Cornell librarians help train researchers in Africa

A pair of Cornell librarians traveled to Africa earlier this year to conduct workshops and help researchers advance food security and legal scholarship.

Book marks Tompkins County’s place in suffrage movement

A new book by Tompkins County historian Carol Kammen and Elaine Engst, M.A. ’72, looks at the history of the women’s suffrage movement by examining it in microcosm at the local level.

JFK letter to professor donated to library

A personal letter written by President John F. Kennedy, four days prior to his assassination, to Cornell professor Clinton Rossiter was recently donated to Cornell University Library by the Rossiter family.

Botanical illustration pioneer goes from obscurity to online

More than 190 years after her death, botanical illustrator Mary Kingsbury Wollstonecraft is finally getting her due thanks to digitization by Cornell's Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections.

New AAP dean sees opportunities for collaboration

As she begins her term as dean, J. Meejin Yoon, B.Arch. ’95, discusses opportunities and challenges for the College of Architecture, Art and Planning and its students and faculty.

Historic building is hub for Cornell in NYC

On Jan. 2, the School of Industrial and Labor Relations’ new New York City headquarters and conference center opened in the historic General Electric building at 570 Lexington Ave. Several other Cornell colleges, units and programs will soon be using space in the building.

Apply for 2019 Digitization Grants

Cornell University Library’s digitization grants program invites proposals from faculty and graduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences.

How do you flourish in scientific publishing? Ask a librarian

Cornell University Library offered a workshop for graduate students and postdocs in engineering, math and physical sciences on the resources that can jump-start their careers.

Celebrating arXiv's growth at the library, future at CIS

On the cusp of arXiv’s move to Computing and Information Science in January, members of Cornell University Library and CIS celebrated 17 years of the scientific research repository’s growth under library stewardship.