Did you enjoy the Black Panther movie? Want to read the comic books?

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The library has the first three graphic novels in the recent Black Panther series and we have just ordered the fourth. If you liked the movie and want to learn more of the back story, borrow these today! You'll find them on our new bookshelf. [caption id="attachment_4037" align="alignright" width="194"] Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet, Book 2[/caption] [caption id="attachment_4036" align="alignleft" width="190"] Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet, Book 1[/caption] [caption id=

#ReadGreatThings2018: Fictionalized Accounts of Real People's Lives

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Need some more suggestions to work your way through the Âé¶¹Ó°ÊÓ Library's Read Great Things Challenge? This month, in addition to our previous post about memoirs, biographies, and autobiographies, we're highlighting fictionalized stories about real people. Any of these books will count for this category in the challenge, but you are more than welcome to find your own book as well. Many of the books below can be found in our libraries, along with so many more! [gallery type="rectangular" link

Celebrate Black History Month with Streaming Video from Films on Demand

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Watch the film above, an interview with inspirational Congressman John Lewis, or those below and visit Films on Demand for more films and clips to celebrate and honor Black History Month. Films or shorter film segments can be easily embedded into Sakai course sites. Visit our display window outside of the library for lots of books and DVD resources available for checkout. Famous Americans: Famous African-Americans Features Frederick Douglass, Thurgood Marshall, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X

#ReadGreatThings2018: Memoirs, Biographies, & Autobiographies

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Hello, Âé¶¹Ó°ÊÓ, Here is our monthly list of book ideas for the Âé¶¹Ó°ÊÓ Library's Read Great Things Challenge! This month we are highlighting memoirs, biographies, autobiographies, and fictionalized stories about real people (look for this post soon!). Any of these books will count for this category in the challenge, but you are more than welcome to find your own book as well. All of the books below can be found in our library, along with so many more! [gallery link="none" type=

Join us for Crafternoon!

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The Library and Student Government Association are hosting craft workshops this spring semester. We made felted wool creations last week. All workshops are from 2:00-4:00 pm in the Library’s Group Study Area room 105A on the lower level. We hope you'll mark your calendars to join us for all of the events. All materials and supplies are provided. Next week we'll make paper beads and valentine cards. Here is a poster for our spring events on Main Campus: Workshops at Orange County Campus will be

New art books available in the library

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The library recently added nearly twenty new contemporary art books to our collection thanks to the Art Resources Transfer program sponsored by The Distribution to Underserved Communities Library Program (D.U.C.). The D.U.C. distributes books on contemporary art and culture free of charge to rural and inner-city libraries, schools, prisons, and alternative education centers nationwide. By enriching library collections with art resources, the program fosters arts education, literacy, and access

New Books

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Which one of our new books is your next read? [gallery link="none" type="slideshow" ids="3936,3935,3934,3933,3932,3931,3937,3938,3939,3940,3941,3942,3943" orderby="rand"]

What We're Reading - Dietland

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This book was read by Courtney Bippley and Meredith Lewis. Title: Dietland Author: Sarai Walker Summary: Plum Kettle does her best not to be noticed, because when you’re fat, to be noticed is to be judged. Or mocked. Or worse. With her job answering fan mail for a popular teen girls’ magazine, she is biding her time until her weight-loss surgery. Only then can her true life as a thin person finally begin. Then, when a mysterious woman starts following her, Plum finds herself falling down a

What We Read in 2017: The Âé¶¹Ó°ÊÓ Faculty and Staff Favorites Edition

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In a repeating series highlighting current and recent reads around Âé¶¹Ó°ÊÓ, here’s Âé¶¹Ó°ÊÓ’s awesome faculty and staff’s favorite reads from all of 2017: [gallery link="none" size="medium" type="rectangular" ids="3832,3833,3834,3835,3836,3837,3838,3839,3840,3841,3842,3843,3844,3845,3846,3847,3848,3849,3850,3851,3852,3853,3854,3855,3856,3857,3858,3859,3860,3861,3862,3863,3864,3865,3866,3867,3868,3869,3870,3871,3872,3873,3874,3875,3876,3877,3878,3879,3880,3881,3882,3883,3884,3885,3886,3887

#ReadGreatThings2018: Books to Movies and/or Television

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I don't know if you've heard, but 2018 is here and the library is launching a reading challenge! To help you discover books for the reading challenge categories, we will be highlighting books from our collection that fit into different categories (and also count towards that last one-- librarian recommendations). Get excited! This month we're covering books that will be turned into movies or television shows this year. [gallery type="rectangular" link="none" ids="3803,3804,3806,3807,2847,3808