Coates Library Blog
Interview with Librarian Abra Schnur
In our blog segment “Interview with a Librarian” we sat down with our newest librarian, University Archivist and Records Manager Abra Schnur, to find out more about her! 1. Tell…
A Poster Tribute to Our Students
Dear Trinity Students, Inside the Library, it is quiet and empty and a bit sad despite the sunlight streaming in through the previously coveted window seats. We cannot hear the…
Library Heroes
Librarians. Stereotypically quiet and introverted, bespectacled and mousy, they perform an admirable and important job, but let’s be honest, they’re pretty boring, right? Well, like people in any profession, they…
Announcing the Coates Library Research Thing Prizes
Celebrating Our Student Researchers and the “Things” They Create I’ve never made homemade biscuits before and might never do it again. Finding myself juggling a different kind of schedule and…
Illuminating the Past
If you’ve taken a medieval history class at Trinity, chances are you have visited Special Collections to view some of the early manuscripts in our collection. But did you ever wonder how two leaves of parchment, carefully scribed and intricately illuminated, ended up in San Antonio?
Library Space Force (It’s Not What You Think)
This is Coates Library. And this is Coates Library in numbers. 4 floors 164,307 square feet 317,619 annual visitors That’s a lot of space, and a lot of people moving…
Getting to Know Student Angel Ramirez
We asked Angel Ramirez, ILL Student Worker and Trinity University Senior, a few questions to get to know him better and to tell us a little about his take on…
Interview with Librarian Grant Hardaway
In our blog segment “Interview with a Librarian” we sat down with our newest librarian, Grant Hardaway, to find out more about him! 1. What is your position in the…
150 Years of Trinity Library
The library’s history closely follows the fortunes of the University. And like Trinity, the library has adapted with each stage of growth. Here’s a very short history of the collection…
Free Streaming Media with Academic Video Online
While most of us are familiar with YouTube and Netflix, many of us have yet to try Academic Video Online (AVON) from Alexander Street Press. Have you tried AVON? While…