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Building Bridges Display
The 28th Building Bridges Conference, Unseen Passages: Refugees and the Collective Fight for Vitality, will take place on the Gustavus campus Saturday, March 4, starting at 9:30 am. Be sure to visit the conference website for more details about the day, including ticket information. Building Bridges Library Display: In honor of the conference, the Library […]
Black History Month: Speculative Fiction by African and African Diaspora Writers
Sidebar: Want more information about speculative fiction of all kinds in the Gustavus Library collection? Check out our Guide to Speculative Fiction at Gustavus Library. Black History Month is a great time to highlight the long history of authors of Africa and the African Diaspora who used science fiction, fantasy, and myth to imagine alternative […]
Celebrating Black History Month
February is Black History Month and the theme for 2023 is Black Resistance. The Library provides resources that document, commemorate, and celebrate Black history and experiences in the U.S. Book display: Looking for something to read? Visit our Black History Month display in the GLA Reading Room (main floor, north side). Feel free to borrow […]
Tea Tuesday – Warm Up @ the Library!
What better way to warm up on a snowy day than Tea Tuesday at the Library? Stop by for tea, hot cider, or hot chocolate. Bring your own mug or use one of ours. Beverages will be available until the hot water runs out (or 4pm, whichever comes first). See you then!
First Gen College Celebration!
This week’s Tea Tuesday is in honor of first generation students! Stop by the Library for tea, hot cocoa, apple cider, and special treats. The Library is here support you on your journey! We share these messages from first generation Library faculty and staff: Dan Mollner, Librarian & Associate Professor – “I am a first […]
Constitution Day 2022
Federally observed Constitution Day is September 17th. Feel free to stop by the library today through Monday, September 19th and visit our Constitution Day book display and pick up a FREE pocket copy of the U.S. Constitution. The display in on the main floor of the library next to the stairwell near the front door. […]
Harmful Language Statement
Language matters. Words matter. How people are described matters. Words or terms that were prevalent decades ago may have fallen out of favor. Some terms may have been applied by those in power to a marginalized group, without ever taking into account how the group described itself. Other terms – once deemed offensive – have […]
Meet the Library Staff!
Ever wondered who coordinates purchasing books (and more) for the library? Meet new Library Acquisitions Manager Kate Sonsteby (‘05). Kate joined us in summer 2021, and her work is essential to providing library research materials at Gustavus. We asked Kate a few questions to get to know her better… What interested you in working at […]
New Acquisitions in SCRB!
Detail of Leaf 127 from the Liber Chronicarum. 1493. (SCRB Collection 16) This semester we are welcoming several new items to Special Collections and Rare Books, or the SCRB (pronounced “scrib”)! These new acquisitions will help us teach the history of books and printing along with many items we already own. These rare items are […]
Celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day
On Monday, October 11, 2021, we celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day, honoring the cultures, histories and futures of our nation’s Indigenous peoples. Although the holiday is not yet federally recognized, it has been increasingly celebrated over the past decades. The fact that it lands on the same day traditionally observed as Columbus Day is not an […]