Throwback Thursday and Extended Hours for Finals

Image courtesy of the Samford University Library Special Collection.

We thought this image of a young lady studying in the library stacks during the late 1950s would be an appropriate choice for this week's "Throwback Thursday" as final exams are right around the corner.  Speaking of, the library will once again be operating under extended hours to accommodate your late-night study needs:

Sunday, April 29th

1:00pm - 2:00am

Monday, April 30th - Thursday, May 3rd

7:30am - 2:00am

Friday, May 4th

7:30am - 8:00pm

Saturday, May 5th

10:00am - 8:00pm

Sunday, May 6th

1:00pm - 2:00am

Monday, May 7th - Wednesday, May 9th

7:30am - 2:00am

And in case you get a case of the munchies while burning the midnight oil, the Einstein Bros. Bagels location in the library will be operating under extended hours during finals as well:

Monday, April 30th - Thursday, May 3rd

7:30am - 1:00am

Friday, May 4th

7:30am - 2:00pm

Saturday, May 5th

CLOSED

Sunday, May 6th

4:00pm - 12:00am

Monday, May 7th - Wednesday, May 9th

7:30am - 12:00am

For more information about the library's hours of operation, click here.

Image courtesy of the Samford University Library Special Collection.

For this week's "Throwback Thursday" we bring you Ingalls Hall as it was being constructed in the mid-1950s.  Listed here as the "General Science" building, it became home to the McWhorter School of Pharmacy for many years.  Today, this building is once again under renovation to become something new.

Throwback Thursday - Strumming in the Sunshine

Image courtesy of the Samford University Library Special Collection.

On this "Throwback Thursday," we have some students posing outside the Ralph Waldo Beeson Student Center.  We can't be sure as the students aren't identified and there is no date on the picture, but we believe this picture is from the 1980s.

Support the Library's 2018 "Big Give" Project!

The Samford University "Big Give" is an annual fundraising event that encourages students, alumni, faculty and staff to support a variety of projects across campus.  This year the Big Give will be held April 10th and 11th (tomorrow and Wednesday), and we here at the library would greatly appreciate your support of our project: The Crimson Collection.

The University Library Special Collection and University Archives is the home of Samford’s history. Part of that history are the pictures, stories, and columns written by Samford students in The Crimson over the years. Many alumni and faculty that have built and left their mark on the university reside in these resources.  It is our goal to make them more readily accessible as well as preserve the content by digitizing all of The Crimson editions. The preservation of these original sources are enhanced due to their availability in digital format.

If you'd like to help us reach our $5,000.00 goal, you can give online here by clicking on "GIVE NOW" and selecting "Crimson Collection" in the pull-down menu under "Designation."  If you're going to be on campus during the Big Give and would be interested in making a cash gift, stop by Ben Brown Plaza as various incentives/rewards will be offered throughout the day.  Contributions of all sizes are helpful, welcome, and greatly appreciated!

The library embarked on a similar project in 2010 to digitize our archive of the Samford yearbook Entre Nous in celebration of its centennial anniversary.  The collection may be found online here.

Click here to learn more about all of our collections in the University Library Special Collection and University Archives.