The award ceremony for this year’s International Photo Contest was held in the library last Tuesday, April 17th. There were three winners within the categories judged: Architecture, People and Culture, and Landscape and the Natural World, in addition to a People’s Choice for each category, the President’s Choice award, and Don’s Dublin Winner. The entries […]
Continue readingThe Robert E. and Holly D. Miller Information Commons opened on April 30, 1998, following more than a decade of planning and approximately eighteen months of construction. MIC is named in honor of Robert and Holly Miller, whose generosity made the building a reality. Designed in keeping with a new approach to college and university […]
Continue readingNexis Uni is a brand new platform by LexisNexis and is a replacement for LexisNexis Academic Universe. It provides the same great information in a more user-friendly and intuitive way. Nexis Uni features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790. Nexis Uni enables quick discovery across […]
Continue readingThe library has added two brand-new 15-inch Dell 5580 laptops to the line-up of Technology that can be borrowed at the library. Students can borrow these, or our ever-popular 8 Chromebooks, for a few hours at a time. Simply call to the desk and ask to check out a laptop or a Chromebook.
February is African-American History Month, a government-sponsored commemoration and a time when we “(pay) tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in American society.” There are so many great ways to learn more about African-American history, from watching RETN’s Black History Month Sunday Video Series, which is […]
Continue readingYoung adult novel The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas has been pulled from school library shelves in the Katy Independent School District in Texas, according to The Boston Globe. The book is under review after a parent complained of inappropriate language. In the book, main character Starr Carter, lives in two worlds. She lives in […]
Continue readingDid you know that Kanopy, Champlain College Library’s streaming media service, offers instant access to hundreds of films in the Criterion Collection? That means that Champlain users can watch some of the greatest films in world cinema for coursework or for personal development through the library. Not sure where to begin? Champlain College librarians and […]
Continue readingThe end of the semester is near, and so are its due dates. Need help getting started, creating an outline, finding sources, writing citations? The librarians and writing tutors are here to help you succeed! Drop by the Library’s Vista Room on Thursday, November 30th, from 7-11 pm for a snack, a productive working environment and assignment help on […]
Continue readingYesterday, the 2017 Recipient of the Man Booker Prize was announced as American author George Saunders for Lincoln in the Bardo. You can read more about the announcement, and the prize on the Man Booker website. Check out this title, along with some of the previous winners on the Man Booker Prize, on display on […]
Continue readingFrom cafes to cafeterias, doughnut shops to diners, bistros to bars, the City of Burlington was peppered with eateries by the late nineteenth century. Then as now, residents and tourists could choose from a wide variety of dining establishments tailored to diverse tastes and budgets. Dining Out in the Queen City, a new exhibition in […]
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