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Ban, Baby, Ban

Ban, Baby, Ban

Heidi Huff 0 Comments
September 24th – October 1st is Banned Books Week.  That’s b-a-n-n-e-d, not “band books” on musical instruction or the latest Maroon 5 bio.  The American Library Association (ALA) dubs Banned Books Week as “an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment.”  This week “highlights the benefits of free and open access to information while drawing attention to the harms of censorship by spotlighting actual or attempted banning of books across the United States.” Why would anyone want to ban a book? You might ask.  Justifications range from teaching children disobedience to portraying homosexual lifestyles to using offensive language, and much, much more.  Included in the top 100 banned/challenged books for the 20th Century are the following: … Continued
Brill

Brill

, books, Heidi Huff 0 Comments
Through the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) all of the IU campuses now have access to additional eBooks from Brill. The subject listings available cover a wide variety of disciplines including: Asian Studies; Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity; Classical Studies; European History and Culture; Middle East and Islamic Studies; Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy; Social Sciences; and now featuring… There are now 13 titles available in the Language & Linguistics subject, featuring histories and uses of some esoteric and some not-so-esoteric language families like Arabic, Kharia, Hebrew, Vedic, and Salish, to name a few.  Upon exploring the Language and Linguistics title list I came across “Language at Large: Essays on Syntax and Semantics” in which I read … Continued
On the Road Again

On the Road Again

, Heidi Huff, Library Resources 0 Comments
Hi there! New library staff member Heidi Huff, here, newly minted MLS from IUPUI.  And YES, that’s my real name (not some fictional character as someone suggested earlier today.) Currently, I’m commuting to Richmond from Indianapolis.  But in talking to all the students and staff members I’ve met this week I discovered that many, many of you are commuters too.  I’ve met some of you from Oxford and Greenfield and here and there in-between.  Don’t even get me started on how far Venus Williams would have to commute if she were driving back and forth to campus. Here’s where the library comes into “play.”  The library has audio books (formerly known as books on tape) in the Browsing Collection – … Continued
The Golden Door

The Golden Door

Matt Dilworth, Programs
We are excited to announce that the library is hosting “Emma Lazarus: Voice of Liberty, Voice of Conscience,” a traveling exhibition documenting the life and influence of the social activist who wrote the famous poem on the Statue of Liberty: “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”       Other exhibits and displays in the library focus on immigration.  Dr. Joanne Passet has generously loaned artifacts owned by her great grandmother, Annie Townsend Quantic when she immigrated to the United States in 1894. Items include a dressing gown, bible, ship manifest, and photographs. … Continued
Unique spaces to meet your learning needs

Unique spaces to meet your learning needs

Matt Dilworth
We’ve had a busy summer, re-designing and re-purposing library space to get maximum use and to create specialized areas focused on student needs. With another semester of record-breaking enrollment at IU East, the Library provides learning spaces dedicated to both general and specific uses. If you need formal group study space, Hayes 101 is convenient for 10-12 students.  Prefer more informal space?  Try the Library Living Room on the 2nd floor, with its eclectic and comfortable décor, complete with bean bag chairs.  It is open for groups anytime a class is not scheduled to use it (the schedule is posted on the door). And if you need to spread out with your school projects, whether individually or as a group, … Continued