Library collaboration with Tsinghua University
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Cornell University Library and Tsinghua University Library in China — both leading research institutions — cemented a formal collaboration during an Oct. 29 ceremony on Cornell’s campus. More…
Columbia & Cornell: 2CUL
Columbia and Cornell University Libraries announce new partnership supported by Mellon Grant.
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded $385,000 to the libraries at Columbia University in New York City and Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., to support the development of an innovative partnership dubbed “2CUL.” This new relationship has the potential to become the most [...]
Library Weighs in on Google Books Settlement
ITHACA, N.Y. (Sept. 10, 2009) – In a letter to the New York District Court, Cornell University Library stated its support for the proposed settlement in the Google Books Search case. The Library believes the agreement is an efficient mechanism to provide access to the content of books, creating an inestimable benefit to researchers while [...]
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Reading the Grapes of Wrath
For nine years now Cornell has been sending a book to the students in the new freshman class and asking them to read it, write about it, and participate in our large and small group discussions about it when they arrive on campus in August. And together the newest Cornellians have read the book along [...]
Cornell University Library & Public Domain Content
Cornell University Library Removes All Restrictions on Use of Public Domain Reproductions
In a dramatic change of practice, Cornell University Library has announced it will no longer require its users to seek permission to publish public domain items duplicated from its collections. Instead, users may now use reproductions of public domain works made for them by [...]
RefShare Opens Doors
Citation management software – a means of sharing publications – can make researchers’ lives easier, and for one group in the College of Human Ecology it has expanded research support nationally.
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New exhibit in Uris Marks WST Takeover 40 Years Ago
Two exhibits documenting the 40th anniversary of the Willard Straight Hall takeover are currently on display in the Uris Library lobby and in the Africana Library.
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Digital Literacy Contest!
Compete to find information online. $200+ in cash prizes. Free food for everyone. Hosted by the Cornell Univeristy Library on Thurs Apr 9 from 4:30 – 6:00pm.
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Information competency initiative
Cornell University Library starts undergrad information project to get students beyond Google…
In the digital age, research changes at the speed of broadband.
It’s nothing new for librarians to help people learn research skills, but the Internet revolution demands more than a chat at the reference desk. That is why the Cornell University Library has launched the [...]
