Old Main building at Gustavus Adolphus College during sunrise.

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  • Vote 2016

    We hear there’s something about an upcoming election this November….? We’re guess you have, too! While we’re not going to tell you who to vote…


  • Nobel Conference Resources

     A reminder that the Gustavus Library has both in person and online resources related to this year’s Nobel Conference! Books by our Nobel speakers are on a…


  • Banned Books Week

    Wait, people still ban books? Even in this day and age? Unfortunately yes, which is why we celebrate Banned Books Week every year. We celebrate our…


  • Cookies and Constitutions

    This Friday, September 16th, between 1 and 4 pm the library will celebrate Constitution Day, with frost-your-own cookies and pocket copies of the U.S. Constitution that…


  • Information for Everyone

    Having a problem finding a book on our shelves? Need to know where the restroom is located? Need a drinking fountain? Have an Interlibrary Loan…


  • Resources for Nobel

    Books by our Nobel speakers are on a display shelf near the front door in the new books area. Additional books on the subject are…


  • Resources for Between the World and Me

    Our Reading in Common book this fall is short but challenging, raising difficult questions about race, history, fairness, and how Americans see themselves. You can…


  • Any Questions?

    After a lot of study and thought, the librarians have switched up the way we provide reference services. We hope to connect with students through…


  • Special and Rare

    Some students will remember a brick-lined room on the library’s main floor that was a quiet bolt-hole for serious studying before it was mysteriously locked…


  • For Faculty: you get an arXiv and YOU get an arXiv

    Since 1991, physicists and fellow travelers have been sharing their research online through arXiv, originally hosted at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, now at Cornell.…