By Laura Childs (Emerging Technologies Librarian) and Mariah Lewis (Metadata Management Librarian) Copyright is confusing. With so many complicated, often archaic rules, it can be difficult to definitively answer copyright questions that you encounter in academia. But did you know that Fordham faculty members can get help with copyright at …
By Laura Childs and Mariah Lewis On Tuesday, September 24th, 2019, Fordham’s Walsh Library hosted a workshop entitled, “Introduction to Data Curation in the Humanities.” Led by Tierney Gleason, Reference and Digital Humanities Librarian, data curation is a term that encompasses how scholars in the humanities collect, arrange, and document …
You’ve probably seen its famous façade or remarkable reading room in films like Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Maybe you pass by your local branch on your commute. But have you been to the New York Public Library yet? And did you know that all Fordham students and employees are eligible to …
On February 11, 2019, the First Annual Library Associates Lecture was held at Fordham University’s Walsh Library in partnership with the Center for Medieval Studies. We welcomed Dr. William P. Stoneman, Curator Emeritus of Early Books and Manuscripts at the Houghton Library of Harvard University. Titled “Fordham University Library’s MS …
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 …
On June 11, 2019, the Westchester Academic Library Directors Organization (WALDO) and Fordham Universtiy Libraries hosted a free symposium at Walsh Library. The event, titled “What Do They Want from Us? Surveying Patrons across the Library Landscape,” explored library assessment. An audience of over 80 librarians assembled in Flom Auditorium …
