In and around Olin Library

  On the front lawn, through May 23: Architecture II Studio Project / Elijah Huge  __________________   In Olin’s lobby, through September 5: (Re)claim : Stories of Indigenous Repatriation / ANTH304, Native American Property Rights.  Abbey Francis; Honor Keeler

Friends of the Library book sale, May 10

Approximately 4,000 books in a variety of subject areas will be available on Saturday, May 10 from 10am-4pm, 1st floor stack area near Campbell Reference Center, Olin Library.  Open to the public.

Thurs., April 24: Friends talk by Molly Barton ’00

Friends of the Wesleyan Library Annual Meeting Lecture Write Better Together: an inside look at a new generation of social networks and websites that empower writers A talk by Molly Barton ’00 Thursday, April 24, 2014 — 6:00 pm — Develin Room (2nd floor Olin Library, Rm 204)     Ms. Barton is teaching the … Read more

Michaelle Biddle to speak at Universität Hamburg

On April 22, Collections Conservator Michaelle Biddle is giving a talk at the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) at Universität Hamburg.  The talk, ‘New Strategies in Using Watermarks to Date Sub-Saharan Islamic Manuscripts,’ is based on recent field work Biddle has done in Northern Nigeria.  See Biddle’s Selected Works page in WesScholar … Read more

Lois Brown to give 2014 CT Academy of Arts & Sciences lecture April 3

On Thursday, April 3, Wesleyan University will host its annual lecture for the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences: Title:  Re-Member Me: Race, Romance and the Civil War Speaker: Lois Brown, Class of 1958 Distinguished Professor, African American Studies and Department of English. When:  Thursday, April 3, 2014, 5pm Where:  Olin Library first floor, Smith … Read more

Library events this spring

The library is fortunate to be hosting a variety of events this spring.  Please join us for one or all of them!   Thursday, March 27:  The Evolution of American Sign Language, a talk by Joseph Basile, Visiting Assistant Professor of Sign Language.  A One Book, One Middletown event.  One Book is a community literacy … Read more

Accessing the Chronicle of Higher Education

Do you want to read the Chronicle of Higher Ed online, on a mobile device, or set up email delivery of the Chronicle newsletters?  Here’s how to do so using Wesleyan’s subscription so that you will have full access to all the Chronicle content, including those articles marked . CHE content from 1989 to present is … Read more

New research help feature in Moodle courses

Starting with spring 2014 two new Moodle blocks are available to assist students as they work their way through the research process. These blocks link students to library resources to help them get started on their research, to make an appointment to meet with a subject librarian, and find help on how to cite their sources … Read more