Association of Southeastern Research Libraries
ASERL brings together leaders from research libraries in the region to foster a high standard of library excellence through professional development, inter-institutional resource sharing, and other important collaborations. For more than 65 years, ASERL has been a trusted home for numerous innovative programs and events that provide tremendous benefit to our membership.
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ASERL Member Spotlight

Thank you, Karen Manning — Inaugural ASERL Visiting Program Officer for BIPOC Programming 2022-2023
https://vimeo.com/870471553?share=copy We want to extend our heartfelt gratitude to Karen Manning for blazing a trail as the inaugural ASERL Visiting Program Officer for the BIPOC Professional Development Events. Her
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Special Collections

Carnival Collection: Floats and Costumes — Tulane University
TULANE UNIVERSITY — Fantastical floats and colorful costumes have become a hallmark of Mardi Gras parades, but did you know these Carnival traditions date back well over a century? Tulane’s Louisiana Research Collection preserves possibly the largest collection of New Orleans Carnival paper items, and the digital Carnival Collection features more than 5,500 original float and costume designs. Most are from Carnival’s “Golden Age” (the 1870s through the 1940s) with about three hundred designs from 1950 to 1970.

Kenneth Frederick Marsh Photograph Collection — University of South Carolina
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA — The photographs of Kenneth Frederick Marsh (d. 1968) were used to illustrate the following books by photographer Marsh and his wife, Blanche Marsh: Historic Flat Rock (North Carolina), Plantation Heritage, Robert Mills, and The New South, Greenville, S.C. The photographs and negatives depict historic and modern homes, public buildings, textile mills, churches, and scenes of South Carolina and Flat Rock, N.C. Many of the photographs are unpublished.
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ASERL members are the leading research libraries in 12 states across the region, providing critical information infrastructure for their universities and communities.