Burritt Library Blog

  • Free Cookies, Coffee and Mugs – May 7, 2012

    May 3, 12 • News4 Comments
    Free Cookies, Coffee and Mugs – May 7, 2012

    Take a study break! Free cookies, coffee and commuter mugs will be available at the Burritt Library circulation desk on the first floor on Monday May 7, 2012 at 7:00 pm. Get them while they last!...

  • Exhibit recognizes Connecticut Gay & Lesbian Film Festival on its 25th Season

    May 1, 12 • Events, Exhibits, NewsNo Comments
    Exhibit recognizes Connecticut Gay & Lesbian Film Festival on its 25th Season

    The Elihu Burritt library at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain is a repository of the film festival records. To celebrate the 25th season of the festival, items from the collection will be on display in the Burritt library from May 7 until June 10, 2012. The exhibit will illustrate the history of the ...

  • An Evening with Guitars in Special Collections

    Apr 23, 12 • News1 Comment
    An Evening with Guitars in Special Collections

    Please come and enjoy an evening of music performed by students of Chris Ladd. Tuesday – April 24, 2012 at 7:30 PM Elihu Burritt Library, Special Collections Reading, 2nd Floor...

  • 2012 Undergraduate Research Awards Winners Announced

    Apr 23, 12 • NewsNo Comments
    2012 Undergraduate Research Awards Winners Announced

    Elihu Burritt Library would like to congratulate Lori A. McDermott and Katherine J Johns-Galvin for winning the 2012 Undergraduate Research Awards. Both students will be awarded a $350 prize on May 4, 2012 at the Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day. Lori McDermott is a senior and psychology major. He study is entitled, ‘Menu Labeling ...

  • Sexual Assault Awareness Month exhibit now on display.

    Apr 18, 12 • NewsNo Comments
    Sexual Assault Awareness Month exhibit now on display.

    Faces of Survival was started in 2004 and is displayed throughout the state. The exhibit uses personal stories and pictures of sexual assault survivors to educate the public about the impact of sexual violence and to combat the stigma surrounding the issue. The Faces of Survival exhibit confronts viewers with the reality of sexual violence ...

  • Global Food, Agriculture and Sustainability – Books and Artwork

    Mar 30, 12 • Exhibits2 Comments
    Global Food, Agriculture and Sustainability – Books and Artwork

    The exhibit features the work of CCSU art students in Adam Niklewicz’s Illustration 1 class. Students captured a range of complex issues including sustainability, contemporary farming, healthy foods, and the greedy, unsustainable practices of corporations. Please visit the library to see whose side the students take. The art work and books from the library’s collection ...

  • Occupy CCSU Rally, Wed. 4/4 at Noon

    Mar 23, 12 • Events3 Comments
    Occupy CCSU Rally, Wed. 4/4 at Noon

    A rally to oppose tuition increases and the soaring costs of higher education will take place in front of the Library at noon on April 4th. The rally will be preceded by a march across campus at 11:30 The event is being sponsored by CCSU AAUP and supported by student groups and SUOAF. Follow @occupyccsu ...

  • BrowZine iPad App

    Mar 19, 12 • News, Trial Databases1 Comment
    BrowZine iPad App

    The Burritt Library is a beta partner for BrowZine, an app for iPad that lets you easily find, read, organize and share scholarly journals from Open Access publishers, including BioMed Central. To download BrowZine to your iPad  and to help ThirdIron develop what will become the final product – please go to http://itunes.com/apps/browzine.  Or, visit the Apple ...

  • Stitch N’ Bitch at Burritt Library!

    Mar 14, 12 • Fun Stuff, News5 Comments
    Stitch N’ Bitch at Burritt Library!

    Come on over to the 1st floor of the Burritt Library every Thursday from 1-2 p.m. to knit, crochet, or any other craft you can tote along. Novices are welcome!...

  • Library iPhone App Launches

    Feb 16, 12 • Fun Stuff, NewsNo Comments
    Library iPhone App Launches

    The long-awaited Burritt Library iPhone app has arrived! Need to find a book, a quiet place to study, coffee? The app can help you locate all these things and more. Download it today from the iPhone app store. Thanks to our good friend and maestro of mobile, Wit Meesangnil, for developing this app!...