Recent Changes to Kanopy Streaming Service

In December 2019, Blough-Weis Library moved to a mediated access model for streaming films through Kanopy. This new model will still allow members of the Susquehanna community to browse the entire Kanopy collection but will now require a request to be submitted before a film is viewable. This will give the library an opportunity to review all purchase requests before they happen.  Why did we make this change? Kanopy’s…Continue Reading Recent Changes to Kanopy Streaming Service

16,000 Oxford eBooks Now Available at Susquehanna University

Blough-Weis Library is pleased to announce the acquisition of over 16,000 Oxford University Press titles across 20 subjects, through the Oxford Scholarship Online platform. This deal provides perpetual access to all 16,000+ published titles, as well as all frontlist titles published through 2022. You can browse the collection by the following subjects: Biology Law Neuroscience…Continue Reading 16,000 Oxford eBooks Now Available at Susquehanna University

De-stress at the Library

As the end of the semester approaches, the Blough-Weis Library will be offering a wide variety of fun and stress-relieving events in preparation for finals. On Thursday, December 12th, Paws to Relax will be happening from 2 to 4 PM For this event, local therapy dogs will be in the library, tails wagging and eager…Continue Reading De-stress at the Library

The Turn of the Key

“It was only as we began to wind slowly down the drive, while I kept one eye out for a fleeting child among the trees, that I found myself replaying Maddie’s final remark, wondering if she had really said what I thought I’d heard.For the thing she had called over her shoulder seemed almost too…Continue Reading The Turn of the Key

Read the 2019 National Book Award-Winning Novel and Memoir at Your Library

Blough-Weis Library congratulates Susan Choi and Sarah M. Broom, winners of two of this year’s National Book Awards. Susan Choi won the award for fiction for her novel Trust Exercise. Sarah Broom’s memoir The Yellow House won the award for nonfiction. You can borrow either one by visiting the library. The Yellow House tells the…Continue Reading Read the 2019 National Book Award-Winning Novel and Memoir at Your Library

The Fifth Season

The Fifth Season begins with two cataclysms, one global and one personal, and a quest. In the first, the Earth’s single, planet-spanning continent is shaken by a tectonic event which wipes out cities and fills the skies with ash. In the second, a young boy is murdered by his father, sending the boy’s mother, Essun,…Continue Reading The Fifth Season

Dying for a Scary Story?

I’m sure that you’ve seen the signs by now. There are leaves on the ground, pumpkins on every doorstep, and ghost and bats aplenty adorn every house and hall. Halloween is just around the corner! There are many different ways to celebrate, from dressing up and going out to eating unholy amounts of candy in…Continue Reading Dying for a Scary Story?

Must Reads of the Week!

The Testaments by Margaret Atwood More than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid’s Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results.Two have…Continue Reading Must Reads of the Week!