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Dec 5, 2013

Robert Young ’14 Reveals Lafayette’s Pioneering Past

By Sean Grim ’14 Twenty-seven years before the passage of the 13th Amendment, two slaves were admitted to Lafayette College. One went on to become a…

Oct 10, 2013

Skillman Library Celebrates 50 Years of Providing Innovative Services and Resources

Skillman Library occupies a worthy place on Lafayette’s campus: the center. This academic year, it celebrates 50 years of being at the center of innovation…

Aug 16, 2013

Lafayette Explores Digital Humanities with Mellon Foundation Support

Lafayette is poised to become a national leader among liberal arts colleges in the area of digital scholarship thanks to a four-year, $700,000 grant from…

Oct 1, 2012

Video and Photos: Celebrating “Freedom through Literature”

In observance of the 30th anniversary of Banned Books Week, Lafayette students, faculty, and staff took part in a literary flash mob in Skillman Library…

Sep 25, 2012

Prof. James Woolley Awarded Major NEH Grant to Edit Swift’s Poems

James Woolley, Frank Lee and Edna M. Smith Professor of English, has received a major three-year National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant to edit…

Apr 10, 2012

Photo Gallery: Edible Books Contest Is a Tasty Treat

Skillman Library hosted its second annual Edible Books Contest April 2. The competition celebrates the birthday of French gastronome and author Jean-Anthelme…

Sep 23, 2011

Professor Paul Barclay Chronicles the Culture and Politics of East Asia through Postcards

Almost a decade ago, an unexpected gift led Paul Barclay, associate professor of history, to a line of research that would pioneer the field of colonial…

Sep 7, 2011

The Search for the Marquis’ Sword: Skillman Library Hosts a QR Code Scavenger Hunt

The Marquis de Lafayette’s heirloom sword from 1792 went missing Tuesday night, and it was up to a group of first-year students to find it. Skillman…

Jun 29, 2011

Lafayette Joins HathiTrust Digital Library Initiative and Approves Open Access Research Resolution

Lafayette has become the first liberal arts college to join HathiTrust, a cooperative of academic and research libraries seeking to preserve and provide…

May 6, 2011

New Lafayette Software Program Allows Scholars and Librarians to Collaborate on Digital Collections from Any Location

  Eric Luhrs, digital initiatives librarian, has developed a one-of-a-kind software program that allows scholars and librarians to collaborate on the creation…

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