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Workshop

Digital Summer School

A new workshop series helps instructors teach in a virtual classroom

Technology

'I am your density'

Newly implemented technology will measure and report patron density in some library spaces

A view of iZone's booth seating and a COVID safety sign from the piazza

Spaces

iZoned for study

When New York State approved research libraries to open, iZone got the call

Dear COVID diary

Journal entries are among the ways people are helping to archive COVID-19

Illustration showing the cost of publishing

Sustainable Scholarship

A brave new world of scholarship

Rochester librarians are pushing for a shift in scholarly publishing

Staff

'An invaluable colleague'

The staff has spoken. Melinda Wallington is the 2020 RCL Staff Service Award recipient

Programs

Meliora through symbiosis

A new library fellowship has students giving as much as they are getting

A screenshot of a Zoom call with librarians from Carlson Library

Outreach

The Outreach Bunch

In the move from in-person to online education, outreach librarians shined

Illustration of how interlibrary loan works

Services

COVID and ILL

No access to physical collections? Interlibrary Loan (ILL) says, ‘No problem.’

Community

A Mover & Shaker

Library Journal recognizes Sherwood as a ‘Data Literacy Leader’

Miranda Mims inventories boxes of Louise Slaughters official Congressional papers

Community

From Archivist to Director

Miranda Mims will be providing the vision for the department’s future.

Construction site for Rush Rhees Library addition

Exhibit

Happy Additionday, Rush Rhees

A new digital exhibit celebrates the 50th anniversary of the addition to Rush Rhees Library

Ephemera

Can I see your pandemic pass, please?

During plague-times, you needed proof that you're healthy. The Edward G. Miner Library has it.

George Eastman statue wearing a COVID-19 mask

Quaran-time capsule

A University Archives project seeks to collect stories on life during the COVID-19 outbreak

Joanne Shenandoah next to a representation of the carillon chimes

Pop-Up

Celebrating Women, Music, and Culture

Two March events will feature Joanne Shenandoah and the carillon

Winners of the Research Initiative Award

FURL

I'll Be There for U-R-L

Friends have provided the libraries with support for almost 50 years

TinkerSpace

Tinker, Solder, Program, Code

Rochester’s TinkerSpace is what Meliora is all about

Students

A Seat at the Table

Students have a voice in the libraries’ policies, initiatives, and future.

Spaces

'No-Sleepover' at Gleason: Part II

Tower Talk Editor Matt Cook stayed up with Gleason to see what never closing looks like

Middle Ages

Here We Are Now, Can You Train Us?

A new Rossell Hope Robbins Library exhibit explores adolescent life in the 14th and 15th centuries

iZone

Lead the Future

The Rochester alumnus, fresh out of the publishing process, talks about what makes book-writing difficult, why anyone can do it, and why he did.

News

Editor's Picks: Tower Talk 2019

We asked Tower Talk Editor Matt Cook to choose some stories worth seeking out

History

Potree in Motion

The Digital Scholarship Lab’s Josh Romphf and Blair Tinker share how they help visualize the data and the tools they use to do it

Gleason library in full swing in the middle of the night

Spaces

'No-Sleepover' at Gleason: Part I

Tower Talk Editor Matt Cook stayed up with Gleason to see what never closing looks like

Cover of Elaine Marieb and Katja Hoehn’s textbook Human Anatomy & Physiology

Open Resource

Open for Learning

A biology professor has turned his class resources into "freesources" by making the shift to open education

History

To Reach Our Farthest Star

As Rochester prepares to inaugurate Sarah Mangelsdorf as its eleventh president, a new exhibit helps put University leadership in context

William’s 600-page manuscript, De universo (On the Universe)

Middle Ages

One scholar’s universe is another scholar’s treasure

Students and the faculty are marveling at a 15th-century manuscript on the cosmos. And it's not just because it's close to 600 years old.

Research

Lauren Di Monte is protecting Rochester's scholarly rep

A conversation on disambiguation, bibliometrics, and University of Rochester research-related initiatives

Photo of renowned Zimbabwean mbira player, oral historian, and ritual specialist Sekuru Tute Chigamba

Humanities

Sekuru’s Stories

A digital humanities project featuring the renowned Zimbabwean mbira player, oral historian, and ritual specialist Sekuru Tute Chigamba.