Library News

We are thrilled to welcome Mackenzie Williams to The Cooper Union Library!  

Mackenzie received her Master’s in Librarian and Information Sciences from Drexel University in June of 2022 and recently completed an internship at the Visual Resources and Special Collections of the University of the Arts in Philadelphia where she cataloged the Eugene Feldman Collection of experimental printmaking. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Printmaking with a Minor in Sculpture and Extended Media. She recently facilitated a community-based performance at the DaVinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA and exhibited in Beacon for the Future, Hot.Bed Gallery Philadelphia, PA.  

Mackenzie has a deep understanding of how libraries can support the work of artists and architects and looks forward to working with Cooper students and faculty. She will also be helping us explore the integration of social justice frameworks into the library’s collections and services.  

Knowledge for class. Knowledge for life.

Current Cooper students, faculty and staff now have access to The New York Times, compliments of The Cooper Union Library. 

Whether you’re writing a paper, preparing a lecture, or planning for the weekend ahead, discover original, quality journalism that helps you understand the

world — and make the most of every part of life.

Activate your account today! 

We are thrilled to welcome Mary Mann to The Cooper Union Library as our new Archivist Librarian. 

Mary Mann received her library and archive education at Pratt Institute, and went on to work in archival processing and reference at the Center for Brooklyn History prior to her appointment at Cooper Union. She's passionate about information access and accuracy, and is a firm believer in the utility of investigating the past to better occupy the present. As a researcher, she's authored essays in The Atlantic, The New York Times, and The Believer, as well as a book, Yawn: Adventures in Boredom. 

We live in an age dominated by data. We harvest it. Mine it. Analyze it. Visualize it. Data identifies the next pandemic hotspot, exposes racism in real estate, and illustrates the rise in ocean temperature. It is a common input across technical and creative fields alike and recognizing how data is used and misused has become an increasingly critical skill.

Please join us on Thursday, March 18, 2021 @ 5PM for “Preparing Students for a Data-Driven World”

This event brings together a leading panel of interdisciplinary faculty discuss how data are used across technical and creative fields and how they use empirical reasoning and data-based assignments to prepare to live and work in a data-driven society. Our panelists are:

• Thomas Augst, Associate Professor of English, New York University
• Min Kyung Lee, Assistant Professor of Growth and Structure of Cities, Bryn Mawr College
• Brian Mailloux, Professor in Environmental Sciences, Barnard College and Columbia University 
• David Weiman, Professor of Economics, Barnard College and Columbia University

Zoom registration required for this event.

We look forward to seeing you!

Once again, it looks like a winter storm is going to mess with our contact-free book pick-up and delivery service, along with chapter and article scanning. We anticipate reopening the Library on Wednesday, February 3, 2021. In the meantime, please stay warm and don't hesitate to contact us through our Ask a Librarian live chat or via email if you have any questions. 

The Cooper Union Library now provides access to the complete MIT Press Computing and Engineering eBook Collection through our IEEE Xplore database. Skim the latest titles or do a deep dive into the complete backlist (1943-2021) — so much scientific goodness! Contact us if you have any questions.

Library services for the 2021 spring semester are going to look a lot like they did for the 2020 fall semester. Our physical collections and study spaces will remain closed, but our contact-free book pick-up and return service will resume as soon as we are able to return to campus on Monday, February 1^st.  We encourage you to submit our item request form any time you need a book, book chapter or journal article that you can’t find online. We also look forward to answering your quick reference questions through our online chat service and providing in-depth research consultations whenever you need it. 

We can’t wait until we are all back on campus and can welcome you back to the library in-person. Until that time, please remember we are here for you and happy to help you find and access the information you need.

The Library's new website launched in August with the start of the fall semester, and we are dying to know what you think. Grad students from the @prattischool are conducting a usability study to see what we got right and what could use some tweaking. Email jchen670@pratt.edu to participate. There could be an Amazon gift certificate in it for you, not to mention our undying gratitude.

The Cooper Union Library has made it easier than ever to check out Aristotle's definition of tyranny in his epic text Politics. Explore English translations of some of the most important Greek and Latin texts in the Loeb Classical Library, then tell us what you think by completing our Collection Feedback form. Thanks!

As we all know, this will be a semester like no other, but The Cooper Union Library has been working hard to ensure you have the service and resources you need to make it through the semester. While the physical collections and study spaces will remain closed, we are launching a new contact-free book pick-up and return service. You can find out more here. We will also continue to provide quick reference services, as well as more in-depth research consultations and library instruction. Good luck with the semester – we look forward to working with you!