In this issue:

• Student library research award winner announced
• 2018 Catalog of University Authors published
• Extended hours for reading and final examination periods
• Exhibit:  Painting 1—Copy of a Master
• A Lag Ba-Omer Haircut, Amsterdam from 1723 Minhagim book

Student  Library Research Award Winner Announced The award recognizes excellence in research through the use of the University Libraries.  A team of 7 librarians received 27 entries.  Please join us in congratulating Samuel Gelman, a third year Yeshiva College political science major.  For Professor Maria Zaitseva’s class, Writing Politics, he researched and wrote "India and America--A New Special Relationship: An Analysis of the Future Alliance between the United States and India.”  . 2018 Catalog of University Authors published 59 contributors submitted 179 entries on books, journal articles, poetry, documentary films, music scores, and visual art. Extended Hours for Reading and Final Examination Periods Exhibit:  Painting 1—Copy of a Master On the second floor of the Gottesman Library building, students from Professor Carla Aurich's Yeshiva College Painting 1 course are exhibiting their copies of noted works by several modern artists.  Each painter stayed true to scale by gridding the image and transferring it to canvas. A Lag Ba-Omer Haircut, Amsterdam, from 1723 Minhagim book See the latest illustrated blog posting by Curator Shulamith Z. Berger. Like us on Facebook!  Visit us on Instagram.  Twitter: @YULibrary.