Superheroes Unite in Champlain College Library

Champlain College librarians have so much fun adding books to our collections, because sometimes we get to choose some titles about superheroes! Whether you’re studying COR 270 – Heroines & Heroes, psyched for Scott McCloud’s talk next week or just looking to brush up on your superheroes, Champlain College Library has you covered. We’ve highlighted […]

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College Dorm Life in the 70s and 80s: Images from the Archives

BEFORE SMARTPHONES, iTunes and laptops, Champlain students had typewriters, record and cassette tape players, and shared pay phones. A new mini exhibit of images from the College Archives, on display this semester on the first floor of Miller Information Commons, highlights College dorm life in the 1970s and 1980s. Besides the technological differences, life on […]

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The American House fire in downtown Burlington, December 1906

On a bitter cold December morning in 1906, crowds gathered at the corner of Main and St. Paul Streets as a catastrophic fire swept through Burlington’s premier hotel, the American House. Local photographer B. Benton Barker rushed over from his studio and home on College Street to capture the scene. He soon published his images […]

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Inaugural Ugly Sweater Contest – Judging starts Monday, December 8th at 3pm!

The Inaugural Ugly Sweater Contest Hosted by the Champlain College Library In-person competition: Monday, December 8th, 2014 3:00-3:45pm, outside of the Tower Room on the 1st floor If you can’t make it, compete online! Submit a photo of you in your ugly sweater by tweeting @champlib with #champsweater or post to our Champlain College Library […]

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Victory Parade, 1918

Ninety-six years ago, on November 11, 1918, a victory parade was held in downtown Burlington to mark the end of World War I. This postcard from Champlain’s Llewellyn Collection of Vermont History commemorates the moment when crowds gathered to watch soldiers march up Church Street. The following year, November 11 would become a national holiday […]

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DISPLAY: HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Happy Haunting everyone. We love Halloween here at the Miller Information Commons! Stop by and check out our wonderful display of  books about ghosts, witches, monsters and other frightening creatures. Be sure to grab a  Halloween button and a bookmark on the table near the display. And remember…. Read something spooky and have a safe […]

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