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Medieval sketch of an awkward young man.  He is nude, facing forward but leaning backward.  His right arm hangs behind him. It is impossibly long
  • Linda Kendall Knox
Tiny Studies will feature informal notes and insights from research projects in progress throughout the University Library. This will be a focused place to consider how our individual inquiries contribute to the conceptualization of our organization as a whole. Posts by diverse authors will explore the connections in our work, especially during those ephemeral moments of growth or reflection, when whole new constellations emerge in our understanding of the library.

Beakers
  • Lance Thomas Stuchell
We are putting together a super sweet lab to handle born-digital content!!
  • Brianna Coren Hutchison
Hello! My name is Brianna Hutchison. For a brief introduction, I am a Design Lab Resident, Electrical Engineer in training, and a martial artist who recently had knee (ACL reconstruction) surgery. I love spending time in nature, going on adventures, and learning new things.

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The Keeper of Secrets Book Cover
  • Pam MacKintosh
A beautiful story following a 1742 Guarneri del Gesú violin and the men (and boys) who loved her.
Orson Welles on set of Citizen Kane with camera visible
  • Philip A Hallman
Join us next Monday (30th January) for a lecture with Harlan Lebo, author of Citizen Kane: A Filmmaker's Journey.
  • Rebecca M Chung
L2P Project (Lead to Pixels): Dr. Rebecca M. Chung

If someone sees a book image on a screen, are they truly reading a book? If not, then how can digitization be used to transmit the material and historical features of reading? The materiality of the text connects the creation of that text to its historical moment. Historical context is as much about paper composition, assembly techniques, enclosure styles, and chemical composition—as about dates or places or names. The L2P project works on reconstructing the material characteristics of a text embedded in its historical moment—both type and ornaments, by combining book history research, digital images, and printing technologies from letterpress to electronic.

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Several students place their hands on loudspeakers filled with percussion instruments.
  • Eleanor Daftuar
A quick look into what was happening in Design Lab 1 on the morning of January 24, featuring a course offered through the Living Arts program.
  • Pam MacKintosh
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood tells the story of The Daily Show host Trevor Noah's childhood in South Africa.
IWW flyer "Industrial democracy"
  • Julie Herrada
Preserving the history of labor movements has been core to the Labadie Collection’s mission since its very beginnings more than a century ago. In 2016, two important collections on 20th century labor organizing have been arranged to better facilitate research. The Joyce Kornbluh Collection (3.25 linear ft.) and the Don Stewart IWW Collection (3 linear ft.) conserve evidence of the regular confrontations between workers, corporations, and government throughout the past hundred years.
  • Rashun Jamal Miles
RJ speaks about his first semester as a Design Lab Resident.