Year: 2022

Adrian Miller to Receive 2022 Literati Award from Friends of SMU Libraries

Culinary historian, author and James Beard Award winner, Adrian Miller

  The Friends of SMU Libraries will host this year’s annual Tables of Content fundraiser, Saturday, March 19, 2022.  The Tables of Content features round tables of engaging discussion with a range of fascinating table hosts on a variety of topics. The event begins with a cocktail reception showcasing 10 featured authors from the Dallas…Continue Reading Adrian Miller to Receive 2022 Literati Award from Friends of SMU Libraries

International Women’s Day

International Women’s Day The National Women’s Conference, held in Houston from November 18 – 21, 1977, was the largest political conference of women in the United States since the Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848. Approximately 2,000 voting delegates from fifty states and six territories formulated and passed a National Plan…Continue Reading International Women’s Day

David Jacobson: 2021 STAR Award winner

The Business Library is delighted to share about our 2021 Super Teacher Advocating Research (STAR) Award winner, David Jacobson, Executive Director of Experiential Learning. David engaged with the Business Library the moment he came to the Cox School of Business. He was instrumental in embedding Business Library tutorials into Canvas for the OMBA program. Since…Continue Reading David Jacobson: 2021 STAR Award winner

Meet Gayle Freeman-Staggs: Student Success Librarian

Gayle Freeman-Staggs joined the Business Library full time, effective Oct. 18, 2021. She’s worked part-time with the Business Library since 2013, teaching workshops, leading OMBA library orientations, creating Research Guides and supervising student assistants, among other activities. Before working at the Business Library, Gayle did her MLS practicum at DeGolyer Library and earned a BBA…Continue Reading Meet Gayle Freeman-Staggs: Student Success Librarian

The Bridwell Quarterly Issue 14 Winter 2022 & The Bridwell Quill Jan-Mar 2022

Please enjoy “The Carpenter & the Fig Tree” issues 41–43 of Anthony Elia’s newsletter The Bridwell Quill along with issue 14 of Bridwell Library’s The Bridwell Quarterly (Winter 2022).                 Friends and colleagues who will be in the Dallas area March 7–9, please join us for our one-of-a-kind avant-garde festival of music, lectures, food, artists’ books, poetic performances, and…Continue Reading The Bridwell Quarterly Issue 14 Winter 2022 & The Bridwell Quill Jan-Mar 2022

Get Certified!

Bloomberg Certification Boost your skill set and super charge your marketability with your Bloomberg Market Concepts (BMC) certification. This 8-hour self-directed e-learning course, taken on a Business Library Bloomberg terminal, contains modules on Economics, Fixed Income, Equities, and Currencies. BMC will help you emerge with an edge as you demonstrate your market and industry knowledge…Continue Reading Get Certified!

SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: February 2022

In February 2022, SMU Libraries uploaded 295 items into SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Highlights include: 210 images, ca. 1890s-1950 from the John Miller Morris Real Photographic Postcard and Photographs Collection. 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…Continue Reading SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: February 2022

News from the DeGolyer Library March 2022

News from the DeGolyer Library March 2022 Our Latest Exhibit Black Lives, Black Letters: Primary Sources in African American History and Literature Closing April 14th “Black Lives, Black Letters: Primary Sources in African American History and Literature” highlights the range of DeGolyer Library’s holdings in this area, featuring rare books, pamphlets, broadsides, sheet music, prints,…Continue Reading News from the DeGolyer Library March 2022

Theology & Art of the Score: An Exhibit Accompanying A Festival of Form

  THEOLOGY AND ART OF THE SCORE An Exhibit on Cage’s Musical World Bridwell Library Theology and Art of the Score is an exhibit that comes out of various interdisciplinary projects that took place at Bridwell Library over the last year.  During the Dante Festival in late August 2021, the musical work produced by composer…Continue Reading Theology & Art of the Score: An Exhibit Accompanying A Festival of Form

Remember the Ladies… Adlene Harrison 1923-2022

Remember the Ladies… Adlene Harrison 1923-2022 On Saturday, February 19th, 2022, Dallas lost a leading lady. Adlene Harrison, the first woman mayor of Dallas, Texas passed away at the age of 98. Harrison was a member of the Dallas City Council from 1973 to 1977. She was the city’s mayor pro tem when she was…Continue Reading Remember the Ladies… Adlene Harrison 1923-2022