Book Talk with Barbara McClane: Blessed Not Bitter–The Barbara McClane Journey

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Friday, February 24, 2023 at 4:30pmOlin Library, Smith Reading Room, 252 Church Street, Middletown, Connecticut FREE! Photographer, author, and Embodying Antiracism Initiative Community Fellow Barbara McClane shines a light into her new memoir. Blessed Not Bitter: The Barbara McClane Journey is a transparent, inspiring, and hope-giving story of McClane’s life challenges, self-discovery, and finding her family after 60 years. A reception with refreshments … Read more

New Trial: Newspapers.com Library Edition

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Link: Newspapers.com Library Edition Trial through March 12, 2023Provides online access to 4,000+ historical newspapers. Dating from the early 1700s into the 2000s, Newspapers.com Library Edition contains full runs and portions of runs of well-known, regional and state titles to small local newspapers in the United States and other countries.

New Trial: Drama Online-Asian Theatre Video Collection

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Link: Drama Online – Asian Theatre Video Collection Trial through March 8, 2023.From Butoh to Bollywood, Bunraku to Topeng, this collection is a repository of filmed performances, documentaries, rehearsal footage, and training videos for those interested in Asia’s rich theatrical traditions.

Virtual Film Screening and Discussion: Marvin McNeill and Edward “Juicey” Jackson—“From the Mouthpiece on Back”

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Click here to join the event on Zoom Click here to RSVP to attend in person On Wednesday, February 8, 2023 at 7:00 pm, join Marvin McNeill (Wesleyan alum and Assistant Professor of Music and African American Studies, Emory University) and New Orleans musician Edward “Juicey” Jackson in a virtual screening of the hour-long documentary From the Mouthpiece on … Read more

New streaming resource: Library Stack

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Link:  Library Stack An archive and lending library for new digital projects across visual art, design, architecture, film and theory. It contains both open access titles and ebooks that can be borrowed for a limited time with a created account.

New Trial: JoVE Science Education – Physics

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Link:  JoVE Science Education – Physics   Trial through Dec. 12, 2022 Topics covered are classical mechanics and thermodynamics, electrostatics, magnetism, optics, wave-based oscillations, and electrical circuits..

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New Newspaper Resources

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The library has recently added three new newspaper collection: Link:  African Newspapers:  The British Library Collection Features nearly 60 newspapers from across the African continent, all published before 1900. Originally archived by the British Library—the national library of the United Kingdom and one of the largest and most respected libraries in the world—these rare historical … Read more

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New Streaming Film Resources from the Library

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The library has recently added several new resources to stream documentary and feature films: Academic Video Online is an expansive cross-disciplinary film database delivering over 70,000 film titles, including documentaries & feature films. Swank Top 1000 provides access to the most-requested feature films in Swank’s collection of over 25,000 titles from the largest movie studios. … Read more

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New Trial: Project Syndicate

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Link:  Project Syndicate   Trial through Oct. 1, 2022 Produces and delivers original, high-quality commentaries to a global audience, featuring exclusive contributions by prominent political leaders, policymakers, scholars, business leaders, and civic activists from around the world.