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🎶 Did you know you can borrow the iconic score of the original Wicked musical from Bobst Library? This edition includes 53 pages of sheet music and a digital sound disc, featuring beloved songs like Dancing Through Life, Defying Gravity, For Good, I’m Not That Girl, One Short Day, Popular, The Wizard and I, and What Is This Feeling? Go check it out at the Avery Fisher Center for Music and Media, where a world of music collections awaits. 💚 Have a favorite song? Let us know in the comments! 🩷 Image 1: Sheet music for "Defying Gravity" Image 2: Books from NYU Libraries' Music Collection including "Wicked" Image 3: Table of contents from "Wicked" Image 4: Music Collection on the 7th floor of Bobst Library Image 5: Avery Fisher Center for Music and Media, located on the 7th floor of Bobst Library #NYULibraries #Wicked #WickedMovie #DefyingGravity #MusicalTheater #StephenSchwartz

On November 13th, NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World faculty member Prof. Sebastian Heath welcomed Prof. Peter Cobb from The University of Hong Kong for a fascinating discussion on the use of Augmented and Mixed Reality (AR/MR) in archaeological fieldwork! A visionary in prehistoric studies and digital innovation, Prof. Cobb shared insights from his groundbreaking experiments with the Ararat Plain Southeast Archaeological Project (APSAP), conducted in collaboration with the Armenian Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography. Using AR/MR headsets, APSAP has been able to enhance excavation, 3D modeling, and digital restoration and manipulation. 🔍 Discover more about the tools shaping the future of fieldwork and the collaborative vision they inspire: https://lnkd.in/dm2XfYrV New York University #NYULibraries #NYUResearch #DigitalArchaeology #Fieldwork

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✨ Now Hiring ✨ Metadata Librarian for the Humanities NYU Libraries invites applications for a Metadata Librarian for the Humanities to shape the accessibility, inclusivity, and discoverability of our extensive humanities collections. This tenure-track role offers a unique opportunity to develop metadata application guidelines to optimize resource discovery and access; design sustainable metadata strategies; and create and maintain controlled vocabularies to support digital scholarship and open scholarship projects. In this role, you’ll remediate outdated descriptive language and promote the development of diverse, inclusive, and equitable metadata through strategic community engagement for resources representing traditionally minoritized communities, including non-Latin script resources. The Metadata Librarian for the Humanities will contribute to the Libraries’ several linked data and linked open data projects as well as help develop guidelines and tools for institutional and national metadata policies and practices. 🗓️ Save the date: Monday, November 11, at 3 p.m. EST Join our virtual information session (https://lnkd.in/eQXSrCpB) to learn more about this opportunity! Read the full job description and apply: https://lnkd.in/egXd5JUY

"Enabling Artistries: Displays of 19th-Century Creativity, Disability, and Freedom" is an exhibition in which art, creativity, and resilience intersect! ✂️✨ Recently opened in the Mamdouha S. Bobst Gallery, this exhibition shines a spotlight on 19th-century artists who turned physical limitations into sources of innovation and autonomy. Featuring artwork by Martha Ann Honeywell, Sarah Rogers, Saunders Ken Grems Nellis, and Moses Williams, "Enabling Artistries" highlights how artistic practice and expression serve as gateways to freedom. These artists built vibrant careers as expert papercutters, traveling across the Americas, the Caribbean, and Europe, intriguing audiences with their unique talents. The exhibition is based on "Mouth & Toes: The World of 19th-Century Silhouette Artists with Disabilities", created by NYU Tisch School of the Arts Professor Marianne R. Petit and Laurel Daen, Assistant Professor of American Studies at University of Notre Dame, a collection of moving panoramas, printed scrolls, and handheld flip books. The show also features 19th-century objects like a stereo viewer and cards and field and kitchen tools to help understand the historic time of formerly enslaved Black people in the U.S. They are part of the private collection of William Pruitt III, Associate Vice President for Global Programs at NYU. 🗓️ On display through December 15th in the Mamdouha S. Bobst Gallery Photography by Weiwei Lin New York University #NYULibraries #BobstLibrary #PaperCutting #SilhouetteArt #ArtExhibition

