At our 5th Annual EBF we raised $649 for the DUL Memorial Fund (Helene Baumann Fund) through the silent auction and additional donations. A big thank you to everyone for attending and for making some great entries, and thanks to Mark Zupan for the images. Photos from the event are on our Continue Reading →
The Edible Book Festival was held in the Gothic Reading Room this year on April 1, 2009. A silent auction was held to raise money for the Helene Baumann Memorial Fund. Read more from the Duke Office of News and Communications. Photos from the event are on the Duke [...]
Continue Reading →Our third annual Edible Book Festival raised $469 for the Duke University Libraries Memorial Fund. Images of the entries can be found on Flickr. Unfortunately two entries did not get their photos taken, both were entered by Emily Schmidt and titled “The Unbearable Lightness of Bean” and “Harry Potter and the [...]
Continue Reading →Our second annual Edible Book Festival was a grand hit. Photos can be found at our Flickr site. We raised $227 for the Duke University Libraries Memorial Fund through a silent auction of the entries. Thank you to everyone who created entries, thank you to Mark Zupan for the image, and [...]
Continue Reading →We held our first annual Edible Book Festival and raised $255 for the Duke University Libraries Memorial Fund. Thank you to everyone who participated. Photos of the entries are on our Flickr site.
Continue Reading →In October we gather ourselves together to celebrate all that is good and important, like the North Carolina State Fair and All Hallows Eve. But did you know that among other celebrations October is:
American Archives Month
National Medical Librarians Month
National Cybersecurity [...]
Erin came across these illustrations in one of the Blaeu atlases that she has been working on. These are filled with lovely, hand painted images.
We’ve been having a little fun trying to figure out what the bears were saying to each other, and whether this deer is from the [...]
Continue Reading →We got mentioned in Duke Today’s story about the Tin Foil Men popping up on campus. Yes, we are slightly obsessed about these. We love whimsy, and chocolate. But that’s a completely different post.
Continue Reading →We got a visit from our favorite local artist today. Hoorah! If you are in Perkins, swing by and say hello. Just dont’ ask him where to find a book.
Continue Reading →Current Exhibit
Help Wanted: You Can Help Keep Our Collections In Good Condition (installed 10/2/12)
On display in Perkins Library, Lower Level 1, Room 023. Open during regular library hours.
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