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(generously donated by an anonymous Friend of the Library). Winners will be announced at the beginning of November.
No need to wander into the woods for a fright—our library shelves are brimming with chills and thrills enough to make even the bravest reader look over their shoulder. This October, step into a world where every creak of the floorboards and rustle of pages hints at something lurking just out of sight and waiting for you to check it out.
This October, the Â鶹ӰÊÓ Library invites you to brave The Scary 13—a carefully conjured collection of eerie delights spanning every format we offer. From dusty tomes, to whispering audiobooks, to graphic chills, and ghostly films, these stories are guaranteed to haunt your imagination long after the last page—or end credits—fade.
From ancient monsters to modern unease, The Scary 13 pulls its nightmares from every corner of the library. Each pick
Missed out on this swag giveaway?
Good news! You've got another chance!
For National Library Card Sign-Up Month (all of September), we're giving away one Golden Library Card from Libro.fm good for 6 free audiobooks of your choosing and some sweet Â鶹ӰÊÓ Library swag. . Must have a valid library account to be eligible to win but--more good news!-- you can complete the request/renewal form online by going to the Library Account Registration form found at the link under Announcements on the Â鶹ӰÊÓ Library homepage.
It may still be somewhat steamy outside, but September 22 (at 2:19 PM, to be precise) marks the official start of fall with the Autumnal Equinox.
We asked and you answered-- What was our Â鶹ӰÊÓ community up to this summer?
Faculty, staff, and students chimed in, and we've got a selection of books from the Â鶹ӰÊÓ Library collection inspired by their stories.
This summer, Â鶹ӰÊÓ Assistant Accountant Alma Acosta discovered the
Did you know that the Main Campus and Orange County Campus Libraries host free monthly craft workshops for Â鶹ӰÊÓ students and employees?
Take a break, meet new friends, and make something cool! Check out our September, October, and November workshops on both campuses.
All materials are provided thanks to Viva the Arts on Campus and a generous grant from the Eichholz Foundation.
Next week for our SEPTEMBER Crafternoon, we’ll be keeping it quick and making glass magnets and buttons from collage materials.
Join us on Tuesday, September 23 in the OCC Lobby from 11am-1pm and on Thursday, September 25 downstairs in the Main Campus Library from 1pm-3pm.
You can stop by at any time during the workshop and stay for as short or as long as you want.
Want to check out our previous Crafternoon results? to see the cool things Â鶹ӰÊÓ faculty, staff, and students are creating.
Students and staff at Â鶹ӰÊÓ have digital access to databases that offer full-text articles from publications such as New York Times, Washington Post, New York Magazine, Time, Wired, Wall Street Journal, and more.
Users must access the articles through our databases, so they might appear different than how articles appear online through those organizations’ websites. For example, photos or screenshots published in articles may not be visible when they appear in our databases, but the written content should be the same.
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We offer several ways to access articles from these places:
The Â鶹ӰÊÓ Library wants to know-- what did you do this summer?
for a chance to be featured (either by name or anonymously) in a future Â鶹ӰÊÓ Library blog or social media post AND be entered to win some very excellent Â鶹ӰÊÓ Library swag.
Enter by Monday, September 1. Winners will be notified well before the autumnal equinox on September 22.
(For what it's worth, working all summer is a perfectly acceptable answer here. We get it. We worked, too. You can just fill out the form for the swag.)
Librarians like to make sure you have all the information, so sometimes it's hard for us to keep it short. There's just so much information out there! We want to make sure you have all the details that you need.
Sometimes you just need to keep it short[er] and sweet, though.
With that in mind, here's a top 15 list of essential library links for your first few weeks of school and beyond--
Sun, sand, and something sinister.
Whether you're lounging by the pool or hiding from the heat, crack open a spine-tingling tale that'll chill you to the bone...even in 90+-degree weather.
A glamorous socialite is summoned to a crumbling mansion in the Mexican countryside, where her cousin’s cryptic letters scream danger. But the rot in the house isn’t just structural—it's deeply, disturbingly alive. Think haunted house meets creeping colonial horror with mushrooms and madness. Come for the Gothic vibes, stay for the unraveling.
The family drama gets bloodier in this dark and delicious continuation of Liu and Takeda’s graphic horror saga. The twins are still reeling from the truth about their terrifyingly badass mom—and now things are unraveling fast. Old secrets claw their way out of the grave, dragging demons both literal and personal into the light. Gorgeously
Celebrate Juneteenth and check out some of the recommended reads from and the that the Â鶹ӰÊÓ Library has in our online collections.
Click on the book title to go directly to the digital book in our or . No separate library card needed-- you get access with your Â鶹ӰÊÓ username and password (that's your "library card" information for Libby and the Dogwood Digital Library collection).
Make sure to add Dogwood Digital Library to your libraries in the Libby app to expand your digital library options.
Check Out What’s New at the Library!
There’s something fresh on the shelves...and we’re not just talking about the cookbooks (though we’ve got some delicious new ones)! Whether you're craving culinary inspiration, hunting for your next favorite graphic novel, or looking for something magical to share with the kids, we’ve got exciting new arrivals waiting for you.
You can always find our newest books at the top of the stairs in the Main Campus Library and behind the computers in the Orange County Campus Library.
Graphic Novels You’ll Love
From heroes to heartache, fantasy to fact. Our new graphic novels offer bold stories and brilliant art for readers of all kinds.
Stop by and check them out—you never know what you’ll find!
Witches of Brooklyn– Magic, mischief, and middle school collide in this quirky, heartwarming tale of a girl discovering her powers—and her weird but wonderful new family. Life gets magical when Effie discovers her aunts are witches—and she might be one too! A fun, quirky
April is Poetry Month and we're thrilled to highlight a new publication by Â鶹ӰÊÓ English instructor Bridget Bell. Her book is available at both the Main and Orange County Campus Libraries.
Check out Bridget's awesome interviews with and streaming on WUNC's.
When did you begin writing poetry? How did you decide to write a book of poetry?
I’ve written poetry since I was a little kid. There are some embarrassingly earnest and angsty poems in my childhood journals. Lots of broken heart poems. There’s one about my cat dying and going to kitty heaven. I went to graduate school for my MFA in creative writing, and the end result of most creative writing MFA programs is a book-length manuscript, so really I wrote my first book during grad school–it’s just not published except in the Sarah Lawrence library, so if anyone is ever in Bronxville, New York, you can read it! It’s called .
You did a lot of research for your book. What was your