January 2024

Exhibition opening February 8 – Torn Apart: Punk + New Wave Graphics, Fashion and Culture, 1976-1986

Publication date January 30, 2024
Categories: Events, Exhibits, Hamon Arts Library

Sex Pistols Anarchy 1976 Jamie Reid design Ray Stevenson photo

February 8 – May 10, 2024 Torn Apart: Punk + New Wave Graphics, Fashion & Culture: 1976-1986 brings together two notable collections of posters, flyers, clothing, and ephemera from this highly influential era of pivotal cultural shift in Britain and the United States. This exhibition features the collections of Andrew Krivine, scholar and collector, and Malcolm…Continue Reading Exhibition opening February 8 – Torn Apart: Punk + New Wave Graphics, Fashion and Culture, 1976-1986

Unlock the Past with AM Explorer

Publication date January 25, 2024
Categories: Research & Teaching, Student Success

Illustration of a large hand coming from the sky. "A heavy hand upon the land...Catarrh. PE-RU-NA for catarrh."

AM Explorer is a comprehensive repository of digitized primary source databases covering the 15th to the 21st centuries. Particularly relevant to students and scholars in the social sciences and humanities, the platform facilitates exploration across its extensive collections. AM Explorer’s wide-ranging variety of sources and interactive tools invites researchers to engage thoughtfully with…Continue Reading Unlock the Past with AM Explorer

Stay Focused While Researching

Publication date January 18, 2024
Categories: Student Success

When I ask students how they are feeling about their research projects, usually, there are two general responses – excited and overwhelmed. The open-ended nature of research means that we don’t know where it will lead us, so as explorers of new information, we can equally anticipate and dread the process Research can be particularly…Continue Reading Stay Focused While Researching

Artstor moving to Jstor on August 1st

Publication date January 16, 2024
Categories: News

Jan Coelenbier, River Landscape with Church, 17th century

No doubt many of you have learned that Artstor will permanently become Artstor on JSTOR effective August 1st. All current Artstor access points on the SMU Libraries site will redirect to JSTOR on June 1st. Given that JSTOR is one of the most frequently used online resources by students and faculty, this migration should help…Continue Reading Artstor moving to Jstor on August 1st

Shaping the Future Through the Lens of History

Publication date January 9, 2024
Categories: Fondren Library, Giving, News, Rees-Jones Library of the American West
Categories: giving

Thanks to the generosity of Jan and Trevor D. Rees-Jones ’78, SMU Libraries begins the next chapter for significant historical scholarship, research and collaboration. This article by Pat Ward appears in the Fall 2023 issue of the SMU Libraries Newsletter. For the past two decades, Dallas entrepreneur Trevor D. Rees-Jones…Continue Reading Shaping the Future Through the Lens of History

SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: December 2023

Publication date January 2, 2024
Categories: Digital Collections
Categories: TexTreasures2024

[Christmas Worship Service Program, 1976], Bridwell Library, SMU.

In December 2023, SMU Libraries uploaded and/or updated 218 items in SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Highlights include: 26 photographs relating to the the construction of SMU’s Fondren Library in 1938-1939 were added to the Southern Methodist University Campus Memories collection. These include 24 photographs documenting the process, taken twice monthly from December 1938-November 1939, as…Continue Reading SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: December 2023