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By Ann Kucera & Kari Chrenka Students are using the CMU Libraries website every hour of every day. It is a resource for completing assignments, conducting research, and connecting with a librarian. To make sure the… Read moreA Different View of the Library
November was first declared “National American Indian Heritage Month” on August 3, 1990, by President of the United States George H. W. Bush. The name has undergone some changes but has been known as “Native American… Read moreNative American Heritage Month
While thinking of how to start this blog I started wondering what the dictionary definition of Veterans Day is. So, I went into the “Oxford English Dictionary” from the libraries’ databases A – Z page and… Read moreWhy Veterans Day?
In his 1994 book, The Great Good Place: Cafes, Coffee Shops, Bookstores, Bars, Hair Salons, and Other Hangouts at the Heart of a Community, sociologist Ray Oldenburg proposes that to be emotionally healthy a person needs… Read moreThe Library as a Third Place
The CMU Libraries, and particularly the Clarke Historical Library, have a long and distinguished history of preserving and making Michigan newspapers available for research. Newspapers have long been at the heart of American citizenship. A famed… Read moreNational Newspaper Week
Pictured Kristen Fox Student Scholarship Recipient Thanks to several endowments and the library student employee scholarship fund, CMU Libraries provided scholarships to eight library student employees this year. According to Janet Danek, coordinator of exhibits, “The… Read moreScholarships Benefit Library Student Employees…and the Libraries!
October 21st-27th is the 12th annual International Open Access Week across the globe. Events, ranging from pop-up displays and webinars to panel presentations and screenings of the film Paywall, are taking place this week in countries… Read moreOpen Access Week
Congratulations to Kari Chrenka! Chrenka received two awards recently related to her work as the Coordinator for Marketing and Branding at CMU Libraries. Chrenka was awarded the Staff Excellence Award from Central Michigan University for her… Read moreChrenka Awarded for Excellence
“We don’t live in a digital world, and we relate to the real world deeply. We create the world we want to live in.” ~David Sax, author of The Revenge of Analog: Real Things and Why… Read moreJoy and Happiness in Real Life
By Susan Powers and Aparna Zambare Banned Books Week 2019 is September 22-28. The event is sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and Amnesty International. This year’s theme, “Censorship Leaves Us in the Dark: Keep… Read moreBanned Books Week
