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Exploring Archival Content Mediation Features in Wintersession: A Focus Group Study
By Christa Cleeton, Faith Charlton, Shaun Ellis, and Amy C. Vo Join us for an informative session during Wintersession as we explore ways to protect researchers from accidentally viewing harmful and offensive materials present in the Princeton University Library’s archival collections. A cross-departmental team, including […]
We Have Changed More Than Just Our Name
by Dan Linke The world has changed a lot in the past four years, and Princeton University Library’s Special Collections is no exception. The start of a New Year is a good opportunity to review these changes, as we strive to make our holdings accessible […]
A Cool Cannon Ball
The Battle of Princeton took place on January 3, 1777. This is a canon ball in the collection, dug up from Princeton Battlefield in 1896 by former Princeton University Library staffer Amos Sorter. I bet the last time an Englishman held this it was hotter.
Wordless Wednesday #33
Selected by April C. Armstrong *14
Two Heads Are Better Than One
By Will Noel As a child I was fascinated by a story that there were two heads of John the Baptist – one of him as a young man and one of him looking a bit older, both preserved as relics in French churches only […]
