Library

Year: 2017

  • Women and Social Movements

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    ahulsebe

    Featured Digital Collection: Women and Social Movements includes primary documents related to the history of women in social movements in the U.S. between 1600 and 2000. Documents in the collection range from diary entries, to pamphlets, to the text of speeches, to annual reports of activist organizations, and more. Click to search Women and Social…

  • More Study Spaces!

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    jgilber2

    At the Library, we frequently solicit feedback about what you’d like to see. We love this information, as it lets us know what we’re doing well and how we can become an even better library. While we can’t get to everything on the list right away (like building a skyway to Beck Hall or a…

  • Who Can Use Libraries?

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    jgilber2

    Everyone can use libraries! (from Hafuboti)

  • Building Bridges Resources #BB2017

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    jgilber2

    The 2017 Building Bridges conference topic is “Uprooting Injustice: Fostering the Growth of Grassroots Movements.”  In honor of the conference, the Library has created an online guide to Activism resources. Please also stop by the library itself to see the Building Bridges book display created by the Building Bridges team. Be sure to visit the conference website above…

  • This is a Library

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    jgilber2

     Libraries are open to everyone, no matter your beliefs, convictions, thoughts, attitudes or shoe size. Libraries are places of discovery, where you can explore facts and opinions, read the latest scholarship on a given topic, or find a new favorite book. At a library, you can delve into research conversations about pretty much any topic.…

  • The Press Is Not Our Enemy

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    fister

    The library faculty is dismayed by President Trump’s recent public statement that the media is “the enemy of the American people.” We believe a free press is fundamentally important to the future of an American democracy. The First Amendment to the US Constitution wisely offers strong defense of journalists striving to write the “first draft…

  • Relaxation Room Is Open!

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    jpeter13

    As the beloved massage chair has been refurbished, please continue to use this chair with care planning your time in this space no longer than 30 minutes.  Please also continue to respect the rule of NO FOOD OR BEVERAGES within this room.  We all love this space and wish to respect the parameters it has…

  • The #DayofFacts is here!

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    jgilber2

    Today, the Gustavus Library is participating in the Day of Facts campaign, joining libraries, museums, archives and other institutions to remind the public that facts matter. Read more about our reasons for participating in the campaign. And follow along! Use the #DayofFacts hashtag. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Learn more about the facts…

  • Federal Surveillance of African Americans, 1920-1984

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    ahulsebe

    Featured Digital Collection: This resource documents the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s surveillance of individual African Americans and groups deemed politically suspect. It provides source materials on the people and groups under surveillance and provides a window into the development of the country’s first systematic domestic surveillance program. Includes the FBI files on Malcolm X, Thurgood…

  • The Library’s #DayofFacts

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    jgilber2

    On Friday, February 17, the Gustavus Library will join libraries, museums, archives and other cultural institutions to participate in the #DayofFacts campaign. Day of Facts is a social media event dedicated to reminding the public that facts matter, and that our institutions are still trusted sources for truth and knowledge. On Friday, we will be on Twitter,…