Welcome to the first-ever Fordham University Libraries Advent Calendar! Throughout the month of December, we will be unveiling “gifts” from our collections and bit of Fordham history to celebrate the holiday season. Since most Rams are off-campus for the rest of the semester, we hope this will help bring a …
By Jane Suda, Head of Reference & Information Services For many of us, Labor Day 2020 will mark the end of a long, lonely, socially distanced summer. For Fordham, this holiday marks the start of a new, hybrid, Fordham Forward school year! Given the economic turmoil of the past year, …
World Travelers: Satisfy Your Wanderlust Here! Don’t let the pandemic and current travel restrictions prevent you from exploring new global destinations. Let the Quinn Library 2nd Floor Virtual Book Display sweep you away to your next adventure. Explore the virtual book display below to find e-books and streaming films in our …
The Quinn Library 2nd Floor Virtual Book Display makes it easy to celebrate this year’s LGTBQ+ Pride Month from any of your favorite electronic devices. Reading with Pride includes selected ebooks from our online collection, films from our streaming databases, and LGBTQ+ literary trivia. Happy Pride! Explore the virtual book display below to find e-books in our collection that …
“In creating a Covid-19 Digital Archive while the record is still fresh, the Fordham University Library has created a repository of documents and images that will be of enduring value not merely to historians of this University, but to anyone studying higher education or crisis management. I applaud the archivists’ …
By Tierney Gleason, Reference and Digital Humanities Librarian Wednesday, April 29th is the Day of DH 2020, an initiative led by centerNet where people working on digital humanities (DH) projects share their work with an international community through tweets and blog posts. What is “digital humanities” you might ask? While …
By Mariah Lewis, Metadata Management Librarian Staff at the Fordham University Libraries are always on the lookout for resources to help the Fordham community in this extraordinary time. Be sure to follow all of the Fordham Libraries’ social media accounts to keep up with our updates on resources and news! …
By Mariah Lewis, Metadata Management Librarian The Digital Collection Spotlight is meant to highlight digital collections created both within and outside of the Fordham University community. In this edition of the Digital Collection Spotlight, we will be highlighting resources related to Black History Month with some collections that focus on …
By Mariah Lewis, Metadata Management Librarian The Digital Collection Spotlight is meant to highlight digital collections created both within and outside of the Fordham University community. In this edition of the Digital Collection Spotlight, we will be getting into the spirit of the spooky season with some Halloween themed collections. …
by Tierney Gleason and Mariah Lewis Many librarians at Walsh Family Library were in attendance last Wednesday for Digital Day, a full-day event organized by the Center for Medieval Studies to provide an introduction to digital scholarship for new and returning graduate students. Co-sponsored by the Preparing Future Faculty Program …
