Events celebrate Nabokov as butterfly scientist
Jose Beduya and Kathy Hovis, Cornell University Library, College of Arts and SciencesMarch 1, 2024 A giant of 20th century literature known for such novels as Lolita and Pale Fire, Russian émigré and former Cornell professor Vladimir Nabokov was also a prodigious lepidopterist who collected and studied butterflies since the age of five. “It is not improbable that had there been no revolution in Russia, I would have devoted myself entirely to lepidopterology and never…
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Sustainable Agriculture Student Film Series
Last semester, students in Professor Matt Ryan’s class Soil & Crop Sciences class, PLSCS 1900 “Sustainable Agriculture: Food, Farming, and the Future” created short documentaries addressing a topic of their choice, related to sustainable agriculture. Robin Gee and Ten van Winkle from Mann Library worked with the class by teaching workshops on videography skills – which included planning and storyboarding, producing video and audio, and using video editing software to create their final films, as…
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Spring 2024 Chats in the Stacks
We’re pleased to share the line up of our spring semester book talks! This semester includes a talk by the 2023 Dean’s Fellow Kathleen McCormick, doctoral student in Psychology. All book talks will be held in-person in Mann Library Room 160 and livestreamed, and will start at 4:30pm. You can find all recordings of our past Chats in the Stacks on our YouTube channel. Thursday, March 28, 4:30pm Mann Library, Room 160 and livestreamed…
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Find your way with library workshops! Our spring semester workshops will help you gain valuable research skills and set you on the right path. In addition to the live workshops listed below, we also have a wide selection of pre-recorded workshops – including citation management software and research data management options – listed on our Workshops page. And be sure to check out our new workshop offerings, including the weekly Data & Donuts discussion series,…
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Black Plant Scientists: A Traveling Exhibit from the Plant Cell Atlas (PCA) Initiative
This February, the Center for Research on Programmable Plant Systems (CROPPS) and Mann Library are hosting a month-long exhibit recognizing ground-breaking discoveries made by four Black pioneers in the study of plants and human well-being. The Cornell and Ithaca-area communities are cordially invited to browse a display created by artist Maxwell Eckelbarger and the non-profit Plant Cell Atlas Initiative featuring portraits and biographies of Marie Clark Taylor (plant photomorphogenesis); George Washington Carver (peanut-soybean-sweet potato crop rotation for improved soil and…
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We’re pleased to welcome Cornell students back to the library for the spring 2024 semester! Please be sure to check our full hours page for the most up-to-date information on library hours. This semester, we will have slightly reduced hours for the first few weeks due to changes in staffing, but we hope to be back to our regular schedule soon! A few other reminders as you get back into the semester routine: Have…
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Lorenzo Langstroth Unvarnished
December 25th, Christmas Day, is widely known as a day for sharing and giving. It also happens to be the birthday of a man known as the father of American beekeeping: Lorenzo Langstroth, born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1810. With the winter holidays just behind us, it seems fitting to have this particular coincidence in mind as we announce a resource that we’re pretty sure students of beekeeping and its history will find a wonderful gift:…
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Become a Better Data Steward with Cornell Data Services!
Spring Semester 2024 | Thursdays 9:30-10:30am | Mann Library Rm 100 For all levels and disciplines; attend all or a few. Register to receive reminders at https://bit.ly/cudatadonuts Join us for a weekly informal discussion series to work our way through the data lifecycle over donuts. From the planning stages of a research project, through closeout and data archiving, we will discuss best practices and point to resources on campus and beyond. There will be…
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Warm Wishes for the Winter Break!
It’s beginning to look a lot like winter break! This is a reminder for our patrons that Mann Library hours will be slightly different over the next few weeks, so be sure to plan accordingly! We will close at 5pm on Friday, December 22. Mann Library will be closed from Saturday, December 23 – Monday, January 1. We will reopen at 8am on Tuesday, January 2, 2024. Please note that our 24/7 spaces and our…
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Van Tienhoven Travel Award promotes professional growth & development for Mann staff
On Wednesday, November 29, Mann Library staff gathered with members of the van Tienhoven family for an award ceremony made possible through the generosity of the Ans van Tienhoven Memorial Fund. The travel award, founded by Ari and Ans Van Tienhoven 36 years ago and steadfastly enriched by their friends and family over these many years, provides opportunities for professional growth and development for Mann Library staff and librarians. At this year’s ceremony, Carson Williams,…
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Mannifest
Mannifest is our newsletter about Mann Library and is sent out each semester.