Events – Fordham Library News

Commemorating Juneteenth

Juneteenth originated in Galveston, Texas on June 19th, 1865 when Union Army General Granger issued General Order No. 3, relaying the news of the Emancipation Proclamation. This announcement came more than a month after the official end of the Civil War and over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.

To commemorate Juneteenth, this post features a selection of resources highlighting music, first-person accounts from former enslaved individuals, and the gradual abolition of slavery in New York State.

June 17, 2021July 27, 2021

Primary Sources for Pride: Celebrating Stonewall & Christopher Street Liberation Day

Pride Month is celebrated in June to commemorate the Stonewall Riots, a series of protests beginning in the early hours of June 28, 1969 in response to a police raid on the Stonewall Inn in the West Village. In this post, discover primary resources covering the Stonewall Riots and New York City’s first annual Pride marches, known as Christopher Street Liberation Day.

June 10, 2021July 26, 2021

Uplifting Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month

The month of May is unearthing a plethora of complexity within the Fordham community. The pandemic is over a year old, vaccine research brings both promise and hesitancy, the days grow longer and warmer, and in the midst of all this we find ourselves celebrating Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

May 7, 2021May 7, 2021

Fordham Museum “Faces the Past” in New Exhibit

We are pleased to share that the Fordham Museum has been featured in the April 2021 edition of Connections, published by the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU). Written by Curator of University Art Jennifer Udell, Ph.D., the article explores a new student-curated exhibit, “Facing the Past: Reexamining the Modern History of Objects in the Fordham Museum of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Art.”

May 3, 2021May 3, 2021

Day of DH 2021: Multilingual Tools & Projects

April 29th is the Day of DH 2021, where digital humanities (DH) practitioners share their work with a global community through social media and blog posts. This year’s theme is “multilingual DH.” In this post, we highlight the library’s Italian Pamphlet Digital Collection and share a selection of tools to help with multilingual DH projects.

April 29, 2021April 29, 2021

Power in Numbers: Getting Engaged with Citizen Science

Citizen science projects are a great way to introduce new students to research and the scientific process, as well as gather community support for and increase engagement with research. They’re also a great way to move forward with your own research! Take a look at a few examples of citizen science below to see what they’re all about.

April 21, 2021April 21, 2021

Welcome to Your Library: Take Part in Our Reader Poll

Welcome to Your Library Happy National Library Week! Every year in April, library workers across the country take part in this celebration of libraries, our

April 7, 2021April 7, 2021

International Women’s Day: Data Sources for Research

In celebration of Women’s History Month, this post provides a selection of online data tools along with resources exploring the gender data gap. These tools can be helpful for students in social sciences, humanitarian studies, journalism, business, health sciences, computer science, etc.

March 8, 2021March 8, 2021

Fair Use in the Real World

Fair Use Week is an annual celebration of the doctrines of fair use in the U.S. and fair dealing in Canada. These are limitations to copyright law that, under certain circumstances, allow people to use copyrighted works without permission from the owner. But why does that matter?

February 25, 2021February 25, 2021

The Fordham University Library’s copyright webinar series is back after a successful first run in Fall 2020! Throughout the Spring 2021 semester, we will again

December 15, 2020January 19, 2021