Good News For Cornell

The Cornell and Columbia Libraries were awarded $385,000 from the Mellon Foundation to pursue a partnership termed 2CUL, or "too cool."

Over the next two years, 2CUL will explore ways to improve the quality of collections and services offered to campus constituencies, redirect resources to emerging needs, and make each institution more competitive in securing government and foundation support. The relationship could also provide a new blueprint for broad, non-exclusive partnerships between other academic libraries and other parts of the academy.

Also, Asst. Prof. Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon, English, has been named a finalist for the National Book Award in poetry.