In conjunction with Champlain College’s Tent City, the Library has on display a collection of books on homelessness. These books may be checked out. So, the next time you are in the Library, stop by the Circulation Desk and have a look at this new display. Or, view the display virtually through flickr.
All month long there will be books on display in the Miller Information Commons main foyer display case in recognition of Native American Indian Heritage Month.
Author Michael Crichton died on Election Day of 2008. His books have sold over 150 million copies worldwide. A number of them have been made into films such as Jurassic Park and Congo. He is also the creator of the hit TV series ER. Feel free to check out the display in the library, and […]
Continue readingThe author and oral historian Studs Terkel died this Halloween 2008. His famous self chosen epitaph was “curiosity did not ckill this cat.” May we all be so curious…
Stop by the library and check out the display of Tony Hillerman’s mysteries set in the Navajo nation. Those of us who remember the antics of Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee will sorely miss the mystical world that Hillerman introduced us to and about which he taught us so much. You can read Hillerman’s obituary […]
Continue readingA display at the Miller Information Commons circulation desk features books on pumpkins, Halloween, scary stories, and witches. All items may be checked out. Happy October!
Join us on Thursday Oct. 23rd between 2:30-4pm for the First Annual Faculty/Staff Chili Cookoff and Tasting and try a dozen different chilis. Faculty and Staff will be competing for the crown of Top Chili Chef. Stop in, warm up, and get your chili on!
Champlain College welcomes acclaimed author T.C. Boyle to campus on Tuesday, Oct. 7th to discuss the 10th Annual Community Book, “Tortilla Curtain.” But that’s not his only book! The Library has put together a small display of Boyle’s fiction at the Circulation Desk. Come up to the Library to peruse just a few of Boyle’s […]
Continue readingThe library foyer display case will feature some of the books chosen to be National Book Award Winners and Finalists over recent years. The first National Book Award was first given out in 1950. Awards are given in four different genres: Fiction, Non- Fiction, Poetry, and Young People’s Literature.
Read banned books. Celebrating the freedom to read. There will be a display at the MIC circulation desk of some of the most frequently challenged and banned books. These books may be signed out. The display will be up from September 26 through October 6.