Archive for March, 2013
Treasures of the Parker Library
A talk by Melvin Jefferson (Cambridge, UK) Thursday, April 18, 2013, 6-7 pm Smathers Library (East), Room 1A The Parker Library houses one of the most valuable Anglo-Saxon manuscript collections in the world, including the earliest copy of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (from c.850) and key Middle English texts such as Geoffrey Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde. [...]
Read More..>>A Handful of Leaves: Immigrant Stories
A Handful Of Leaves: Immigrant Stories is a devised theater piece, directed by Kevin Marshall, based on selections from the holdings of the Price Library of Judaica at the George A. Smathers Libraries. The production focuses on the incredible stories of Dr. Emanuel Merdinger and Leah Stupniker, and will explore moments in the lives of [...]
Read More..>>George A. Smathers Libraries showcase testimonies to the Holocaust
Testimony Exhibition Open April 1 through June 14, 2013 Smathers Library (East) Gallery, 2nd floor Hours: Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., unless otherwise specified and with occasional exceptions for maintenance. Gallery Talk: Thursday April 4, 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Smathers Library Gallery, 2nd Floor Join Curator Rebecca Jefferson as she discusses Testimony. [...]
Read More..>>National Agricultural Library: A vision for preservation and accessibility of agricultural data
A talk by Dr. Simon Liu, director of the National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD Wednesday, April 10, 3:00 p.m., Smathers Library (East) Room 1A This talk is part of the University of Florida 150th celebration of the First Morrill Act and also the Data Management/Curation Speaker Series Agro-ecosystem research is evolving rapidly and moving toward [...]
Read More..>>What’s new at the Architecture & Fine Arts Library? Music!
Join us from 9:00-11:00 a.m. on Friday, March 29 to check out the new library venue for music collections and to meet Alan Asher, the new music librarian. Coffee and pastries will be served on the FAA/FAC Bridge, just outside AFA Library’s south entrance.
Read More..>>Telling Science Fiction in the 21st Century
Tuesday, March 26, 7:00 p.m. Smathers Library (East), Room 1A Science Fiction scholar and historian John Clute, author of several hundred articles, reviews, and book chapters on sf, and author or editor of more than twenty critical collections, reference works, and anthologies in the field (including the landmark Encyclopedia of Fantasy and Encyclopedia of Science [...]
Read More..>>Do you like to read or eat BOOKS?
Join the Smathers Libraries for the 11th annual ReadFest on April 9 & 10 and the 7th annual Edible Book Contest on April 11, as a kickoff to National Library Week. Share an excerpt from a favorite book and/or listen to others read; read to children or help with crafts; or enter the Edible Book [...]
Read More..>>Trading on Identity: Jewish Merchants in the Medieval Islamic World
A talk by Jessica Goldberg (University of Pennsylvania) Monday, March 18, 2013 — 6:00-7:00 p.m. Smathers Library (East), Room 1A Professor Goldberg’s research focuses on the history of merchants in the Islamic and Italian eastern Mediterranean of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Her recent research interests have led her to study the practical minutiae of [...]
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