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Books in Bloom Preview
We’re just a week away from Books in Bloom 2015, when the library is filled with fresh flowers and spring is literally in the air! The event opens Friday, May 1 at 3pm and runs through the weekend during normal library hours. Stop by to see the floral designs for the following books: The Andy Warhol […]
Books in Bloom Preview
Books in Bloom will be returning to the library May 1-3! Here are some selections you’ll see if you visit the library that weekend: The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and […]
Books in Bloom Preview
Save the date for Books in Bloom! The annual event will again be held in the Library on May 1-3, 2015. A few of the titles featured this year include: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr […]
Reminder: ILL down this weekend
Beginning Saturday, April 11 at 2am through Sunday, April 12, Interlibrary Loan service will be down. We’re upgrading to a new version of our library software beginning in the wee hours of the morning on April 11. You probably won’t even notice since you can still search the catalog and view records. However, Interlibrary Loan requests […]
Out of Scandinavia Artist in Residence Visits
Swedish poet Aase Berg will be on campus from April 20th through 24th as the 2014-15 Out of Scandinavia Artist in Residence.Her English-language translator, poet Johannes Göransson, will join her. During their stays, Aase and Johannes will visit classes in the Scandinavian Studies Department as well as the Department of English. Aase’s keynote talk, “To […]
ILL requests affected by upcoming software upgrade
From Saturday, April 11 at 2am through Sunday, April 12, Interlibrary Loan service will be down. We’re upgrading to a new version of our library software beginning in the wee hours of the morning on April 11. You probably won’t even notice since you can still search the catalog and view records. However, Interlibrary Loan […]
Library Star Students
Congratulations to Rachel Weitz (Audio Visual), Yetunde Odediran (Circulation) and Jamie Lichy (Stack Maintenance/ digitizing) for being chosen as Library Star Students for spring semester! Star Students are library student employees who have demonstrated superior performance in their departments. The library depends heavily on student workers and wishes to recognize those that go above and […]
Find It Button Not Available Saturday
On Saturday, March 14, the following services will be unavailable while system upgrades are taking place: the yellow “Find It!” button and the “Do We Have This Journal?” link. The software company is scheduled to begin the system maintenance at 8:00 am (CST) and anticipates resuming full service by 8:00 pm (CST). If you typically […]
Gustavus Author Tea, March 11th
Join members of the Gustavus community, March 11th, 3:30-5:00 pm in the Book Mark as we celebrate books written by our faculty in the past year. Here are the books and authors we’re celebrating: Fit Quest: A Personal Journey by Aaron Banks Blues Vision by Philip Bryant My friend Jonah by Herb Chilstrom Out of […]
Gustavus Community Publications
Our latest book display highlights recent publications by Gustavus faculty, staff, alumni and friends. Publications written or edited by faculty, staff, and friends of the Gustavus community and owned by the library have been compiled into a convenient list that can be found on the library’s webpage.