Tue Jun 6, 2017
Whether you’re a book lover, birder, botanist, tech geek, or all of the above, Mann Library has something for everybody for Reunion this week. Mark your calendars for:
Events
- Sound and Feather: How Media Specimens are Revolutionizing Modern Ornithology, exhibit talk by Mike Webster (Dept. of Neurobiology and Behavior and Director, Macaulay Library of Sound at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology), Friday, June 9, 10:00 am, Room 106
- Exhibit reception for “Around the World and Back: Building Cornell’s Nature Collections Through Exploration,” Friday, June 9, 11:00 am, Mann Gallery.
- Making It at the Library: 3D Printing and Other Production Technologies at Cornell University Library, demo in the Mann Library Lobby, Friday, June 9, 11:30 – 2:00 pm.
- Guided viewing of Mark Catesby’s The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands, (London, 1731-43), with Dr. Don Rakow (Section of Horticulture, SIPS), Saturday, June 10, 1:00 – 3:00 pm, Reference Room of the Rare and Manuscript Collections Division, Kroch Library, Level 2B.
Exhibits
- Mark Catesby: Naturalist in North America, Mann Lobby & Top Shelf Gallery, 1st floor, M – F 8:00 am – 5:00 pm; Saturday 9:30 am – 5:00 pm.
- Around the World and Back: Building Cornell’s Nature Collections Through Exploration, Mann Gallery, 2nd floor M – F 8:00 am – 5:00 pm; Saturday 9:30 am – 5:00 pm.
- The Magic of Mushrooms, Multimedia artwork by students of PLPPM 2010 (“Magical Mushrooms, Mischievous Molds,” Mann Library, 2nd floor. M – F 8:00 am – 5:00 pm; Saturday 9:30 am – 5:00 pm.
All events are free and open to the public. We hope to see you here!