It’s a new year for Public Domain Day! On January 1, 2020, works published in 1924 became available to the public for use because their 95 year copyright term expired. This year’s class includes the George Gershwin classic Rhapsody in Blue. For works published before 1978 by the Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998, copyright…Continue Reading It’s 2020 by George! Rhapsody in Blue is in the Public Domain
In December 2019, SMU Libraries uploaded 235 items into SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Highlights include: 65 photographic prints, books, leaflets and pamphlets, 1872-1960s. This project was made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services and Texas State Library and Archives Commission (Grant Number TXT-20008). (2020). Among these are city…Continue Reading SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: December 2019
RISO BAR JANUARY 25, 2020 – DECEMBER 15, 2020 Opening reception: Saturday January 25, 1-5 p.m. Pollock Gallery Expressway Tower Suite 101 6116 N Central Expressway, Dallas TX, 75206 The risograph is a printing technology defined by its relative simplicity and the possibilities for experimentation. Invented in Japan in the 1940s, the technology was imagined…Continue Reading Collaborative exhibition: RISO BAR – opening January 25th
News from the DeGolyer Library January 2020 Southern Methodist University Visit our Website Our Current Exhibit Andy Hanson: Picturing Dallas, 1960-2008 From January 2 to January 29 Hillcrest Foundation Exhibit Hall, Fondren Library Celebrate Andy Hanson’s long career in Dallas, where he was a staff photographer for the Dallas Times Herald , covering society, politics, the performing…Continue Reading News from the DeGolyer Library January 2020