To find Lindsay Cronk, assistant dean of Scholarly Resources and Curation for the River Campus Libraries, enter Rush Rhees Library from the Eastman Quad and continue through the Roger B. Friedlander Lobby. Take the stairs to your right (or left), and go into the Great Hall.

COVID-19’s ubiquitous presence and media coverage can have a blinding/muffling effect on other local, national, and even global issues. And because it’s new(ish) and happening right now, there’s an accompanying urgency and significance that commands attention and activism.

This is how we felt about HIV/AIDS 35 years ago.

Hello, reader of this story. I’m your writer, Matt Cook, senior communications officer of the libraries and collections. I’m also the editor of the newsletter for the University of Rochester Libraries, Tower Talk.

I made something for you.

Before you get all, “Oh, you shouldn’t have,” you should know that it’s kind of a re-gift. But it did take a year to make. That’s worth something, right?

In the Northern Hemisphere, winter doesn’t officially begin until December 21. That means, as of this story’s publication, it’s still fall. THAT MEANS it’s still Hot Library Fall.

After a four-month nationwide search, the University found its fourth Andrew H. and Janet Dayton Neilly Dean of the University of Rochester Libraries. Kevin Garewal, associate director of collections at Harvard Law School Library, will begin his tenure in February 2022.