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Our annual Elevator Art Contest gives Cornell undergraduate, graduate, or professional school students the chance to showcase their creative talents, win a Cornell Store prize, and inspire others along the way!   Prompted by our 2022 theme, contestants were invited to interpret what “connection” meant to them and submit a piece of artwork of their authorship to be featured on the elevators in both Mann and Olin Libraries. The students were also asked to describe…

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Feeling stressed? Mann Library has extended hours during study week, as well as a wide assortment of events and activities planned to help you rest and refocus!   Hortus Forum Spring Plant Sale   Friday, May 6, 9am to 3pm Tsujimoto Family Plaza Love plants? So do we! Join us for a Hortus Forum Spring Plant Sale on the Tsujimoto Family Plaza (outside the Mann Library entrance on the Ag Quad).   Stressbuster Raffle Keep an…

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Calling all fiber and fashion artists!   As part of the 2022-2023 Year of Textile exhibits, Cornell University Library will present A New Book of Instruction: Original Art Based on 20th Century Sewing and Textile Instruction Books at Mann Library. We invite you to participate!   The exhibit seeks artwork that draw on lessons and/or imagery used to teach sewing to school children in the early 20th century that make those lessons more inclusive by…

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Cornell students, enter our elevator art contest for a chance to showcase your creativity for a chance to win a Cornell Store prize, valued at $100 (with gift receipt)! The winning entries will be displayed on the 1st floor elevator doors in both Mann Library and Olin Library and will be judged both by visual appeal and by how well they fit our theme for 2022: “Connection.” You must be a currently enrolled undergraduate, graduate,…

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Mann Library is pleased to announce a spring 2022 Exhibit Expo highlighting our two newest exhibits:   Trapped in the Middle: The Effect of Income Inequality on the Middle Class in America, an exhibit of photography by Julian Fisher, with contributions from faculty & researchers of the Cornell Center for the Study of Inequality (on display in the Mann Gallery through April 8). For more info: https://bit.ly/trapped-middle Model Organisms, an exhibit of invertebrate sea life…

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You may have seen some new faces (under those masks) at the library recently, so let us introduce our newest team members who joined Mann over the past six months! Yue Hao, Evening & Weekend Supervisor Yue joined the Mann Library team in September 2021. Prior to coming to Mann, Yue worked at Ithaca College Library as an evening and weekend supervisor, gaining experience in access services and student supervision. She has a Bachelor of…

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Yay!  With the COVID/Omicron infection rate at Cornell being held at manageable levels to help ensure the safety of the vulnerable members of our community, we’ve made it back to in-person classes on campus. Well done, friends! Below, a quick update on what this means for Mann Library services and spaces. First we’ll start off with what hasn’t changed:  Approved masks must be worn at all times when inside our library building. What are approved…

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With the spring semester well underway, it’s time to think about building those research skills, and what better way than by exploring our wide selection of pre-recorded workshops? Visit our Workshops page for our full listing of asynchronous workshops, including help with searching and literature reviews, citation management software (Zotero, Mendeley, and EndNote), the nuts and bolts of systematic reviews, and research data management. Check out these workshops at a time and place that’s most…

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With the Cornell campus gearing up for the spring 2022 semester these frosty early weeks of the new year, Mann Library extends a warm welcome to all new and returning students. We’re looking forward to seeing you in the Library—despite the curve balls that the COVID-19 pandemic keeps throwing our way! The challenges of a not-yet-quite-normal semester are making a few changes in our operations necessary for now. Below we give you an overview of…

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From affordable housing to molecular genetics, Mann Library is happy to announce a lively line-up of book talks for the spring 2022 semester. Mark your calendars for engaging cross-disciplinary discussions!   February 3, 4:00 pm Carol Colfer, Adaptive Collaborative Management in Forest Landscapes: Villagers, Bureaucrats and Civil Society Local communities are essential to the success of environmental policies, and yet many well-intentioned forest management proposals are based on top-down strategies disconnected from people on the ground.…

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