Celebrating Libraries
This week Collins Library joins libraries nationwide in celebrating the many ways libraries, and library staff, lead their communities through the transformative services, programs, collections, and expertise they offer. April 8-14 is National Library Week, an annual celebration of the value of libraries. Libraries are creative and engaging centers where students, faculty, and staff can collaborate and be inspired to develop their skills and passions.
Tuesday, April 10 is National Library Workers Day, a day to recognize the valuable contributions made by all library staff. #nlwd18. It’s a chance to say thank you to library staff who alter their work day to ensure we have 24/7 coverage, who take on new and challenging work such as the Makerspace to inspire students, who spend hours in and out of the classroom with students to ensure they find the materials they need, and for the many rush orders fulfilled.
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In addition, we are hosting several events that celebrate libraries and reading:
Thursday April 12:
Artists’ Books and Social Justice: Marshall Weber, social activist and book artist, will share information on Booklyn, a cooperative dedicated to promoting social justice through unique publications. Archives: 11:30 – 12:30
Poetry Reading by Glenna Jackson. Glenna Jackson will read from her first full-length poetry collection, Thresholds. She holds a B.A. in English Literature and, while at Puget Sound, she won the Hearst Essay Prize for the Humanities and the Nixeon Civille Handy Prize for Poetry. Archives: 2:00 – 3:00
Monday April 23:
Presentation on the recently published Home Team: The Turbulent History of the San Francisco Giants by author Rob Garrett. Welcome back Robert F. Garratt. Garratt is emeritus professor of English and humanities and has published books and articles on modern Irish literature, including the recent Trauma and History in the Irish Novel: The Return of the Dead. His baseball articles have appeared in NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture and the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) Baseball Biography Project. Room 020: 4:00-5:00
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