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Kristina Rose as Interim Dean of Libraries! To ensure continuous, effective leadership of the Libraries during the period between Austin Booth leaving her post at the end of this calendar year and the appointment of a new dean, New York University has asked Kristina Rose, the associate dean for collections and content strategy since 2019, to serve as interim dean of libraries, effective January 1, 2025. As associate dean, Kristina provides strategic leadership for collection development, access and media services, and resource sharing across NYU’s three degree-granting campuses. During her tenure, she led an expansion of the Libraries’ digital-first collection strategy and delivery services, expanded access to scholarly materials, and consistently worked to make library services more accessible and easier to use. Kristina’s research interests center on enabling evidence-based approaches to service delivery, optimizing the usability of resource-sharing systems, and delineating the role of Access Services within academic libraries. A winner of the American Library Association’s Emerging Leader Award and the NYU Division of Libraries Dean’s Award, she has been a member of the NYU community since 2004, when she joined us as an access services librarian, having previously served as supervisor of the Butler Library Reserves and the Milstein Library at Columbia University. In 2011, she was asked to take on a series of leadership positions within NYU’s Division of Libraries, including interim head of Access, Delivery, and Resource Sharing Services (ADRSS), interim public services coordinator, and later head of ADRSS, before being appointed to her current position. Please join us in thanking Kristina for taking on this important assignment come the new year! Read the full announcement on our website: https://lnkd.in/eEv2KDGa

Did you know that first editions of these classic spooky books are in NYU's Special Collections? Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s “Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus” (1818) began as her contribution to a ghost-story competition and has since garnered recognition as an early work of modern science fiction. This first edition features a gorgeous marbled cover, a common printing technique of the time—and is smaller than you might expect! Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” (1897) is one of the most iconic depictions of vampires in literature. The central character—the Count himself—has become synonymous with the myth and legend of the vampire. The radiant yellow cover with blood-red lettering makes for a rather striking impression on contemporary readers. At the time, the binding would have signified that this was a somewhat “transgressive” book, as yellow was associated with the disreputable publications of the late 19th century. Anne Rice’s “Interview with the Vampire” (1976) started with a short story she wrote just a few years earlier. It would then become the first book in the twelve-part “Vampire Chronicles,” a 1994 film, and ongoing series on AMC. Rice based her style—“elegant, tragic, sensitive,” in her words—of vampires on their depiction in the 1936 film “Dracula's Daughter,” showing how one creative work can influence and inspire others across genres and historical periods. Explore what else lurks in the collections of our libraries in our Halloween Resources for Fun and Research: https://lnkd.in/etygn6Z8 📷 Photos by Weiwei Lin New York University #SpecialCollections #Archives #Halloween

✨ Now Hiring ✨ Librarian for Printed Books, Special Collections Reporting to and working closely with the Director of Special Collections, this position will be responsible for overseeing and managing continued growth, development, and engagement with the print holdings of the Special Collections, a department that includes the three historical repositories of NYU: the Fales Library and Special Collections; the Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives; and the New York University Archives. We're seeking candidates with strong backgrounds in special collections environments, print history, and instructional experience. You’ll play a vital role in building our collections, engaging with faculty, planning exhibitions, and offering research support to patrons. In this role, your collaborative spirit will have a chance to shine as you work alongside colleagues in cataloging, digitization, and the care and treatment of bibliographic materials to ensure our collections remain accessible and vibrant. 🗓️ Save the date: Monday, November 11, at 3 p.m. EST Join our upcoming virtual information session (https://lnkd.in/eQXSrCpB) to learn more about this opportunity! Read the full job description and apply: https://lnkd.in/ewZAqcNU

✨ Now Hiring ✨ Librarian for Collections Discovery Strategy NYU Libraries invites applications for a strategic leader to help us develop and implement a holistic program that enhances the discovery and use of NYU Libraries collections and collection-based services. We are searching for a candidate with strong leadership capabilities who will draw on their expertise in library discovery strategies and collaborative approaches to enhance collection access. In this role, you will be responsible for the discovery of digital and physical collections across various environments, including library catalog, special collections finding aids, digital library collection platforms, institutional repositories, publisher platforms, and consortial borrowing programs. 🗓️ Save the date: Monday, November 11, at 3 p.m. EST Join our virtual information session to learn more about this opportunity! Read the full job description and apply: https://lnkd.in/e7NCZcQU

We're excited to present "Panmodern! The Mark Bloch / Postal Art Network Archive", an exhibition of artifacts from the Mark Bloch / Postal Art Network Archive (https://lnkd.in/d_hwd7Za). This show explores analog networks of communication, the distribution of art through international postal systems, and mail art as a precursor to present-day social networking. The exhibition showcases examples of original mail art sent to Mark Bloch in New York City from all over the world in the form of objects, envelopes, publications, and postcards documenting avant-garde cultural activities from 1978–2024. "Panmodern!" is on display in Bobst Library's Special Collections Gallery through December 13, 2024. Learn more about the exhibition and history of mail art: https://lnkd.in/dMd_eGix 📹 Video by Weiwei Lin