The St. Lawrence University Libraries are seeking entries for the annual contest for outstanding undergraduate research projects focusing on Northern New York, including the Adirondacks. Three awards are presented each year for research in the Arts & Humanities, the Natural Sciences, and the Social Sciences. To be considered for this prize, the student work must focus on topics, issues, or concerns having to do with Northern New York or with St.
Library Top Twenties for 2022
Interested in what SLU students, faculty, and staff read and watched in 2022? Here are the top 20 most used items in the libraries by category.
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New in Special Collections
Over the last few months we’ve acquired a number of things of local regional interest in Special Collections. Of particular interest is the third volume of Daniel Reiff’s biography of his father Harry Reiff. Dr. Harry Reiff taught at St.
New in the Libraries
ODY Renovation
The Owen D. Young Library got a dramatic makeover with new carpet and furniture as part of the university’s Facilities Enhancement Initiative.
University Librarian Pete Peterson Remembered
Mahlon “Pete” Peterson died on April 29, 2024, at the age of 86. He was university librarian at St. Lawrence from 1973 to 1986. During his tenure at St. Lawrence he pursued two major initiatives. The first and more visible was the construction of the Torrey Wing of the Owen D. Young Library; the second, equally important but less obvious, was building a staff capable of carrying the library into the life of the students.
Paddle, Portage, Party! Special Collections Photo Exhibition
The Richard F. Brush Art Gallery at St. Lawrence University is running an exhibition titled Paddle, Portage, Party!: Digitizing Photographs in St. Lawrence University’s Special Collections from April 7 to May 31, 2025. The show features Seneca Ray Stoddard and Edward Bierstadt photographs from the Adirondack Manuscript Collection (#32) and photographs of canoeing from the Vance Archive. Many of the canoeing photos are of a canoe regatta that was a part of commencement festivities in the 1930’s.
Access to Science Library books and journals
Launders Science Library is currently closed due to the fire at Fox Hall. If you need a book, journal, or other item from the Science Library fill out the Science Library Item Request form and we will retrieve it for you. Requested items will be available for you to pick up at the ODY Library Service Desk by 5:00 the next weekday.
Science Library materials
The Launders Science Library is currently closed due to the Fox Hall fire. If you need a book, journal, or other item from the Science Library fill out this request form and we will retrieve it for you. Requested items will be put on hold for you at the ODY Library Service Desk.
If you have books that were checked out from the Science Library, please return them to ODY.
Photo Exhibit at Launders
Launders Science Library is proud to host a selection of photographs from "Through the Narrows: Meditations on an Adirondack River" by Kristin V. Rehder. The exhibit features a selection of photos that were previously shown at the Richard F. Brush Art Gallery in 2018. Rehder's black and white photos are an exploration of the East Branch of the Oswegatchie River. These ethereal photographs were captured using a vintage 1945 Rolleiflex twin-lens reflex film camera, many taken from the artist's kayak!