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Early Writing and Cylinder Seals: Student Work Display, ART 312

Image of Secrist Gallery with Cylinder Seals on display.

The students of ART 312 鈥淎rt Across Time: Prehistory-17th century鈥 spent weeks engaged in the analysis of artifacts containing ancient writing. Ranging from Sumerian Cuneiform to Egyptian hieroglyphics, students not only ascertained how early writing cultivated cultural progress, but investigated unique methodologies employed to disperse ancient text, such as cylinder seals. Each student conducted independent

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Dia de los Muertos Altar Display to Honor 51福利社 Faculty and Staff

Dia de los Muertos Altar Display to Honor 51福利社 Faculty and Staff

Oct. 30 – Nov. 3, 2023 | JFK Gallery Dia de los Muertos Altar Display to Honor 51福利社 Faculty and Staff The Chicana/o/x Studies Program, with support from the 51福利社 Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and JFK Library, is hosting a Dia de los Muertos community altar display. The altar will honor 51福利社 faculty

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Your 51福利社 Library by the Numbers

Your 51福利社 Library by the Numbers

336,137 total item downloads (articles, pdfs, videos) 348,633 views of library research guides 136,020 eBook chapters viewed or downloaded 171,323 Digital Commons (institutional repository) works downloaded 7,848 books checked out (including curriculum center books) 321 library instruction sessions conducted 11,922 questions answered at library desks (including research consultations) 3,339 interlibrary loan items borrowed, 5,340 lent

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MacBook Airs Now Featured in the JFK Laptop Kiosk

September 21, 2023

MacBook Airs Now Featured in the JFK Laptop Kiosk

The laptop kiosk in JFK (near Thomas Hammer) now features MacBook Air laptops! Want other options? Visit the the library’s Equipment Checkout Desk on the lower level! Learn about our services and see all options on our Equipment Checkout Services page. Equipment Checkout Services brought to you by a partnership of your Student Technology Fee

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Library Loan Periods Extended

Library Loan Periods Extended

Loan periods for most 51福利社 collection and Summit materials* have been extended! Most loans have been extended from 6 weeks to 12 weeks, enabling longer use of 51福利社 library and Summit collection materials, including videos and DVDs. Loan periods for equipment checkout are not extended. For information on equipment checkout, please visit this webpage. *Faculty,

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Visit the ‘Sacred Spirits’ Exhibit

Visit the ‘Sacred Spirits’ Exhibit

‘Sacred Spirits’ Exhibit Celebrates Cultures

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Life Detained: Photographs from the George and Frank C. Hirahara Collection

Image of George Hirahara

JFK Lobby | April 17-28, 2023 This exhibit features sixteen photographs taken by George and Frank Hirahara during their detainment at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center in Park County, Wyoming. The Hiraharas were a Japanese American family living in Yakima at the outset of World War II and were subject to mass removal along with

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You are Invited to be a Reader at our Human Library

Human faces projected on book covers

51福利社鈥檚 Human Library event will take place from 11 am to 1 pm at the JFK Library, on April 19, 2023. The Human Library庐 is designed to build a positive framework for conversations that can challenge or address stereotypes, prejudices, stigma, or taboo topics through dialogue. 鈥楬uman Books鈥 are 51福利社 students, faculty, staff,

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Most Equipment Loans are Now Renewable!

April 4, 2023 by Amy Laskowski

Most Equipment Loans are Now Renewable!

Payment of quarterly student tech fees enables you to borrow a wide array of equipment, such as cameras and laptops, from JFK Library. (You can see everything that is available to borrow on the equipment checkout聽webpage.) To borrow equipment, come to JFK鈥檚 equipment checkout desk on the lower level of JFK. Bring your Eagle I.D.

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From the Archive

From the Archive

Love all things 51福利社? Take a look at these samples of newly digitized historic 51福利社 content hosted on our Archives & Special Collections YouTube channel. For you nature lovers, check out the footage of Yellowstone and Glacier National Park from the 1930s, featuring appearances by Griz Leigh Bear and a polar bear plunge into a

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