- Alumni gift boosts popular reading
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Our new Research & Information Ambassador column, RIAs' World
- Bring Special Collections to your classroom
- Art Lending Library
- Exhibitions & Events
- By the Book with Sorrel Ricou '28
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Alumni Gift Boosts Popular Reading |
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Thanks to a new gift from Mark Pattis '75 and the Pattis Family Foundation, McCabe Library is brimming with new stories. Mark has made a generous donation to the libraries and dedicated it to the enhancement of our Popular Reading Collection, located on the ground floor of McCabe. Pleasure reading is an important component of the library's commitment to the wellbeing of our students, faculty and staff, and the Popular Reading Collection exists to provide the College community with a wide variety of enjoyable reads, including exciting works of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.
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If there’s a new book you’re excited to read, chances are you’ll find it here. If you’re not sure what to read next, this is a great place to browse. If you like ebooks and audiobooks, you can navigate to Overdrive through Tripod, where you’ll access your loans on the Libby app. Is there a book you’d like to see on these shelves? Request it using our Suggest a Purchase form and leave the comment “Popular Reading Room, please!”
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This month, we’re introducing a new feature, a regular column written by one of our Research & Information Ambassadors (RIAs). The RIAs are student library-workers who are here to help their fellow students learn about exciting library resources. This month’s column is by Quinn Mass '28.
Swarthmore College Libraries has an ongoing project in which student-workers and librarians get to choose monthly #OwnVoices selections to add to our permanent collection. The goals of this program are to expand our gathering of diverse stories, and to uplift diverse authors telling authentic narratives! I got to be the lucky chooser of this month’s #OwnVoices selections, and within hours the titles were available on Tripod. I proceeded to listen to the audiobook of one of my selections the next day, and the story was fantastic!
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Bring Special Collections to Your Classroom |
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Have you ever handled a VHS tape? What about a betacam? Or a daguerreotype photograph? Swarthmore College Special Collections is pleased to announce a set of "teaching collections," now available for faculty to borrow. Each kit includes a sampling of formats to illustrate changing media over time.
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Swarthmore College Libraries Special Collections holds beautiful works of art in every medium. Starting this semester, students have the chance to take a piece home. The Art Lending Library launched with a gallery opening where we displayed bespoke reproductions of some treasures from Special Collections and the College Art Collection. Pieces included: posters from the Peace Collection, historic lantern slides of campus, pages from a medieval manuscript, and a family silhouette. The luckiest students in attendance got their pick of works of art, which they can borrow from the Libraries for the entire fall semester.
The Art Lending Library models a mode of engagement with the art world that is democratic, accessible, and empowering. To learn more about the holdings that make up our world-class Special Collections, you are invited to explore online or visit us in the McCabe Reading Room.
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We've Always Been Here: LGBTQ+ History at Swarthmore in the 21st Century |
This exhibition, curated by Brandon Sorongon '27, is the culmination of the “We’ve Always Been Here” project of the Inclusive Excellence Fellows Initiative, which aims to develop an archive of LGBTQ+ history at Swarthmore. Over the last year, the project focused on filling in historical gaps from the late 1900s and on highlighting BIPOC and trans narratives. Through student publications, archived online webpages, and the College Archives, this project constructs a timeline of queer stories to unearth the LGBTQ+ community’s struggles, resilience, and activism that have made lasting impacts at Swarthmore.
Thursday, Oct. 2–Sunday, Nov. 2, McCabe Library LibLab Hallway (1st Floor)
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| Celebrating 150 Years of International Students at Swarthmore |
This exhibition of artifacts and digital storytelling showcases the lived history of international students on Swarthmore's campus. The exhibition features records of the first international students who studied at Swarthmore, artifacts from the international student club, and stories from generations of Swarthmore students about their College experiences.
Friday, Oct. 3–Sunday, Nov. 30, McCabe Library Cratsley Lounge (2nd Floor)
Reception: Friday, Oct. 3, 2:30–4 p.m., McCabe Library Cratsley Lounge (2nd Floor)
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Get Out the Vote Trivia Night |
The Libraries, in collaboration with the Lang Center and the Get Out the Vote (GOTV) Committee, bring you a night of historico-politico-electoral trivia. Pre-registration is encouraged but not required. Teams of up to six members are welcome. Not part of a team? No worries, come on your own and GOTV will match you up with folks at the event — it's a great way to meet new people! Gather a team or make friends at the event. Dinner will be served and prizes will abound.
Wednesday, Oct. 8, 4–6 p.m., DCC 150
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Join us for two upcoming gallery tours:
Peacebuilding Legacies: Greatest Hits from the Peace Collection
Friday, Oct. 24, 3–4 p.m.
McCabe Library Atrium (1st Floor)
Pop-up: Environmental Conditions Impact on the College’s Historical Treasures
Friday, Oct. 24, 12:30–2 p.m.
McCabe Library LibLab (1st Floor)
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Resumes and Professional Communications |
Career Services + The Libraries present an opportunity learn about professional communications. An effective resume can be a crucial component of finding a job. In this workshop, a Career Fellow will share tips about resumes and cover letters, plus job search resources from the Libraries.
Monday, Oct. 27, 4–5 p.m.
McCabe Library LibLab (1st Floor)
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| Día de los Muertos Ofrenda |
In celebration of Día de los Muertos, the Scott Arboretum & Gardens, in collaboration with the Spanish Department, has created an ofrenda altar in honor of those who are no longer with us. Visit the Wister Center to explore the altar in person, hear from students in the Spanish Department, and enjoy traditional pan dulce. Books about Día de los Muertos from the Libraries’ collection will be available to check out.
Thursday, Oct. 30, 3–4 p.m.
Wister Center
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By the Book: Sorrel Ricou '28 |
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Sorrel (they/them) is Pennsylvania born and raised, and is studying history and environmental studies. They can often be found photosynthesizing in the woods, eating soup and cheese in good company, or in the library conversing vehemently about their most recent read or freshly concocted "theory." They are passionate about the necessary interactions between community organizing and art, and are an ardent fan of horseshoe crabs.
What are you reading these days?
I've been meandering my way through Figuring by Maria Popova (beautiful prose) and alternating it with Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower.
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Despite being very different genres, the parallels between them are fascinating to notice: of world-making and examining the lines between circumstance and self-directed choice.
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