This is the second post within the University Archives Series. These posts will be somewhat irregular and depend mostly on my progress with this project. How the project began: Last summer after working as the Interim Research Services Coordinator and planning our first open house, I had realized that something really needed to be done […]
The Special Collections Research Center has had many student wage employees over the years. Undergraduate and graduate student assistants are invaluable to our archival processing and digitization projects, research services, and oral history program. Students have also been part of our records management team. It is safe to say that SCRC wouldn’t function the same way […]
Summer is approaching and travel plans have been made! Special Collections Research Center holds many images and books that represent great travel destinations in the United States and around the world. That is why we have planned a new exhibit – “Around the World in (Almost) Eighty Days: Traveling the Globe with Special Collections” to […]
The Special Collections Research Center’s Summer Hours will begin this Wednesday, May 17th. During the summer, the Special Collections Research Center will be open Monday through Friday from 10 am to 4:30 pm. For questions or general inquiries, please contact speccoll@gmu.edu. We hope you enjoy your summer!
For a brief period Wednesday, normal activity came to a halt in the Special Collections Research Center. Our fabulous Cataloging & Metadata Librarian, Friedgard Cowan, brought down a cart packed with recently cataloged rare books from Technical Services. When a rare book is donated or acquired, it is first cataloged in Technical Services, so that it […]
