Spring 2008

Volume 21, No. 2/3

Spring 2008 cover image

The Color Purple

A New Story for a Familiar Reader

Purple flower

From Personal to Political

Human Rights Histories in Duke's Special Collections Library

Family photos

Duke Yearlook

A Virtual Photo Album of Duke Favorites

Duke postcard

Don't Shoot the Messenger

Encouraging Intellectual Inquiry and Upholding the Law

Scholarly communications

Then and Now

Eight South African Photographers exhibit their photos at Duke

South Africa photos

China: Trade, Politics and Culture 1793-1980

Collections Highlight

Chinese stamps

Arts and Music

Internet Sites Selected for the Readers of Duke University Libraries

Antique glass

Technology Showcase for Kids

Duke Libraries and the PepsiCo K-12 Technology Mentor Program

Kids at Lakewood School

Spring 2008 issue

Notes
Knowledge Bytes
Arts and music
Don't Shoot the Messenger
or how a Scholarly Communications Officer Encourages Intellectual Inquiry and Upholds the Law
From Personal to Political
Human Rights Histories
Collections Highlight
China: Trade, Politics and Culture
Writer's Page
The Color Purple: A New Story for a Familiar Reader

Recent items in the 'Feature Articles' Section

Don’t Shoot the Messenger

or how a Scholarly Communications Officer Encourages Intellectual Inquiry and Upholds the Law
Kevin Smith
In my many years as an academic librarian, one of the things I have liked best is library patrons’ appreciation for librarians and the work that we do. So, when I became a lawyer as well, I was surprised by the realization [...]

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From Personal to Political

Human Rights Histories in Duke’s Special Collections Library
Patrick Stawski

My mother recently sent me a letter which she had come across while cleaning out an over-burdened closet. After reading it and digesting its contents, she knew it would pique the interest of her son, an archivist now curating a human rights collection at Duke University. The [...]

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Past Lives / Present Voices

Student writers find inspiration in old diaries and letters
Elizabeth Bramm Dunn
“Write what you know” is the standard advice to aspiring writers. But Professor Deborah Pope, who has guided the literary efforts of many Duke students, longed to find a way to push those enrolled in her “Writing and Memory” course to move beyond what they [...]

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Sailing the Andes

Deborah Jakubs
The backbone of South America, the magnificent Andes mountain range, dramatically separates Chile and Argentina. Flying over the Andes is a stunning experience that inevitably evokes thoughts of Alive, the book and film about the true story of the tragic 1972 crash of the plane carrying the Uruguayan rugby team. Crossing the range via [...]

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The Social Life of Libraries

Paolo Mangiafico
A few months ago I decided to see for myself what all the fuss was about, so I signed up for an account on Facebook (facebook.com), the social networking site used by almost every college student in the country. I joined the Duke community on Facebook and began to set up my profile. Curious [...]

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Duke Summer Reading: Mission Impossible?

Ryan Lombardi
Your task: pick a book that everyone at Duke will like.
Your timeline: three months.
Welcome to the Duke Summer Reading Book Selection Committee.
Started in 2001, the Duke Summer Reading Program offers a shared experience for incoming Duke undergraduates. From The Palace Thief, Ethan Canin’s collection of novellas, to Khaled Hosseini’s NY Times best-seller The [...]

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Building a Spenser Archive - One Scan at a Time

David Lee Miller
Editor’s Note: David Lee Miller, professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of South Carolina, spent several days in February at Duke’s Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, examining the Library’s 1609 edition of Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene. Miller was also at Duke to attend a conference, “Producing [...]

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