Tuesday, October 18, 2011
5 – 7 PM
W. W. Hagerty Library
Join Drexel University Libraries at this special event, which kicks off the opening of Access Everywhere: Computing at Drexel, 1984 – present exhibit. This event will feature conversation about the changing role of computers at Drexel and topics will include email, internet, wireless access, and other computer advances that have brought Drexel to where it is today.
This event is free and open to the public. Coffee and light refreshments will be provided.
For more information, or to suggest a topic for conversation, please contact Jenny James Lee via email or at 215-571-4095.
We’re just bursting with pride over Drexel’s new partnership with the Academy of Natural Sciences.
To show our school spirit, we’re putting on a show—or rather an exhibit—of rare natural history books from Drexel Archive’s special collections.
The exhibit was put together by Archives volunteer and iSchool grad student Phoebe Kowalewski. Works on display include an astronomy text from 1566 by Alessandro Piccolomini, Jonathan Carver’s 1781 Travels through the Interior Parts of North America, and several volumes of Audubon’s Quadrupeds of North America and Birds Of America.
Fly by soon and get an eyeful.
Want to see some old computers in action? Stop by Hagerty Library, Wednesday, May 11th, 4 – 6pm.
While you’re there, grab a snack, socialize with fellow enthusiasts, and learn about the history of computing.
It’s all happening at Drexel Archives’ opening reception for its latest exhibit: “Access for Everyone: Computing at Drexel, 1946 – 1984.″
Drexel University made history with its Microcomputer Project in 1984, which required all incoming freshman to purchase a personal computer. However, the history of computing at Drexel dates back to the very beginning of computer history.
The reception includes refreshments and a live demo of vintage computers, co-sponsored by TechServ.
What secrets lurk in the heart of Hagerty’s lower level? Only the Drexel Archives know!
And maybe they’ll tell you if you come to their open house, this afternoon from 5-7pm. Archives staff will be displaying some of their favorite materials from the collections, including rare books, early photos of Drexel and the library school, and 19th-century correspondence. Come meet the Archives staff and learn about their services and upcoming events.
Raise a glass to the Drexel’s presidents past at Hagerty Library, today from 4-6p.m.
Drexel University Archives will be celebrating the opening of its most recent exhibit: “Dear Mr. President: Letters to and from the Drexel Presidents.” Find the party and the exhibit this afternoon from 4-6p.m. near the stair well on Hagerty’s first floor.
The exhibit includes correspondence to and from students, parents, faculty, alumni and the public, and demonstrates the changing role of academic leaders since the founding of the Drexel Institute 120 years ago.
On Friday, 10/29, Drexel University Archives will kick off the Halloween weekend with a Zombie Party.
What’s a zombie party you ask? At the archives its when you gather Drexel students to eat luscious zombie-themed snacks, witness ghoulish acts of archival conservation, and take a creepy peak at some scary rare books from the deep.
Did I mention the snacks?
Come in your best zombie garb this Friday between 3 and 5 pm. The archives are located on the lower level of Hagerty Library.
Be there or be…undead!
Mu-ha-ha-Ha-HA-HAAA!
Drexel University Archives welcomes everyone to campus with an exhibit called “Greetings on Thee, Little Guys: A History of Freshmen at Drexel”
Stop by Hagerty’s atrium and wax nostalgic with a peek at photographs and artifacts reflecting the history of freshman life at Drexel.
The opening reception for this exhibit is today, from 4 to 6p.m. in the Hagerty atrium.
Come for the refreshments, stay for the history.
This Wednesday, June 30th, the Drexel University Archives will celebrate the opening of its latest exhibit, “The Rebels, the Russian and the Railroad: The Life and Times of Frank Thomson.”
Through Thomson’s own words, documents, and photographs, the exhibit will tell the story of the sixth president of the Pennsylvania Railroad. It will feature correspondence regarding the Civil War and the United States Military Railroads, ephemera from the Grand Duke’s tour, photographs and other materials from Thomson’s career with the Pennsylvania Railroad. The exhibition can be seen at Drexel’s W.W. Hagerty Library from June 21 to August 20, 2010.
The opening reception will be held on Hagerty’s main level on June 30, from 4-6 p.m. Complimentary refreshments will be served.
Did you know that today is the birthday of George W. Childs? Childs was one of Anthony Drexel’s great friends and an important founder of our fair university. And he was born on this date in 1829.
Drexel Archives is throwing George Childs a birthday party this afternoon from 4 to 6pm. Drop by Hagerty’s lower level, have some birthday cake, and browse the highlights from Childs collection.
Drexel University Libraries are joining in the fun of Welcome Back Week, starting with a bookmaking event on Wednesday, March 31st from 10am to 4pm. Drop by Hagerty’s main entrance and get inspired by dragon images and books from DU Archive’s and Hagerty’s collections. Making a book takes 15 minutes, but the payoff lasts much longer–we’ll add creations from the event to a temporary display. We’ll arrange for you to pick up your book later in the term. And you can still make a book even if you don’t want it on display.
Feeling jazzy? We’re welcoming you back on Thursday, April 1st, and kicking off Jazz Appreciation Month at the same time. Stop by the Bookmark Cafe between 4 and 6pm, have some coffee and candy on us, and enjoy some jazz from the terrific Maxfield Gast Quartet.
