“Breaking Up is Hard to Do…But Easier with Rapido”: Blough-Weis Library’s Presentation at the Librarian ENUG Conference

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The ExLibris Northeast User Group conference took place on October 16th – October 17th at Brandeis University in Boston, Massachusetts. This conference, affectionately known as ENUG, brings Northeastern libraries that use the same management systems together to discuss new developments and customized practices.  On October 16th, Nichole Allen and Brianne Dort represented the Blough-Weis Library at this conference….Continue Reading “Breaking Up is Hard to Do…But Easier with Rapido”: Blough-Weis Library’s Presentation at the Librarian ENUG Conference

“Learn to See”: Celebrating 10 Years of Student Photography at the Blough-Weis Library 

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For the rest of the fall semester, the Blough-Weis Library is displaying the talented photography from students of Professor Gordon Wenzel. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the exhibition, which first began in 2015.   To celebrate, I sat down with Professor Wenzel to learn more about his journey in photography, his teachings, and…Continue Reading “Learn to See”: Celebrating 10 Years of Student Photography at the Blough-Weis Library 

Book Review: My Dark Vanessa

INTRODUCTION             I’m angry at the romance genre. That’s quite a blanket statement, but for the most part, it’s true. In recent times, the romance genre has lowered women’s standards. Authors like Colleen Hoover influence people to believe that abuse is love (see It Ends With Us). Abusers can be forgiven and even loved again….Continue Reading Book Review: My Dark Vanessa

Book Review: The Lies They Told by Ellen Marie Wiseman

            Immigrant stories are more important now than ever. My great grandmother Ona came to the states from Lithuania in the early 20th century. While I’m quite disconnected to my personal history, families face the horrible injustices of immigration as you read this review. The time to be educated was…Continue Reading Book Review: The Lies They Told by Ellen Marie Wiseman

Book Review: The Correspondent

INTRODUCTION             With three declining grandparents, I tend not to read books with elderly main characters (hence why I don’t touch A Man Called Ove). It’s too close to home for me to enjoy the reading experience. My grandparents are everything to me and reading a book about elderly people going through loneliness, grief, and…Continue Reading Book Review: The Correspondent

Book Review: Wings of Starlight by Allison Saft

[Spoilers for Tinkerbell and the Secret of the Wings] INTRO             If you were anything like me, the Tinkerbell/Pixie Hollow movies were a girlhood staple. The first one was released straight to DVD in 2008 when I was four years old. For Halloween, I was Rosetta- complete with a pink turtleneck under my costume (Mom’s…Continue Reading Book Review: Wings of Starlight by Allison Saft

Introducing SLAC: A Recap of Their Banned Books Trivia

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Last week was Banned Books Week, and to honor it, SLAC held Banned Books Trivia on October 7th. Now, you may be asking yourself what exactly is SLAC and what happened at their trivia night? Well, you are in luck, because here I am going to be sharing everything about SLAC, a recap of Banned…Continue Reading Introducing SLAC: A Recap of Their Banned Books Trivia

6 Spooky Books to Read this Fall Break

Book synopses copied from publishers’ website Frankenstein, Mary Shelley Scientist Victor Frankenstein learns how to create life, but his discovery goes quickly awry when he creates a monster larger and stronger than an ordinary man. As the monster uses its power to destroy everything Victor loves, the young scientist is forced to embark on a…Continue Reading 6 Spooky Books to Read this Fall Break

Best Books to Read to Celebrate Banned Books Week 2025!

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This year, from October 5th to October 11th, we are celebrating Banned Books Week. Banned Books Week is a week dedicated to highlighting the free and open access to information through the books that we read. This year’s theme is “Censorship Is So 1984 – Read for Your Rights.” Having been the president of a…Continue Reading Best Books to Read to Celebrate Banned Books Week 2025!