News Stories

Illustration of collaboration
Students

COVID-19 Challenge accepted

Students were challenged to solve pandemic-related problems in just 10 days
Neon Open sign
Open Resource

'Open' in case of pandemic

A collection of case studies offer a glimpse into the world--and benefits--of 'going Open'
A hand holding an open book with illustrated images rising form the pages
Sustainable Scholarship

An ACT of kindness

A Libraries-led coalition seeks to make textbooks less of a financial burden

Coffee mugs on a glass table in Wegmans Hall are transformed into an AR classroom exercise that simulates a sprawling, real-life chemical plant.
XR@UR

Augmented Reality Lets Students Operate a Chemical Plant

Exploring how AR can enhance the way students learn about engineering
Digital workshop icons
Workshop

Digital Summer School

A new workshop series helps instructors teach in a virtual classroom
An Occuspace sensor
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
Person writing in a journal
Archives

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

Melinda Wallington
Staff

'An invaluable colleague'

The staff has spoken. Melinda Wallington is the 2020 RCL Staff Service Award recipient
Karp Library Fellows graphic
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.’
Emily Sherwood
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
Marseille during the plague
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
Archives

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
Icons of programs offered by TinkerSpace
TinkerSpace

Tinker, Solder, Program, Code

Rochester’s TinkerSpace is what Meliora is all about
Woman taking notes
Students

A Seat at the Table

Students have a voice in the libraries’ policies, initiatives, and future.
Gleason Library around 4:45 a.m.
Spaces

'No-Sleepover' at Gleason: Part II

Tower Talk Editor Matt Cook stayed up with Gleason to see what never closing looks like
A teen from the Middle Ages stealing fruit (Psalter, c.1325-40)
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
Lead the Future Dever
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.
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News

Editor's Picks: Tower Talk 2019

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

Potree
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
Exhibition: To Reach Our Farthest Star: Leading the University of Rochester, 1850–2019
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.
Lauren Dimonte
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.