Library News

  Susan Campbell will speak at the Friends of the Wesleyan Library Undergraduate Research Prize ceremony on Wednesday, May 1 at 7:00 pm in Smith Reading Room, Olin Library.  Her talk — “We Need the Churn” —  draws from her new book, Frog Hollow: Stories from an American Neighborhood (Wesleyan University Press, 2019), a love letter … Read more

Wesleyan Book Buds received a Wesleyan Student Innovation Grant to collect and re-distribute books to low-income children at local elementary schools, child centers, religious centers, and other educational organizations.  They hope to help bridge the book accessibility and achievement gap in the area.  The book drive runs March 26th through April 6th, 2019, and one of the … Read more

This issue’s stories include: — New Digital Scholarship Fellows program — Research into the 1481 edition of Dante’s Commedia — William Bender, Jr. — Cowboy Songbooks and Sheet Music — New University Archivist – Amanda Nelson — and more….. Click below to view the latest issue of Check it Out!  

Competition now open for the Friends of the Wesleyan Library Undergraduate Research Prize + Eligibility and application details for the third annual Friends of the Wesleyan Library Undergraduate Research Prize are available at http://libguides.wesleyan.edu/libprize/home. The deadline is 5:00 pm February 22, 2019. + Projects will be evaluated based on the use of Wesleyan’s library collections and resources … Read more

Please join us for a conversation (in French) with award-winning playwright Mohamed Kacimi this Thursday, November 29, 2018 at 5pm in the Smith Reading Room of Olin Library. His most recent play, Tous mes rêves partent de Gare d’Austerlitz, which takes place in a woman’s prison, is currently being performed in Paris and was just … Read more

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The fun of the annual Friends of the Wesleyan Library book sale is not only coming across that classic history or philosophy text you’ve been hunting for, but also the bestseller you’ve been meaning to read, a beautiful art book at bargain prices, and a cookbook for adventurous meals.  Since the book sale is held … Read more

Saturday, September 29, 2018 — 10:00 am-4:00 pm During Wesleyan’s Family Weekend Olin Memorial Library Lobby, 252 Church Street, Middletown 3500+ academic and popular books.  Most books priced $1-$5.  Better books $10+. Cash/checks accepted. Remainder sale: Sunday, September 30, during library hours.   For more information, email libfriends@wesleyan.edu All proceeds help fund events and special projects … Read more

On Monday, September 17, 2018, Assistant Professor of Government Justin Peck  delivered Wesleyan’s 2018 Constitution Day talk entitled “Progress, Preservation, and the Constitution After Trump.”  The event was held in the Hubbard Room of Russell Library, which was packed with about 90 Middletown and Wesleyan community members.         Photographs by Chloe de Montgolfier ‘22.

Assistant Professor of Government Justin Craig Peck will talk about the ways in which the Constitution aids and constrains reform movements in American politics.  He will examine how, to what extent, and in what ways we should be concerned with constitutional ‘preservation.’ Originally from Georgia, Justin Peck received his PhD in Government from the University … Read more