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  • Lindell Scholarship Application Opens!

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    ahulsebe

    Are you passionate about student wellbeing? Apply to be the next Lindell Scholar and explore how libraries can support balance, connection, and mental health. Every other year, the Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library awards a junior or senior student the  Patricia Lindell Scholarship, established through the generosity of the Friends of the Library – Gustavus Library…

  • Banned Books @ the Library

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    ahulsebe

    Banned Books Week celebrates the freedom to read and draws attention to attempts to censor books in libraries and schools. The theme for Banned Books Week 2025 is “Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights.” The American Library Association states: “With the escalation in attempts to ban books in libraries, schools, and bookstores around the…

  • Minnesota Star Tribune Access

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    ahulsebe

    Did you know that Gustavus provides students, faculty, and staff digital access to the Minnesota Star Tribune? You can click to access the Star Tribune from the library website for in-depth coverage of current news from Minnesota and beyond. You can also set up your own individual user account through the College’s subscription – for details…

  • Come work with us!

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    ahulsebe

    Gustavus is hiring for an Information Desk and Digital Collections Manager at the Library! This position is charged with providing leadership, management, and day-to-day oversight of several of the library’s primary functions—including acquiring, organizing, providing convenient access to, and managing certain library content and resources. The manager is responsible for supervising Information Desk student employees…

  • Patricia Lindell Research Prize Award Winner

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    rflynn

    The Library is pleased to announce the winner of the 2024-2025 Patricia Lindell Research Paper Award. Congratulations to Sophia Nelson, whose paper, Combinatorial Control of Histone Modifications on Alternative Splicing, was awarded the top prize! The paper was written for Chemistry 360: Proteins; a copy of it can be found in our institutional repository, GustieScholar.…

  • Leisure Reading for Fall Break

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    rflynn

    Need a fun read for fall break? Come and check out our featured leisure reading collection. It’s currently housed in our Central Display–in front of the Hasselquist Room–but we will soon have to move it to a larger bookcase! All the books shown here are part of a book-leasing program that Gustavus Library is trying;…

  • Banned Books @ Your Library

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    ahulsebe

    Banned Books Week (September 22-28) celebrates the freedom to read and draws attention to attempts to censor books in libraries and schools.  The Gustavus Library endorses the American Library Association’s Freedom to Read Statement affirming that “the freedom to read is essential to our democracy” and that librarians should “make available the widest diversity of…

  • Welcome!

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    ahulsebe

    Welcome, new and returning students! The folks at the Library are here to support you all through your college journey. Looking for a new book to read? Searching for a place for individual or group study? Need help with a research assignment? The Library has all that and more! Library Hours Monday-Thursday: 8 am –…

  • Celebrate Children’s Book Week

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    ahulsebe

    Join the Gustavus Library in celebrating Children’s Book Week (May 6-12), a celebration of children’s books and the joy of reading that started back in 1919. This year’s theme is No Rules. Just Read. Take a break and visit our Children’s Book Week Display (Central Display, Library main floor), browse our Children’s Literature Collection (Library…

  • New Displays: AAPI Heritage, Jewish American Heritage

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    ahulsebe

    Announcing new book displays this month! Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month Display – May is a time for celebrating and “paying tribute to the generations of Asian and Pacific Islanders who have enriched America’s history and are instrumental in its future success.” The origins of this commemorative month date back…