Libraries have always been a place of inspiration, innovation, and imagination. A place that welcomes all disciplines, where people can come together to share ideas. For that reason, Rush Rhees Library is the perfect place to house the Barbara J. Burger iZone that has opened this fall. The 12,000-square-foot space is named after University Trustee Barbara J.
The City of Rochester and the University of Rochester lost a luminary when Catherine Breslin Carlson died on September 27. Catherine devoted most of her adult life in service to the legacy of Chester F. Carlson, the inventor of the transformative technology, xerography. Xerography’s first transformation was to change the Haloid Company into Xerox, which with Joseph C. Wilson, was a major socio-economic force in the Rochester community.
As part of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Douglass, the Department of Rare Books, Special Collections acquired four pieces of contemporary art by the internationally renowned artist Meleko Mokgosi, Untitled (Drawings for Frederick Douglass, 2018, graphite on paper). These works bring the artist’s textual editing practice to bear on the four monument panels that appear on the Douglass statue plinth.
Julia Maddox, director of the Barbara J. Burger iZone, is the 2018 recipient of the Martin E. Messinger Libraries Recognition Award for her outstanding leadership in developing the programming, staffing, and team for the newly created iZone, including university and community engagement, and contributing to the planning and implementation of the new iZone space.
Located within Rush Rhees Library, the Barbara J. Burger iZone is named after University Trustee Barbara J. Burger ’83, whose lifelong passion for libraries and innovation inspired her $1 million lead gift.
Beginning in the spring of 2017, four librarians from the River Campus Libraries partnered with five colleagues from SUNY Geneseo’s Milne Library and two gaming masterminds from Genesee Valley (GV) BOCES created an escape room “experience” that would teach information literacy skills using this fun, challenging, and on-trend format.
“The most eminent man in authorship and reputation that Rochester had ever claimed." Champion of women's education. Internationally respected scientist. Successful lawyer and elected legislator. Generous businessman. These accolades are not for Douglass, Anthony, Ward, Seward, or Eastman: they all describe the achievements of Lewis Henry Morgan.
In early December, the Rossell Hope Robbins Library welcomed Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski, distinguished professor of French at the University of Pittsburgh, to campus as the Helen Ann Mins Robbins speaker. Founded in 1993, this endowed lecture series is the annual highlight of the Robbins Library’s programming, notable medievalists who have made extraordinary contributions to their field through their scholarship and teaching. With 17 monographs and editions, numerous articles, and involvement in major international medieval studies organizations, Dr.
What’s the best way for an academic library to celebrate Valentine’s Day? Showing our love for data! Love Data Week (February 11–15), a collaborative initiative by data librarians in academic libraries across the world, is a social media event that celebrates how data intersects with our work and our lives.
There are few things more satisfying for those working in archives and special collections, than to see a completed project come out of the stacks and into the world. It is a testament to the value of historical material, as well as a way to connect the past to the present and the future.
