In celebration of African American history month, the Hagerty Library is currently exhibiting the work of Drexel graduate Emanuel Kelly. Mr. Kelly co-founded and is the president of Kelly/Maiello, Inc. a general practice architectural firm located here in Philadelphia. He has more than thirty years of experience in the design, documentation and construction of architectural, urban design and planning projects. The exhibit is located on the first floor of the library.

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Browse new books — books added to the Hagerty Library and the Health Sciences Libraries collections in December.

PHOTOGRAPHY: Photographs by Photo Majors from the Photography Department of
The ANTOINETTE WESTPHAL COLLEGE OF MEDIA ARTS & DESIGN, Drexel University will be on display in the Visual Studies Gallery, Hagerty Library, 33rd & Market Sts., Drexel University January 16 – April 16, 2007.

The photographs by Photography Majors in this exhibition were selected from a range of projects and assignments. The work explores individual approaches to both digital and traditional silver photography processes.

For more information on this exhibition or about courses in the Photography Department contact: photo@Drexel.edu. Photo above by Katie Tackman.

Drexel Libraries now has online access to Doneger Creative Services. This is a trend and color forecasting service for the fashion industry, including Women’s, Men’s, Youth, and Color forecasts. In addition to our current subscription to FashionSnoops — available only on-campus — Doneger Creative Services is a wonderful resource for all our Fashion and D&M students.

This resource can be accessed alphabetically from either our Databases by Title page or on our Databases for Design page.