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…
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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…
Mar 22, 2011
Katherine Furlong Is Elected VP of PA Interlibrary Delivery Service Board and Receives Leadership Scholarship
Katherine Furlong, associate director for access and administrative services at Skillman Library, has been elected vice president of the board of the Pennsylvania…
Mar 18, 2011
Dedication to the Arts: Lafayette Celebrates Various Forms of Visual Expression through its Four Galleries
The vibrant arts scene is a big part of campus life at Lafayette. Including the EPI (Experimental Printmaking Institute)/Riley Temple Gallery dedicated…
Feb 25, 2011
In Retrospect Exhibit in Simon Room Spotlights the Works of Three Women Artists
Spilling out of the Simon Room onto Skillman Library’s main floor is In Retrospect, an exhibit of vibrant artists’ books and other works on paper by…
Feb 25, 2011
Photographic Tribute to City of Venice on Display in Lass Gallery
As part of Lafayette’s 2011 Roethke Humanities Festival on “The Renaissance Spirit,” Skillman Library’s Lass Gallery will host a photographic tribute…
Jan 7, 2011
Technology and Aesthetics Merge at Skillman Library
From 2003-05, David Bishop Skillman Library underwent a $22 million expansion and renovation, which added 28,555 square feet and transformed almost every…
Nov 8, 2010
Book Artist Carolee Campbell Presents Schlueter Lecture Nov. 11
It’s a plot twist not even writers of the soap opera she appeared in could have imagined. Carolee Cambell, an Emmy-award winning actress who played Nurse…
Sep 17, 2010
Marking Time Exhibit Will Run Thorough Oct. 25 in the Simon Room Gallery
Through Oct. 25, Skillman Library’s Simon Room Gallery is hosting a traveling exhibition of the Guild of Book Workers, a national organization for book…