Library News Archives

May 17, 2018

Conference promotes diversity, inclusion

A recent conference at ECU aimed to promote a better understanding of diversity and inclusion among paraprofessional library staff across the state. Joyner Library’s 14th annual Paraprofessional Conference, “Navigating the Path...

May 04, 2018

Laupus Library heartens students through their hardest trials

Today you can almost hear a pin drop over the soft hum of computers and a muted conversation between two staff members in Laupus Library. What a drastic contrast the...

Apr 24, 2018

“Building the State Park System in North Carolina” on exhibit in Joyner Library

“Building the State Park System in North Carolina” is on display in the Verona Joyner Langford North Carolina Collection on the third floor of Joyner Library. Books, pamphlets and documents...

Apr 16, 2018

Laupus Library demonstrates how to care for cultural heritage

Would you like to learn about caring for your family’s heirlooms? Join Laupus Library’s History Collections staff on April 16-19 for a series of demonstrations about preserving artifacts and manuscripts....

Apr 09, 2018

Laupus Library’s leadership worthy of national celebration

This week, Laupus Library joins libraries nationwide in celebrating the many ways libraries lead our communities through the transformative services, programs and expertise they offer. April 8-14 is National Library...

Apr 06, 2018

Student researchers awarded Joyner Library’s Rhem/Schwarzmann Prize

Three East Carolina University students from the Department of History in the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences have been awarded Joyner Library’s ninth annual Rhem/Schwarzmann Prize for student...

Mar 23, 2018

'Death and Diversity in Civil War Medicine' explains the disparity of mortality

The American Civil War occurred during a time when medicine was just beginning to make great strides. Contemporary doctors did not fully understand the origin of disease, the importance of hygiene,...

Mar 13, 2018

Laupus Library exhibit shares stories of human emotion

Laupus Library will open the art exhibit “Eye Rain and Heart Cramps” with a 4:30-6:30 p.m. opening reception on April 10 in the Evelyn Fike Laupus Gallery on the fourth...

Feb 23, 2018

Joyner Library Spring Banquet to feature ECU alumna and author Kristy Woodson Harvey

The Friends of Joyner Library will host “A Charming Southern Evening” with Kristy Woodson Harvey as part of its 2018 Spring Banquet on March 22. Harvey is a Phi Beta...

Feb 21, 2018

'North Carolina in the Great War' now on exhibit in Joyner Library

Joyner Library is now displaying “North Carolina in the Great War,” a traveling exhibition on loan from the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. The exhibition will be...