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Syracuse University Library's Biblio Gallery on the 4th floor of Bird Library is now featuring artwork by Maire Kennedy, a graduate student studying Fiber Arts and Material Studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. In her artwork, Maire creates and documents installations of highly exaggerated repetitions. The show will run through June 30, 2009.

For more information, contact Melinda Dermody at 443-5332 or mderm01@syr.edu. To learn more about the Biblio Gallery, visit http://library.syr.edu/information/finearts/bibliogallery.html.

Posted by Kathleen White at 11:56 AM | Permalink

The Ingram Digital MyiLibrary Ebook Collection is available from May 15 - June 15, 2009 for evaluation and feedback.

MyiLibrary® is an online eBook and eContent resource for academic, medical, professional and corporate libraries the world over. Our unique aggregation platform offers organizations the ability to acquire and access digital content on an individual title, publisher-specific or subject collection basis, based on their unique requirements and resources.

With over 175,000 titles currently available, covering all major academic disciplines, MyiLibrary has the most comprehensive online eContent resource available on the market today. We work with the world's leading commercial publishers including McGraw Hill, John Wiley, Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Springer and Elsevier, as well as exclusive access to intergovernmental publications from groups such as The International Atomic Energy Agency, the International Labour Organization and the World Health Organization.

For more details, or to offer feedback, please contact Mary DeCarlo mmdecarl@syr.edu

Posted by Brian McLaughlin at 1:32 PM | Permalink

Architecture Reading Room hours for first summer session are as follows:

Monday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Tuesday 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Wednesday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Thursday 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Friday 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Closed Saturday
Sunday hours for June will be posted separately.

Posted by Pamela McLaughlin at 9:50 AM | Permalink

Jonathan Singleton, a doctoral student in the English Department in Syracuse University's College of Arts and Sciences, received the Mary Hatch Marshall Essay Award at the Syracuse University Library Associates annual Spring Luncheon held on May 1. His winning essay is titled “Religion, Radicalism, and Sympathetic Reading in Gaskell's Mary Barton.”

Mary Hatch Marshall joined the faculty of Syracuse University in 1948 and became the first woman at Syracuse to achieve the rank of full professor in the College of Liberal Arts. During her tenure, she was one of the founding members of the Library Associates. She also helped establish the Honors Program, serving as its first director. Professor Marshall retired from full-time teaching in 1970 and was awarded emeritus status. She promptly began a second career in adult education, offering courses through the Humanistic Studies Center at University College until 1993.

To honor and help perpetuate Mary Hatch Marshall's scholarly standards and generous spirit, Library Associates in 2004 established this annual award for the best essay written by a graduate student in the humanities at the University. Members of Library Associates, Marshall's friends and family, the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, and the Central New York Community Foundation all contributed to the endowment that funds this annual award.

Full- and part-time students from African American Studies; English; Fine Arts; Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics; Latino-Latin American Studies; Religion; Philosophy; the Writing Program; and the Women's and Gender Studies Program are eligible for the $500 award. Nominations are coordinated by the respective department and program chairs. Faculty members who reviewed essays submitted for this year's awards were Eileen E. Schell (chair), Kenneth Baynes, and Ernest Wallwork.

Library Associates is a society devoted to the enrichment of the University Library and the greater Syracuse community. Members share an interest in books, learning, and the preservation of knowledge. To learn more, visit http://library.syr.edu/libraryassociates.

Posted by Kathleen White at 2:24 PM | Permalink