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ISAW Library and the FCLSC to host panel December 15, 2022: Excavating the archaeological data cycle: Use, publication, and reuse
by David Ratzan | 11/10/2022
The Library at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at NYU and the Forum for Classics, Libraries, and Scholarly Communications will host a virtual panel discussion about current trends in the publication, use, and reuse of archaeological data, Excavating the Archaeological Data Cycle: Use, publication, and reuse, at 12pm EST, Dec. 15, 2022 in conjunction with ISAW's Archaeology Day program.
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Welcome (back), Patrick Burns!
by David Ratzan | 11/08/2022
The ISAW Library congratulates Patrick J. Burns on his recent appointment as Associate Research Scholar for Digital Projects and welcomes him to the ISAW Library team.
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Library exhibition in support of “Ritual and Memory: The Ancient Balkans and Beyond”
by Gabriel McKee | 10/19/2022
In celebration of ISAW’s latest exhibit “Ritual and Memory: The Ancient Balkans and Beyond,” the ISAW Library is proud to announce a miniature exhibition of books relating to the exhibit. Curated by Gabriel Mckee and located on the second floor of ISAW, this library exhibition shows publications from the ISAW Library’s collection related to prehistoric archaeology of the Balkan Peninsula and the Carpathian Basin.
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ISAW Library Game Night Review: Scarabya and Garum
by David Ratzan | 09/29/2022
Game Night returns to ISAW and the ISAW Library staff review the games Scarabya and Garum from the perspective using games to engage with antiquity and the study of antiquity.
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Nina G. Garsoïan (1923-2022)
by Gabriel McKee | 09/20/2022
The staff of the ISAW Library was saddened to hear of the passing of Nina G. Garsoïan, a major donor to our collection.
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Reflections on the ISAW Library's Digital Bookplates project
by Frances Lilliston | 09/13/2022
Frances Lilliston, a student in the NYU-Long Island University dual degree program, reports on her recently completed project gathering biographical information on scholars whose book collections have become part of the ISAW Library's collection.
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An ancient studies librarian’s take on Houston’s Inside Roman Libraries
by Zach Rosalinsky | 06/07/2022
A review of George Houston's Inside Roman Libraries (University of North Carolina Press, 2014) by Zach Rosalinsky, LIU/NYU dual degree student in Library Science and Classics.
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Career opportunity: Assistant Research Scholar, Digital Projects, ISAW Library
by David Ratzan | 12/28/2021
The ISAW library is searching for an Assistant Research Scholar, Digital Projects. Review to begin Feb. 1, 2021.
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Jean Foy-Vaillant’s Arsacidarum Imperium and Achaemenidarum Imperium
by Alireza Khounani | 11/09/2021
The ISAW Library acquires a copy of Jean Foy-Vaillant’s Arsacidarum Imperium and Achaemenidarum Imperium (1725), a rare but major work in the history of Parthian and Persian numismatics.
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