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A Q&A with Joanna Murdoch, a Ph.D. Candidate in the English Department

The post The Art of Writing Letters appeared first on Duke University Libraries Blogs.

Alumna Honors Dance Mentor and Duke Memories with Library Gift

The post Dancing to the Beat of Her Own Books appeared first on Duke University Libraries Blogs.

Learn How to Navigate the databases provided by Duke University Libraries.

The post Database Tips and Tricks appeared first on Duke University Libraries Blogs.

This post by Kaylee Alexander is part of a series on graduate students’ “Intern Experience” at Duke University Libraries. 

The post Data Lost, but not Forgotten appeared first on Duke University Libraries Blogs.

Today is the 200th anniversary of Walt Whitman’s birthday!

The post Happy Birthday, Walt Whitman! appeared first on Duke University Libraries Blogs.

For the summer meeting, we’ll be discussing the 2019 Duke Summer Reads selection There There.

The post Low Maintenance Book Club Reads There There appeared first on Duke University Libraries Blogs.

What History Can Tell Us Through a Single Document

The post Close Reading: Whitman Makes His Mark appeared first on Duke University Libraries Blogs.

Our University Archivist relates how, for two years, a con man posed as a member of a famous wealthy family

The post Duke Magazine: When There Was an Impostor on Campus appeared first on Duke University Libraries Blogs.

A Duke tradition got its start with a group of women wanting to extend their learning into their living space

The post SLGs Have Roots in Woman’s College Experiment appeared first on Duke University Libraries Blogs.

Get news, updates, and edifying information from the center of intellectual life at Duke

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“Among our special manuscripts you will find some of our most treasured wisdom and the ingredients for some of our most transformative discoveries.”

President Price extols the virtues of the library during his baccalaureate address to Duke graduates this weekend.

The post Seek ‘Unhistoric Acts’ that Grow the Good appeared first on Duke University Libraries Blogs.

Recommended reads from our New & Noteworthy and Current Literature Collections

The post What to Read This Month: May 2019 appeared first on Duke University Libraries Blogs.

People come to Duke from all over the world, and while they’re here, they eat

The post This Month’s Collection Spotlight: Southern Food appeared first on Duke University Libraries Blogs.

Board games aren’t what they used to be, thank goodness

The post “Physogs:” Hard to Say and to Play appeared first on Duke University Libraries Blogs.

Working@Duke takes a tour of the Library Service Center

The post How We Keep Millions of Books Safe and Available for You appeared first on Duke University Libraries Blogs.

The latest collection spotlight in Lilly Library shines on the disappearing art of letter writing

The post Lilly Collection Spotlight: Dear Duke appeared first on Duke University Libraries Blogs.

For some Duke staff, final exams bring a change to work’s regular rhythm

The post When Final Exams Hit appeared first on Duke University Libraries Blogs.

A conversation with a Duke Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

The post Publishing Tips for New Engineering Students appeared first on Duke University Libraries Blogs.

Huge collection includes many rare and noteworthy monuments of science fiction and fantasy

The post Locus Collection Tracks the Stars and Universe of Sci-Fi appeared first on Duke University Libraries Blogs.

Until recently all copies of the text were thought to be lost

The post Project Vox publishes du Châtelet’s “Essay on Optics” appeared first on Duke University Libraries Blogs.