Library Services Update

Beginning Wednesday, November 11, the library building will be closed. However, we will continue to serve patrons by providing curbside pickup for print materials, online access to digital materials, assisting with research, and supporting faculty and students in online instruction. All of the digital collections will still be available to access, and the library staff…Continue Reading Library Services Update

Coming Soon To Your TV

Does anyone else always read the book before they watch the show? No? Just me? Whether you read before or after watching, here are some new TV and movie releases that started out as books. The Witches by Roald Dahl (available as Audiobook in Libby): This new movie premiered on HBO Max October 22, 2020…Continue Reading Coming Soon To Your TV

Library Adding Thousands of Titles to Electronic Journal Collection

Blough-Weis Library always had a large collection of print periodicals available to the campus community, but with the convenience of online access ever-increasing, the print journal has seen significant decreases in use with each passing semester. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Blough-Weis Library has reevaluated several of our resources and the means by…Continue Reading Library Adding Thousands of Titles to Electronic Journal Collection

Do Not Read These

September 28th – October 2nd, 2020 is national Banned Books week, an annual celebration highlighting our freedom to read.  To celebrate this historic week, we urge you to rebel and read these books that have been recently challenged by others. More information on Banned Books Week can be found Here. The Hate U Give by…Continue Reading Do Not Read These

And Introducing . . .

An Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie Obioma   Set on the outskirts of Umuahia, Nigeria and narrated by a chi, or guardian spirit, AN ORCHESTRA OF MINORITIES tells the story of Chinonso, a young poultry farmer whose soul is ignited when he sees a woman attempting to jump from a highway bridge. Horrified by her recklessness, Chinonso…Continue Reading And Introducing . . .

On The Come Up

Sometimes I dream that I’m drowning.  It’s always in a big, blue ocean that’s too deep for me to see the bottom.  But I tell myself I’m not going to die no matter how much water gets in my lungs or how deep I sink, I am not going to die.  Because I say so.Suddenly,…Continue Reading On The Come Up

Break With a Book

The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff One morning while passing through Grand Central Terminal on her way to work, Grace Healey finds an abandoned suitcase tucked beneath a bench. Unable to resist her own curiosity, Grace opens the suitcase, where she discovers a dozen photographs—each of a different woman. In a moment of…Continue Reading Break With a Book

Read More This Year!

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking.But Xiomara has plenty she wants to say, and she pours all her frustration and passion onto the pages of…Continue Reading Read More This Year!