Arts & Culture
What Your Favorite Study Spot Says About You
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If you study in your room, you are a different breed, and I don’t mean that in a good way.
24 hour study spaces
Mann Library Extends Study Space Hours to 24/7
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To increase study-space accessibility to late-night workers, Mann Library has extended the hours of Mann 112 to 24/7.
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Cornell University Library Receives Hans Bethe’s Nobel Prize
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Former professor Hans Albrecht Bethe’s Nobel Prize medal — won in 1967 in Physics — will now be housed in the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections at Carl A. Kroch Library.
Arts & Culture
Curating a Summer Reading List
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If you, like me, are looking forward to some reading this summer, let’s embark on this ill-fated journey together. Will we achieve our reading goals? Almost certainly not. Will we still enjoy the act of resistance that is leisure in a society that values only productivity? We must — or perish.
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Street-Side Little Free Libraries Foster Community, Love of Reading
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Little free libraries offer a book exchange for Ithacans of all ages.
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Libraries to Open With 850 Campus-Wide Seats
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With the onset of fall semester, libraries undergo changes to promote social distancing, including reservation-based study spaces.
COVID-19
Durland Alternatives Library, Prisoner Express Close Doors in Response to COVID-19
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The Durland Alternatives Library and Prisoner Express Program both suspended operations until at least April 13 as a result of COVID-19.
Tompkins County Public Library
Cornell Commits $100K to Tompkins County Public Library
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Cornell will commit $100,000 to the Tompkins County Public Library, further bolstering its decades long commitment to the local library, the University announced in Jan. 8 press release.
Featured in Category
Pennies a Day to $1 Per Minute: Cornell Librarians Talk Late Fees
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As anyone who has let a library deadline fly by or misplaced a book may know, library fines are no joke. According to Tobi Hines, Head of Operations and Outreach for Mann Library, library fines are in place as an incentive to get students to return high-demand items.
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Olin and Uris Libraries To Undergo Renovations to Adapt to Modern Standards
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For the past year, Olin and Uris have gone through other renovations. In January, Uris Library’s 24-hour study space the Cocktail Lounge closed to undergo major renovations in seating, lighting, bathrooms and technology. The study space reopened in August. This had been the first time in 17 years that the Cocktail Lounge had a significant makeover.