Events – Fall 2008
October 24 Opening reception for Olive Pierce—Forty Years of Photographs (1963-2003), with remarks by photographer Olive Pierce. Friday, 24 October, 5:30-7:30pm, Perkins Library, Biddle Rare Book Room...
View ArticleDuke Libraries Co-Sponsor of Human Rights Book Award
The Art of Political Murder, an exhaustively researched story of assassination, impunity and justice in Guatemala, has won the first annual WOLA-Duke Book Award for Human Rights in Latin America....
View ArticleGuy Need Tie?
Wear this elegant neckwear and proclaim your loyalty to the Duke University Libraries. The four-in-hand ties (available in yellow and watermelon) and the bowties (in ultramarine) are decorated with an...
View ArticleDuke Wins a Bronze in “Best College Library” Rankings
This summer the Princeton Review released a report that ranks Duke #3 in the category of “Best College Library” based on an extensive student survey. Duke also achieved high rankings in several other...
View ArticleGoing to the Source: Librarians Travel to Build Collections
Christof Galli When you can get anything from apricots to zithers delivered to your front door (often with the option of overnight shipping) by shopping online, it may be difficult to believe that...
View ArticlePolitics
Knowledge Bytes Internet Sites Selected for the Readers of Duke University Libraries 24-Nation Pew Global Attitudes Survey http://pewglobal.org/reports/pdf/260.pdf The Pew Global Attitudes Project,...
View ArticleThe Perkins Project
New Library Spaces in 2008 Ilene Nelson The Duke community has been enjoying the fruits of the Perkins Project since the 2005 dedication of the new Bostock Library and von der Heyden Pavilion. In 2006...
View ArticleDining at Duke
Ted Minah and the Duke University Dining Halls Mary Samouelian We know things are tough all over, but can’t we have any silverware? Restaurants seem to have steaks or good cuts of meat now. How about...
View ArticleImages of the Russian Civil War in Siberia from the Robert L. Eichelberger...
Collections Highlight Eric Zitser Robert L. Eichelberger (1886-1961), a 1909 West Point graduate, served with distinction in the U.S. Army, rising to the rank of lieutenant general before his...
View ArticleNotes – Fall 2008
Mellon Funds Design of Next-Generation Library System Exhibits Events Visit the Libraries’ YouTube Channel Duke Libraries Co-Sponsor of Human Rights Book Award Guy Need Tie? Duke Wins a Bronze in “Best...
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