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Data Tool Expands Support of News Text Mining
Syracuse University Libraries is pleased to announce that enhanced text mining for newspaper content is now available within the ProQuest database platform called TDM Studio. The Libraries is an early adopter of this researcher-friendly text mining tool. One component of…
Volunteers Needed for SU Libraries’ Virtual Living Library Event
Syracuse University Libraries will host its annual Living Library event during National Library Week on Wednesday, April 7, from noon to 5 p.m. via Zoom. Participants will have the opportunity to talk to “living books”—volunteers from the broader Syracuse University…
SugEx Glucose Monitoring Device Wins ACC InVenture Campus Qualifier
Russell Fearon ’20, G’21 (College of Engineering and Computer Science) and Ricardo Sanchez ’21 (College of Visual and Performing Arts) were the grand prize winners of Blackstone LaunchPad & Techstars at SU Libraries’ 2021 Syracuse University’s campus qualifier for the…
Special Collections Research Center Launches Latin American 45s Digital Collection
Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center (SCRC), working in partnership with the Digital Library Program (DLP), recently launched the Belfer Latin American 45s Digital Collection. The digital collection will eventually provide access to over 12,000 recordings that date from…
Sound Beat: Access Audio Offering Children’s Audiobooks about Enslaved People by Cheryl Wills ’89
Sound Beat: Access Audio is providing two free family audiobooks written by Emmy Award-winning journalist Cheryl Wills ’89, the great-great-great granddaughter of Emma and Sandy Wills, enslaved people from Haywood, Tennessee. The audiobooks are narrated by the author and are…
Special Collections Research Center Receives Grant to Process Forrest J. Ackerman Papers
The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation is providing Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) with a $17,000 grant to process the Forrest J. Ackerman Papers. Ackerman was a popular American science fiction author, editor, agent, collector and fan. His…
Applications Open for 2021 ACC InVenture Prize Competition
Blackstone LaunchPad & Techstars at Syracuse University Libraries (LaunchPad) is accepting applications through Jan. 20 for the 2021 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) InVenture Prize. The ACC InVenture Prize is a televised “shark tank” competition open to student startup teams from…
Tarida Anantachai and Suzanne Preate Receive Libraries’ 2020 Distinguished Service Award
Syracuse University Libraries honored two outstanding staff members, Tarida Anantachai and Suzanne Preate, with the 2020 Distinguished Service Award at its annual “State of the Libraries” meeting, held virtually on Dec. 1. The award is a 30-year tradition that recognizes…
LaunchPad Announces Winners of Campus Hult Prize Competition
Blackstone LaunchPad and Techstars at Syracuse University Libraries has announced the winners of the Syracuse University campus Hult Prize social impact competition, held virtually on Dec. 4. This year’s winners will be nominated for the global regional $1 million competition…
Browse a Virtual Bookshelf at Syracuse University Libraries
Libraries users can browse a virtual bookshelf via the Libraries Classic Catalog. After browsing, users with a valid Syracuse University I.D. can request any print books they locate for pickup at Bird Library or delivery via UPS to residences in…