Yearly Archives: 2025

Canis Major – the Big Dog Constellation

Dog Days of Summer

As Canis Major ascends the southern horizon, we enter the dog days of summer. But don’t fret, we have something for cat lovers too. The “dog days of summer” are more than just something your grandparents say—they mark a historic and meteorological phenomenon representing the hottest and most humid stretch of the year, usually occurring […]

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Mascot Chauncey the Beaver going through a stack of the New York Times Book Review publication

2025 Summer Reading Challenge

During a recent visit to the library Chauncey was catching up on old issues of the NYT Book Review. Inspired by their summer reading bucket list and not having a lot to do over the summer break Chauncey created a Summer Reading Challenge just for Champlainers!! Participating is easy. Read 1 book or 10 books, […]

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New in Circulation

Are you wanting to freshen up your to-read pile? Book it to the library and check out our NEW books, eBooks, and films! Browse staff recommendations and long-time favorites labeled with “Get Caught Reading” stickers.

A Peony for your Thoughts: Introducing Global Plants from JSTOR

We recently expanded the scope of our JSTOR collection; one part of this collection can only be accessed through a dedicated link as opposed to the main JSTOR search page or ChampSearch. Global Plants from JSTOR is a database of nearly three million plant type specimens (illustrations, photographs, engravings, etc.), accompanying metadata, other primary historical […]

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