A new exhibit in Olin Library’s east hallway celebrates Wesleyan’s 2nd annual Diversity Summit “Critical Race Theory: From Concept to Action” and the annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration. Come browse and check out works by featured speakers Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings and Andratesha Fritzgerald, as well as other books related to CRT. Dr. … Read more
Folks, I’m pleased to share updates from the Wesleyan Library on our work towards a more just library, campus, and world. We welcome your questions, suggestions, and collaborations as we continue this crucial work. — Andrew White, University Librarian Team A – Walls of the Library Team A has been working on a few different … Read more
This guest post for World Day for Audiovisual Heritage was written by Stuart Wheeler, MA ‘21, who has spent the past several months working with the World Music Archives as well as Special Collections & Archives to help process collections from contemporary American composers including John Cage and Ned Sublette. One of his projects was … Read more
In July 2020, Wesleyan Library formed five staff teams to examine how we could fight systemic racism and promote social justice in our organization and daily work, and contribute to a more equitable and just Wesleyan campus and global community. Below are highlights from the initiatives we’ve undertaken this past year and the next steps … Read more
Enlightenment ideas about science and philosophy take center stage in this small book of lectures presented to children by a boy called Tom Telescope, the “little philosopher.” The pseudonymous Tom explains complex concepts through conversation and demonstration with “familiar objects, in an entertaining manner, for the use of young ladies and gentlemen,” as made clear in the publication’s subtitle.
On Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 6 pm, the library will celebrate the winners of the 2020 Wesleyan Library Undergraduate Research Prize at a virtual event, which will begin with a talk by Wesleyan Professor of History Ronald Schatz
Library staff have implemented a new online course reserve system to support this fall’s diversity of teaching modalities and need for digital-only reserve materials. The system provides easy access on any device to text and audio visual course resources (including library e-content, web-content and faculty-uploaded material) through Moodle, a direct link in a syllabus, or … Read more
Due to the rapidly-evolving Coronavirus/COVID-19 situation, the book sale organizers have made the difficult decision to postpone the ‘Wicked Big Book Sale,’ originally scheduled between March 12 and March 23, to a later date, which will be determined after the virus threat has been mitigated. The health and safety of our volunteers, community members and … Read more
Wesleyan University T. Viswanathan Fund for the World Music Archives presents a lecture by Karan Casey The evolution of FairPlé: is singing enough? Monday, March 2, 2020 at 7pm Smith Reading Room, Olin Library Free and open to the public, but seats are limited. RSVP required: https://forms.gle/8bBoYWM2RQPJ6wtb7 Having spent a lifetime believing in the … Read more
Wicked Big Book Sale! WHERE: 62 Washington Street, Middletown (2nd floor, above Powder Hollow Brewery and Steamed) WHEN: Thursday, March 12, 2020 from 6-9pm Preview Night. (Members of the Friends of Russell Library and Wesleyan Friends of Arts and Letters enter for free. $20 entry fee for all others. Memberships may be purchased at the … Read more
