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Sweet Work Weeks has been hard at work in the Library archives identifying photographs of prior classmates!

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Stop by the Library and see our miniature book collection! Now being featured next to the circulation desk.

-Donated by Caroline Y. Casey McGehee Lindeman, '49

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Happy Title Page Tuesday!

(Pougin, A. (1885). Dictionnaire historique et pittoresque du théâtre et des arts qui s’y rattachent. Paris, France: Firmin-Didot et cie. PN 2035 .P6)

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Happy Marbled Monday!

(Fuerst, W. R., Hume, S. J., & Appia, A. (1928). XXth Century Stage Decoration (Vol. 1). London, UK: Alfred A. Knopf. PN2091.S8 F8)

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Have a Foxy Friday!

(Perelman, S. J. (1944). Crazy Like a Fox. New York, NY: Random House. PN6161 .P46)

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In the late 1930s, the Athletic Association built an Outing Cabin for students to use when they wanted to get away for a while. Here are some highlights from their scrapbook (complete with engraved wooden cover!).

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I mean, technically yes?

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Happy Title Page Tuesday!

(Misrach, R. (2007). On the Beach. New York, NY: Aperture. Oversize TR 647 .M526 2007)

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Happy Marbled Monday!

(Muir, P. H. (1934). Points: Second Series, 1866-1934. London, UK: Constable & Co., Ltd. Z992 .M952)

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Reading slumps

Do you know that feeling? When no book feels right? When you can’t motivate yourself to continue your current book? And you’re in no particular reading-mood?

Here are some tips on how to get out of your slump:

Make sure you’re not forcing yourself to read. “But I’ll get behind on my reading goal!” Well, so what? Maybe you’ll read twice as many books next months. And even if you don’t, it’s fine. Not meeting your reading goal doesn’t mean you failed. Reading should still be fun and not a chore. 

Listen to your heart. What AM I in the mood for right now? What am I NOT in the mood for right now? Try to reflect on your current feelings. Maybe you need something cheesy to soothe your heart? Or some horror to scare you out of the void? It took me about a year to realize that fluffy books get me out of reading slumps almost every time.

Go easy on yourself. Don’t pressure yourself. And maybe just read a short story. Or a short-ish book. You don’t have to read the biggest book on your shelf. Those 800 page stones can seem a little overwhelming at times. 

Change the media. Audiobooks are godsent for reading slumps. Just lean back and let someone else read to you. Or do your chores. Or ride the bus. Audiobooks are so convenient. 

Re-read. Re-reading a book you liked a lot can help so much. It’s familiar, it’s not that much of a committment, you know you’ll like it and you might get discover new details you didn’t notice the first time around. 

Watch the movie. Watch the movie to a book you love, or a movie that has a similiar topic to one of the books on your tbr. 

Talk to a friend. Share your experience, exchange book recs, start a new book together. Endless possibilities ♥

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Have a Foxy Friday!

(Sjon. (2013). The Blue Fox (1st American ed.). New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. PT 7511 .S62 S5913 2013)

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Hey, @princetonarchives! Does this tiger belong to you?

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Happy Title Page Tuesday!

(Pitman, G. E., & Litten, K. (2014). This Day in June. Washington, D.C.: Magination Press. Kellogg PZ 8.3 .P5586836 Th 2014)

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 Happy Marbled Monday!

(Jahn, O. (1882). Life of Mozart (Vol. 2). Novello: Ewer & Co. ML410.M9 J22)

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Have a Foxy Friday!

(Kjelgaard, J. (1981). Haunt Fox. New York, NY: Bantam Books. Kellogg PZ 10.3 .K643 Hau 1981)

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Hey Tumblr, if you are still mad about the Library of Alexandria, Stop! You can SAVE one ancient library right now. The Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum was buried when Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79, Some nearly 2000 carbonized scrolls were discovered along with the villa in the 1700s. Over the past couple centuries the scrolls have been a major source of study and today we are finally reaching ways of reading their contents without destroying the scrolls in the process. Here’s the big news, just over a week ago a whole lost work of Seneca the elder, became unlost! Article here: http://www.romeandart.eu/en/art-news-historia-seneca.html  The villa itself is largely underground and was explored via tunneling and as such it’s full extent still hasn’t been made clear, and it has long been suspected that additional libraries could exist within the site, not to mention other as of yet undiscovered villas. However, Italy as with many European countries simply has so many archaeological sites and new things being found all the time and not enough money to go around. Additionally the Villa of the Papyri is threatened with constant flooding issues. Library aside Sites like Herculaneum and Pompeii and all Archaeological sites around the world tell us so much about ancient peoples and cultures where we don’t have their literature to call on.  So how can you save the last ancient library? Donate to various archaeological and conservation/preservation groups, or even volunteer! Here a just a couple links to get started:

World Monuments Fund: https://www.wmf.org/get-involved

Archaeological Institute of America: https://www.archaeological.org/giving

Friends of Herculaneum Society: http://www.herculaneum.ox.ac.uk/

Pompeii Sustainable Preservation Project: http://www.pompeii-sustainable-preservation-project.org/  

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Sometimes you just want to say, "To hell with work! I'm going down to the lake to feed the swans!"