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There is now a miniature representation (1:50 scale) of the Vasa built from scratch by Clayton Johnson from Albert Lea, MN on display in the library.  As Clayton made many trips to Sweden conducting research at the Vasa Museum, this model is the most accurate replica of the original.   The Vasa was one of the…

Looking for a comfy place to study? Try the first floor of the library!  We have taken out some of the study carrels and replaced them with comfy furniture.  There is also more room for group studying at the tables or if you’re somebody who likes to spread your stuff out then this is a…

Once again, we’re offering two courses in the spring, ones small enough to fit into even a fairly busy schedule. NDL 301: Information Fluency is a .5 credit discussion-based and hands-on course that gives students a chance to dig into the tools for the literature of their major field and discuss the social and ethical…

has always belonged in a library, come find a book you just may fall in love with. 

The library student organization is hosting a costume contest which ends today! Stop by with your costume, allow us to take a picture, and win something cool! Enjoy beautiful fall day and read up on the history of Halloween!

The College and Lutheran Church Archives staff have been busy, not just organizing and preserving our history, but making much of it digitally available. You’ll find all kinds of things online – from historic photos to civil war-era letters to posters from World War I to photos submitted for the annual Center for International and…

October is American Archives Month so visit the College and Lutheran Church Archives and take a tour. Tours will feature historical Gustavus treasures and awesome artifacts not usually on public display. Find out what the archives is all about and what it has to offer you.  The archives is located on the library’s top floor, directly above…

Happy Open Access Week! We’re celebrating the movement to make more knowledge free to all. Philosopher and activist Peter Suber (who has recently written a book on the topic) has defined open access as literature that is “digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.” He has written a very brief…

Friday, Oct. 19:  8:00 am – 4:45 pm; Saturday, Oct. 20:  10:00 am – 5:00 pm; Sunday, Oct. 21: Noon-6:00 pm; Monday, Oct. 22:  8:00 am – 4:45 pm; Tuesday, Oct. 23:  8:00 am – 1:00 am. 

We are delighted to host two public events on Monday, October 8th,  focused on the contributions women writers have made to Scandinavian crime fiction. At 4:00 pm in Confer 127, Dr. Kerstin Bergman of Lund University will present a lecture, “The Women Strike Back: The Rise of Women Crime Writers in Sweden, 1997-2012.” Bergman is…