Cornell Votes & National Voter Registration Day
Heads up Cornellians! September 17 is National Voter Registration Day. Cornell Votes will be staffing tables in the Mann Library lobby all day with information on getting registered to vote–here in New York State or in your home state. Drop by anytime between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. to make sure YOUR vote gets counted in the coming election season!
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Fall 2024 Workshops @ Mann Library
Check out our fall semester workshop schedule and make a game plan to level up your research skills! Click the links below to register for these live workshops. To see the full list of all Cornell University Library workshops, visit bit.ly/cul-workshops-spring24 In addition to the live workshops listed below, we also have a wide selection of pre-recorded workshops – including citation management software and research data management options – listed on our Workshops page. Introduction to...
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Kick-off Coffee Tuesday, August 27 11am to 1pm Mann Lobby And we’re off into a new academic year! Mann Library cordially invites our campus community to start the semester right with your librarians–come enjoy free coffee, button-making, coffee mug raffles, and other fun stuff. Of course we’ll have useful info for you, too. All are welcome–please join us to celebrate a fresh, good start to the fall 2024 semester!
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Mann Library Welcomes New Director
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Ye Li joined Cornell University Library as the Director of the Science and Agriculture Libraries on July 29. Ye has been the Librarian for Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering at MIT since 2019. Prior to that, she worked as the Scholarly Communications and Instruction Librarian at the Colorado School of Mines, and as the Chemistry Librarian at the University of Michigan. While at MIT, Ye...
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Mann Library has two new student exhibits that will be up through August. Bycatch by Charlotte Tysall ’26 is a series of paintings focused on the plight of bycatch species–i.e. non-target species which are nonetheless caught, killed, or otherwise negatively impacted by commercial, large-scale fishing operations. The exhibit explores just a few of the many species which compose the approximately 40 percent of all marine catches which are unintended, including endangered animals like turtles and...
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Welcome Cornell alums and families! We’re so pleased to have you back on campus and in the library, and we hope that we’ll see many of you at Mann throughout the weekend’s festivities. A quick reminder of our hours this weekend: Thursday, 8am to 6pm Friday, 8am to 5pm Saturday, noon to 5pm Sunday, CLOSED The following events are happening at Mann Library, Friday, June 7: Open to the public: Introducing Vladimir Nabokov, Lepidopterist...
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Congratulations Cornell Class of 2024!
All of us at Mann Library wish the graduating Cornell class of 2024 the very best for commencement weekend! We hope all graduates have a wonderful time celebrating with friends and loved ones – and hope the weather cooperates! A few reminders about library services and spaces as we approach the long weekend: Mann Library will be closed over Memorial Day weekend. We will close at 5pm on Friday, May 24 and will reopen...
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The end of the semester is in sight, and Mann Library and the CALS Zone are partnering up to bring some much-needed stressbusters programming to the Ag Quad. Stop by for some treats, some canine cuddles, or get crafty at our “butterfly break” event. Feeling competitive? Check out our Geoguessr Jam, co-hosted with the Cornell Mapping Society. And keep an eye out for free coffee, treats, and healthy snacks in the CALS Zone and at...
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Cornell University Library invites the campus community to a series of special events titled “Right to Read,” to honor and promote diversity of thought and expression found in books of all kinds. Friday, April 26, 9am to 2:30pm Right to Read: Readathon Mann Library, 1st Floor The readathon will feature excerpts from banned and challenged books, selected and read aloud by students, staff, and faculty members. A selection of banned books will be on hand for...
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The Nature-Study Idea by Liberty Hyde Bailey: Panel Discussion & Book Celebration
In The Nature-Study Idea, Liberty Hyde Bailey articulated the essence of a social movement, led by ordinary public-school teachers, that lifted education out of the classroom and placed it into firsthand contact with the natural world. The aim was simple but revolutionary: sympathy with nature to increase the joy of living and foster stewardship of the earth. With this definitive edition, John Linstrom reintroduces The Nature-Study Idea as an environmental classic for our time. It provides...
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Mannifest
Mannifest is our newsletter about Mann Library and is sent out each semester.