Month: August 2025

Show me… cats: Searching for primary sources in digital collections

This post was written by Kaitlin Siebert, public services librarian at DeGolyer Library, and is accompanied by an online DeGolyer exhibit. Paws, prints and primary sources Last Friday, August 8, 2025, was International Cat Day. In celebration of this momentous occasion, I explored DeGolyer Library’s digital collections in search of photographs and/or illustrations of cats….Continue Reading Show me… cats: Searching for primary sources in digital collections

SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: July 2025

[Illinois Central Railroad Storm Repair, 1915 New Orleans Hurricane], DeGolyer Library, SMU.

In July 2025, SMU Libraries uploaded 441 items into SMU Libraries Digital Collections. Highlights include: 121 negatives, ca. 1933, from the Robert Yarnall Richie Photograph Collection. Highlights include aerial images of many famous estates, including two mansions owned by Jessie Woolworth Donohue in Southampton and Palm Beach; three images of William K. Vanderbilt II’s Fisher Island property,…Continue Reading SMU Libraries Digital Collections Update: July 2025

Generative AI will change how we think about information

A call to scholars and academics As scholars and academics, we understand that knowledge is constructed through varying perspectives, arguments, and evidence. The context of a piece of information, who wrote it and how it was published, is an essential part of understanding what it says and determining its authority and credibility. Outside of scholarly…Continue Reading Generative AI will change how we think about information

Reading, reimagined: Artificial intelligence at SMU Libraries

How AI shapes what we know, and how SMU Libraries is helping As artificial intelligence continues to reshape how we access, analyze, and produce information, SMU Libraries is taking a proactive, campus-wide approach to exploring its impact—integrating AI into student learning, faculty development, and research support through collaborative initiatives led by the Libraries and in…Continue Reading Reading, reimagined: Artificial intelligence at SMU Libraries

 

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