Featured in this issue:
- Our new Staff Summer Reading Program
- Summer reading recommendations for everyone
- The Trail to Wellness in McCabe Library
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The Alumni Weekend exhibition tour and Underground Railroad campus walk
- By the Book with Emily Higgs Kopin
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Staff Summer Reading Program |
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| Your Swarthmore College Libraries have much more than just academic resources. We have sci fi and fantasy, romance, sports books, graphic novels, audiobooks, and so much more.
This is why we’re launching a Staff Summer Reading Program, to encourage reading books in all formats and genres, and come together as a community to find joy in reading.
Sign up to participate today!
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Starting on Tuesday, May 27, we’ll help participants keep track of how much they’re reading, either in pages, if you read print books or in hours, if you listen to audiobooks. You can read any book you want, including books from the Swarthmore College Libraries, public libraries, and bookstores. The program will conclude in late August at a party for all participants big prizes for the people who read the most. Staff members from across the College are eligible to participate in the Summer Reading Program.
We’ll be holding info sessions at McCabe throughout the month where you can learn more. Questions? Email Outreach Librarian Abbie Weil, aweil1@swarthmore.edu.
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Summer Reading Recommendations |
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The Libraries are compiling our annual summer reading list! This tradition, now in its 16th year, encourages members of our community to use the summertime to get in some extra pleasure reading. Check our our gallery
of lists from previous summers in this guide.
We’re asking students, faculty, and staff for:
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- A book you read this past year that you'd recommend, with a sentence or two about why you liked it
- A book you plan to read this summer (no review or comments required-–maybe it will end up being your recommendation for next year!)
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Please send your book recommendations to Outreach Librarian Abbie Weil, aweil1@swarthmore.edu. Feel free to reach out with any questions!
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Traveling this summer? Check out our guide to ebooks and stay connected with Swarthmore College Libraries from anywhere in the world.
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Trail to Wellness is Swarthmore’s biannual wellness fair aimed at supporting student well-being in the days leading up to finals. Students, stop by McCabe Library for crafts, natural remedies, chair massages, and more Looking for some astrological guidance? Visit the Libraries’ table to learn your literary horoscope. Bring your Be Well Pass with four or more stickers to receive a special prize.
Wednesday, May 7, 2-4 p.m.,
McCabe Library Atrium (1st floor)
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Curator's Tour: Generative Clothing Designs (GDC) by AlgoArt
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The GCD project brings together artists and programmers to create algorithmically generated clothing designs through a user-friendly online platform. This exhibition showcases a fashion line that was created using the platform, in collaboration with current Swarthmore students Jhovani Gallardo Moreno ’25, Victor Sumano Arango ’25, Omar Khan ’25, Lalithaditya Suresh Kumar ’26, Maya Newman-Toker ’25, Xinxin Li ’25 and alums EK Brickner ’22 and Xingyu (Kevin) Dong ’24.
Friday, May 30, 2–3 p.m.
McCabe Library Atrium (1st floor)
Register for Alumni Weekend
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Walking Tour: Swarthmore College, the Underground Railroad, and Beyond
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Join Celia Caust-Ellenbogen ’09, associate curator of the Friends Historical Library, on a walking tour of campus to learn about the families behind some of Swarthmore's most familiar landmarks, including Parrish Hall, Magill Walk, and Clothier Memorial Hall. We'll explore their connections to abolitionism, African-American education, and the Underground Railroad, and discuss how these legacies relate to Swarthmore's current efforts to create a diverse and inclusive environment. This tour is not wheelchair accessible and will be canceled in the event of rain.
Friday, May 30, 4–5 p.m.
McCabe Library Atrium (1st floor)
Register for Alumni Weekend
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By the Book: Emily Higgs Kopin |
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Emily Higgs Kopin (she/her) is the head of digital collections strategy at the Swarthmore College Libraries, where she maintains digital infrastructures professionally and borrows a ton of books and movies personally. She has a B.A. in religious studies and an M.S. in information studies, and is often tempted to collect additional degrees. In her free time she also makes music, fiber art, and trouble. She is aided in such endeavors by her husband, her cat (Ganon, named for the Legend of Zelda villain), and her dog (Agnes, a retired racing greyhound).
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What's the latest book you could not finish even though you thought you should? Well, I don't feel shame about not finishing books that just don't hold my attention. Life is too short, and there's so much out there to read! I often struggle with finishing popular nonfiction, as I prefer primary sources to be cited and presented in a way that the general audience just doesn't care about as much.
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