The Social Life of Libraries

Honestly, It was only a matter of time. This is formal recognition of the resurgence that has taken place in studying interest. The opening of Bostock has either improved your grades or improved manners in which you procrastinate.

Duke Summer Reading:
Mission Impossible?

Started in 2001, the Duke Summer Reading Program offers a shared experience for incoming Duke undergraduates. How does one pick a book that everyone at Duke will like?

Building a Spenser Archive -
One Scan at a Time

David Miller spent several days at Duke’s Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, examining a 1609 edition of Edmund Spencer’s The Faerie Queen.

Writer’s Page

Where Did All the Evils Go?

Library Notes

DukePlays: The Party

John Hope Franklin Wins Prestigious Kluge Prize

Exhibits / Events

Dick Gordon and the Story behind The Story

Duke Reads – Together

Leadership in Library Acquisitions Award Presented to Duke’s Nancy Gibbs

In Memoriam

Knowledge Bytes

Nineteenth-Century American History

Collections Highlight

Seeing Japanese Popular Culture through Anime

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