the search for a new dean of the Syracuse University Libraries. The forums, created and sponsored by a special search committee composed of students,...
View ArticleSearch committee hosts forum, gathers input on future dean of libraries
UPDATED: Feb. 8, 2015 at 8:59 p.m. Syracuse University’s search committee for the dean of libraries and university librarian sought input from participants at an open forum Friday afternoon at Bird...
View ArticleDavid Seaman selected as next dean of Syracuse University Libraries
Interim Vice Chancellor and Provost Liz Liddy announced Monday that David Seaman has been selected as the next University librarian and dean of the Syracuse University Libraries. Seaman is currently...
View ArticleSummer news roundup: Top stories from summer break
Here’s the news you might have missed while you were on summer break: Boeheim defamation case: Syracuse University and men’s basketball head coach Jim Boeheim settled the defamation lawsuit filed by...
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South Campus storage facility saves SU Libraries nearly $2 million
Surrounded by graveyards and industrial buildings on the outskirts of South Campus, a nondescript warehouse sits in a rarely visited part of Syracuse University. The only other university building in...
View ArticleHigh-density book storage should continue at Syracuse University
Syracuse University should continue moving low-use library materials into high-density storage facilities. High-density storage is a process in which items are stored with the intent of taking up the...
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Week in News: FBI agent says Bernie Fine tried to molest him, DPS implements...
FBI agent says Bernie Fine tried to molest him Douglas Astralaga, an FBI agent, said former Syracuse University associate men’s basketball coach Bernie Fine tried to molest him 34 years ago, in a...
View ArticleSU Special Collections Research Center presents ‘Black Utopias’
The Syracuse University Special Collections Research Center will open “Black Utopias,” its fall exhibition Oct. 8. This exhibition celebrates the 50th anniversary of the publication of “The...
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Syracuse University Press constantly adapts to survive
The Syracuse University Press spends over $10,000 to publish a single title with the SU press logo emblazoned inside. Tucked in a small building on South Campus near Tennity Ice Pavilion, the 15-person...
View ArticleSyracuse University officials discuss specifics of Blackstone LaunchPad space...
Syracuse University will build the physical space for the Blackstone LaunchPad program over Thanksgiving break. The university announced on Oct. 23 that it received a $900,000 grant from the Blackstone...
View ArticleSU Libraries receives grant to support special collections
Syracuse University was awarded an $18,000 grant in late November to support a pilot program in the Special Collections Research Center. The grant will support the new Faculty Fellows program, which...
View ArticleSyracuse University Libraries receives donation to boost adult education...
Syracuse University Libraries recently received a $50,000 donation from former faculty members to digitize materials like cassette tapes from the adult and continuing education collection. The donation...
View ArticleSyracuse University Libraries to hold Welcome Fest
Syracuse University Libraries will be hosting a joint Welcome Fest from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday. Held on the first floor of E.S. Bird Library, the event will focus on the services and resources...
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‘WE REMEMBER THEM’: An intimate look into Pan Am Flight 103 at Bird Library...
On Bird Library’s sixth floor, a piece of Syracuse University’s original Wall of Remembrance sits inside a case. Not far away, there’s a sculpture of Helen Tobin, the mother of SU study abroad student...
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Cultures collide in Fumi Ishino’s art at Light Work
Fumi Ishino moved to the United States from Japan to attend college, with no interest in photography. “I didn’t know what I wanted to do. All I knew was that I wanted to get out of my country so that I...
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In Syracuse, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s messages resonate half a century later
Three years before he was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. walked into Sims Hall at Syracuse University. King, widely regarded as one of the most prominent figures of the...
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Blackface, racist imagery found in SU yearbooks
UPDATED: April 9, 2019 at 12:07 a.m. Editor’s note: The following article contains disturbing images and descriptions of racist content. Examples of the photos of blackface and other material are...
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