
Fair use and copyright laws for images and sounds can be complicated. Check out the upcoming Tisch Library workshop, “Fair Use and Copyright for Images, Video, and Music” for answers. This workshop will review copyright and fair use with specific attention to using images, video, and music for creating video essay/digital storytelling projects. More Info
Spring Break Hours
Friday, March 15th: 8:00AM – 5:00PM
Saturday & Sunday, March 16th and 17th: Closed
Monday – Friday, March 18th – March 22nd: 9:00AM – 5:00PM
Saturday, March 23rd: Closed
New Summer Fellowships for Graduate Research in the Humanities and Arts
Tufts Arts & Sciences graduate students in the humanities and arts may apply for a $4,000 summer research fellowship that provides working space within Tisch Library and support from a research librarian who will assist with the use of Tisch resources and help with access to other needed collections. The award supports the use of the library’s collection in the writing of a master’s theses or doctoral dissertation. Deadline: April 19. For more information, see here.
Author Talk Featuring Sarah Sobieraj

On Thursday, February 28, 3:30 PM, in the Hirsh Reading Room, Sarah Sobieraj will discuss her book, Soundbitten: The Perils of Media Centered Political Activism, which illuminates the relationship between news and activist organizations, and shows that media-centrism is not only ineffective, but also toxic to group life. The event is sponsored by Friends of Tufts Libraries. The 12th Maxine Newberg Gordon, J70, Book Prize will precede the talk.
March Citation Tools Workshops
Librarians teach the top tools for managing your references & bibliographies. More information
Special Hours 2/18/13
The Library will open a few hours later on Monday, February 18th. The hours will be 10:00AM – 1:00AM.
JumboStudy app for study groups
You can now organize study groups through your phone. Log onto JumboStudy to create a study group based on any of the classes you’re taking this semester. You can suggest subjects, locations and times to meet, or join a study group that has already been created. For more information, see the JumboStudy info page, or go to the app directly here
Printing from Macs Requires Update
Want to print from a Mac? You may have to re-install the printing package. Anyone who downloaded the Tisch Mac printing packages prior to this semester will have to uninstall the older version and re-download a new one.
For download and instructions, see: http://ase.tufts.edu/its/labPrinting.htm
Special Holiday Hours, 1/21/13
On Monday, January 21st, the library will be open from 10:00AM – 1:00AM.
ILLIAD will be unavailable the night of Sunday January 13th through Monday, January 14
Due to a major system upgrade, ILLIAD will be unavailable Sunday 1/13/2013 at 10:00PM through midday on Monday, 1/14/2013. ULTS hopes to have BLC WorldCat available during this time. Please plan your work accordingly.