April is National Poetry Month
Celebrate the month of April by reading some great poetry! We have created a great display of poetry books in the display case in the foyer of the Miller Information Commons. Enjoy!
Yearly Archives: 2010
NEWS: MANGO Languages
We are happy to announce that Champlain has recently licensed a product called Mango to provide on-line language learning support. Mango includes conversational language instruction for a variety of languages such as Arabic, French, Irish Gaelic, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian, Greek, Japanese, Russian, Mandarin Chinese, Vietnamese, Hindi and many others. For some languages, ESL support […]
Continue readingNEWS: Harry Potter exhibit
“There was a lot more to magic, as Harry quickly found out, than waving your wand and saying a few funny words.” —Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, J. K. Rowling The Champlain College Library is happy to announce that the exhibit “Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine” will be coming to Miller […]
Continue readingDISPLAY:Celebrate: Black History Month!
Black History Month started as a month long celebration in February 1976. The Library has a wonderful collection of books on Black History and we have created a display at the circulation desk for your enjoyment. If you have a moment please stop by and check it out!
DISPLAY: J. D. Salinger
Jerome David “J. D.” Salinger, January 1, 1919-January 27, 2010, was an American author best known for his book The Catcher in the Rye. He was 91 years of age, and, according to Wikipedia, his last published work was in 1965, and his last interview in 1980. If you are passing through the MIC in […]
Continue readingChamplain joins NITLE
Champlain College is now an institutional member of the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE), a community-based, non-profit initiative that helps colleges and universities explore and implement digital technologies. NITLE’s mission is to catalyze innovation to advance liberal education in the digital age. As their website describes, “We are centrally concerned with the […]
Continue readingMartin Luther King Jr.Display
In honor and remembrance of MLK Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement, we have created a display of books at the Library Circulation desk. We have a wonderful collection of books on MLK Jr. and have hand picked some of our favorites. Come by the library and check it out! All books are available for […]
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