Dan Cohen

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Journaling during the pandemic, for yourself and the historians

“Digital media and technology is amazing in many ways, but it also has a lot of problems,” said Dan Cohen, the dean of libraries at Northeastern University, whose extensive documentation of firsthand accounts following the Sept. 11 attacks is in the Library of Congress. “A physical diary, if you stick it in your attic, you’ll likely be […]

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Research center expanding historical collection on Boston’s neighborhoods

Daniel Cohen, the Dean of the Northeastern Library, said that the Boston Research Center brings together a wealth of information and archival materials about Boston’s neighborhoods. “We’re all familiar with the stories about Boston that we see and read in textbooks and see in documentaries,” Cohen said.

Boston Research Center embarks on archival mission

“After we had that prototype phase, we all got together and thought about what we could do next,” said Dan Cohen, the vice provost for information collaboration, dean of libraries, and professor of history at Northeastern. “We really thought a key aspect of it was connecting more concretely with communities in Boston.”

The Books of College Libraries Are Turning Into Wallpaper

At my library at Northeastern University, undergraduate circulations declined 50 percent from 2013 to 2017—before we decided to do our own book relocation—and our logged number of books removed from shelves but not checked out also dropped by half.

A sneak peek inside Northeastern’s renovated Snell Library, a ‘more experiential, more collaborative space’

Work on Snell Library continues this summer, focusing on the fourth and first floors, and the basement. Glass cube study spaces, bumped-out entrance and light-filled rooms will reflect Northeastern’s unique way of generating knowledge and passing it on.

How did the Black Lives Matter movement get to where it is today?

Historical perspective on the civil rights movements of the past is offered by the Archives and Special Collections at the Northeastern Library. “Placing the current movement in a much longer time horizon really gives you critical context,” says Dan Cohen, dean of the university library.

We’ve lost something important in the age of screens. 3D printers can bring it back.

A new exhibit launched by Northeastern, Harvard Library, and the Perkins School for the Blind prompts visitors to ponder the experience of reading on screens instead of books.

If reestablished to educate kids, the Presidential Fitness Test could address obesity in American children

Using invasive wetland grasses, Northeastern grads adopt a green approach to stop erosion

How did Netflix’s ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ take over the world and become a global phenomenon?

Parasitic diseases researcher talks ‘flesh-eating’ screwworm infection after first confirmed human case in US