“Digital technologies have created more than one kind of revolution. Let’s call this one the access revolution.” – Peter Suber* Our celebration rolls on. But, in case you were wondering, we’re not celebrating alone! Open Access Week is an international event that for six years running has been promoting and advocating for Open Access in […]
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Welcome to Open Access Week! This week, the library will be highlighting the role that Open Access (OA) plays in the scholarly community, what OA resources are available for both student and faculty use, and what the future holds for resource sharing for colleges, universities, and other research institutions. Check back each day this week […]
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Our new books for October are on display at the Champlain Library! There are titles on topics from business and neuroscience to poetry and race including these titles: The idea factory : Bell Labs and the great age of American innovation / Jon Gertner “Multiplication is for white people” : raising expectations for other people’s children […]
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godbox by Chris Thompson Can algorithms be art? How have recent discoveries in neurology changed our concept of freewill? Can the vernacular of video games and data-visualization be used as an artistic medium? What is the difference between an artwork and a scientific experiment? godbox On display in the Champlain College Library, godbox, a hybrid […]
Continue readingFun news: Our campus license to ARTSTOR now includes access to 2,000 New Yorker cartoons! To get to ArtSTOR, use the library website at http://www.champlain.edu/library, and choose the “Article Databases” link at the middle of the screen, then choose Art & Design or look under “A” for ArtSTOR. Enjoy!
Proquest has notified us of a planned outage beginning at 10:00 pm this Saturday, September 28, and lasting about 4 hours. This outage will affect all Proquest databases — but they will be back in action early Sunday morning! Thank you.
BANNED BOOKS READ-OUT!Monday, Sept. 23 – Friday, Sept. 27 Join us at the Library for Banned Books Week as members of the Champlain community read out from their favorite banned books. Readings will be going on periodically throughout each day from 10am-4pm. We’ll be outside if it’s nice, inside the Tower Room (in the corner […]
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Greetings, provocateurs, creative minds, and proponents of free-speech — The Library is excited to announce an event in honor of Banned Books Week, running this year from Monday, Sept. 23 through Friday, Sept. 27. What’s a Banned Book? Banned books are those that have restricted access. These books have been removed from libraries and […]
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Wednesday, September 18th — Brown Bag Discussion #9 America At War: What Are The Rules? International Humanitarian Law (IHL) With Jeanne M. Lieberman, Esq. Adjunct Professor, Core division Where and when: Morgan Room, Aiken Hall, 12:30-2 p.m. About this discussion: How do we define torture or regulate weapons? What is an “unlawful enemy combatant”? What […]
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Do you love dinosaurs?? Stop by and view this fun collection of various non-avian dinosaur figures and memorabilia on loan from the Andy Burkhardt Permanent Collection in Burlington, Vermont. There’s even a “dino night light” to brighten your day! And don’t miss the exhibit Bigger Than T-Rex now on display through September 2nd at the ECHO Lake Aquarium […]
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