Library News

 FRIENDS OF THE WESLEYAN LIBRARY ANNUAL MEETING “Heroes for All Time: Connecticut’s Civil War Soldiers Tell Their Stories” — A talk by Dione Longley ‘82 Tuesday, April 21, 2015 • 7:00 pm Develin Room, 2nd floor, Olin Memorial Library, 252 Church Street, Middletown Free and open to the public. An exhibit of Civil War materials from … Read more

Announcing Night Flying, by Joy Christine Mlozanowski   From Amazon.com: ” In her diary, Mae questions God as she and her husband confront the news of an abnormal pregnancy and agonize over the decisions they face. Needing time away to think, she visits her childhood home and reconnects with Will, a deaf friend who taught … Read more

Adopt a book in honor of the special people in your life who love books and/or research. Wesleyan’s Adopt a Book Program supports the library’s conservation program, focusing on books with a direct connection to Wesleyan’s curriculum and those that are tied to Wesleyan’s history.   The beneficiary of your gift will have a personalized bookplate … Read more

Wednesday, Nov. 19,  2014 — 4:15 p.m. Smith Reading Room, Olin Library followed by an open house in Special Collections & Archives Please join us for the opening of Victorious Secret: Elite Olympic Champions as Dancing Bikini Girls by Angela S. Lorenz.  This series of three mosaic triptychs is based on the famous mosaics on … Read more

The Friends of the Wesleyan Library would like to thank to all the people who made this year’s library book sale so successful, especially the  student volunteers.  We were grateful for help from Wesleyan’s men’s lacrosse team members who moved hundreds of boxes of books the day before and the day of the sale.  We really … Read more

Over 3,000 books for sale on Saturday, September 27 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the lobby of Olin Memorial Library, 252 Church St., Middletown, CT.  A great selection of academic and popular books, most priced $1 to $5, with betters books $10+.  Cash and checks accepted.  This is a perfect activity for Family … Read more

“Free Speech, Academic Freedom, and the American University”  a Constitution Day talk by David Rabban ’71 Wednesday, September 17, 2014 – 7:00 pm Smith Reading Room, Olin Memorial Library, 252 Church Street, Middletown Free and open to the public. This talk will cover the judicial treatment of free speech and academic freedom at American universities … Read more

Update, July 31, 2014:  The Art Library collections have been moved and inter-shelved in the Olin Library stacks, and the rest of the stacks work is largely complete.  In the next few weeks there will be some final adjustments of books and shelving, and an A-Z shelf-reading in the fall. In the meantime, if the … Read more

“It must be so nice and quiet in the library in the summer …,” but it never is!  Here’s a link to our detailed timeline: Art in Olin timeline public The move of the Art Library into Olin and associated office and collections shifts has already begun, but will begin in earnest next week and … Read more