Friends of the University of Rochester Libraries - FURL

Friends of the University of Rochester Libraries - FURL The mission of the Friends is to support the University of Rochester Libraries and to promote Library events to the broader community.

If you "like" us, consider becoming a member to help support our goals! For more information about membership, please visit our page on the Rush Rhees Library's website (http://www.library.rochester.edu/friends/about). As a Friend, you do more than enhance the Libraries' book collections. Your membership supports the freedom to satisfy intellectual curiosity and advance scholarly research. For mor

e than thirty years, the Friends have provided invaluable support to the University of Rochester Libraries. As a Friend, you'll also be invited to exclusive events, exhibition openings, and a variety of lecture series sponsored by the Libraries. We also hold annual events just for members, including the Friends' Holiday Readings and the Friends Annual Meeting and Dinner. Our events typically feature food, dynamic speakers, and the chance to mingle with other Friends!

02/21/2023
Private Tour of Sibley Music Library's Ruth T. Watanabe Special Collections - Saturday, February, 25th at 3 pm.
02/02/2023

Private Tour of Sibley Music Library's Ruth T. Watanabe Special Collections - Saturday, February, 25th at 3 pm.

01/19/2023

The University of Rochester cordially invites you to attend
the Neilly Author Series with 17 year old Gitanjali Rao
A Young Innovator's Guide to STEM

Monday, January 23, 2023
6:00 p.m.
Hawkins-Carlson Room
Rush Rhees Library

We are excited to announce that this will be an in-person event as well as virtual via Zoom.

Please click the below button for more information and to register. We encourage you to share this with your personal and professional networks.

Register Here https://rax.rochester.edu/GitanjaliRao

10/28/2022

Technically, Christopher Hoolihan is retired, but you'd never know it by how much he's still around! He is librarian emeritus of Rare Books and Manuscripts at the University of Rochester Medical Center after spending 34 years managing the History of Medicine Section. Chris continues to be passionate about serving the collection and is still on site several times a week to help process collections and catalog materials.

Chris is this year’s Metzdorf Award winner, a prestigious award presented by the Friends of the University of Rochester Libraries (FURL) to those who distinguish themselves with contributions and meritorious service to the libraries. On receiving his award at the FURL reception (pictured here), Chris stated that he “loved every minute” of his time at Edward G. Miner Library. We are so fortunate to continue to have Chris around and to have such an incredible mentor and exemplar of medical history librarianship!

10/26/2022

Don’t miss it!

Saturday, October 29, 2022, at 11 am: Rare Books and Special Collections at the Rush Rhees Library

Saturday, February 25, 2023, at 3:00 pm: Sibley Music Library’s Ruth T. Watanabe Special Collections

Saturday, April 15, 2023, at 1:00 pm: History of Medicine Section at Miner Library

To register for this exclusive, limited tour, please email Kim Osur at [email protected] today to save your spot(s).

You will receive a confirmation email with payment details.

Details:
On Saturday, October 29, 2022, at 11 am, exceptional Rare Books Department items will be displayed in RBSCP with library staff interpreting their historical relevance. The Department is known for its strengths in abolition and woman suffrage material, British and American theatre, local history, social justice and medieval manuscripts.

On Saturday, February 25, 2023, at 3:00 pm, we plan to visit the Sibley Music Library’s Ruth T. Watanabe Special Collections Department. The Library is known for its copy of the only extant draft manuscript of Claude Debussy’s “La Mer”, a Kurt Weill archive including many of his most popular musical theatre works, early illustrated hymnals, and a popular sheet music collection.

On Saturday, April 15, 2023, at 1:00 pm, we plan to visit the History of Medicine Section at Miner Library. Treasures of the Miner Library include an outstanding collection of early printed anatomical books and atlases that includes works by Andreas Vesalius and others, the Edward Atwater Collection of American Popular Medicine, and volumes relating to 17th-19th century obstetrics and gynecology.

Light refreshments will be served at all tours. The cost will be $25 for each tour or $60 for all three tours. The number of participants will be limited to 20 to 25 individuals.

09/02/2022

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Jericho Brown will give a reading as part of the University of Rochester’s Hyam Plutzik Memorial Reading Series.

06/23/2022

We are SO excited to announce that our "Up Against the Wall: Art, Activism, and the AIDS Poster" exhibit earned a Foreword Indies gold medal in the category of Popular Culture!

Congrats to RBSCP Exhibits and Special Projects Manager, Jessica Lacher-Feldman and all who contributed to this remarkable book!

Of the thousands of books entered each year, with over 100 librarians and booksellers taking part in the judging process to narrow down a group of finalists in 55 categories to Gold, Silver, and Bronze, these winners truly represent the best in independent publishing.

Read more 👉http://ow.ly/EoIR50JFGqi.

Congratulations to Jessica Lacher-Feldman on this award!
06/23/2022

Congratulations to Jessica Lacher-Feldman on this award!

We are SO excited to announce that our "Up Against the Wall: Art, Activism, and the AIDS Poster" exhibit earned a Foreword Indies gold medal in the category of Popular Culture!

Congrats to RBSCP Exhibits and Special Projects Manager, Jessica Lacher-Feldman and all who contributed to this remarkable book!

Of the thousands of books entered each year, with over 100 librarians and booksellers taking part in the judging process to narrow down a group of finalists in 55 categories to Gold, Silver, and Bronze, these winners truly represent the best in independent publishing.

Read more 👉http://ow.ly/EoIR50JFGqi.

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