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Friday, May 3rd: 8:00AM – Midnight
Saturday, May 4th: 10:00AM – Midnight

Spring 2013 Late Night Study:
Sunday – Thursday April 28th – May 9th:
1:00AM – 6:00AM
Friday & Saturday May 3rd – 4th:
Midnight – 6:00AM

Tisch will re-open Saturday at 10am, and will resume normal hours. The Music Library, however, will be closed Saturday.

Tisch Library invites you to complete a quick survey about your use of tools for citations (such as RefWorks and EndNote) and storage of references. Your input will help us enormously as we plan for training and support for these tools. The survey URL is https://tufts.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_81Z6Ys2cFCI2erz and you have until Friday, April 19 to complete it.

More classes in April!

Librarians teach the top tools for managing your references & bibliographies.

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Rosanna Warren, author of 4 collections of poetry and a book of criticism, has received awards from the Academy of American Poets and The American Academy of Arts & Letters, among others. Warren will be reading her poetry in the library on April 3rd. Warren’s most recent book of poems, Ghost in a Red Hat, comprises “something of a ghost story”, covering private experiences as well as political, historical, and public subjects. Book signing & reception to follow. (3:30 – 5 PM, Hirsh Reading Room)

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

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

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.

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.

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