Monthly Archives: October 2013

News

Research Rockstar? Win $350!

Burritt Library Undergraduate Research Awards Are you a Research Rockstar? Rock Concern image

This award will recognize excellence in undergraduate research papers/projects as well as skill and creativity in the application of library services, resources and collections. Two prizes of $350 will be awarded during the spring 2014 semester at the Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day (URCAD). One prize will be award to a senior thesis and the other will be awarded to a paper/project from any class/year (if applicable).

To access the application please go to:

http://library.ccsu.edu/services/award/application.php

Student applications and materials and faculty nominations are due on March 3, 2014. If you have any questions, please contact Susan Slaga-Metivier, Reference Librarian, at slagas@ccsu.edu or 860-832-2095.

**PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIBRARY RESEARCH AWARD IS A SEPARATE PRIZE FROM THE OTHERS PRESENTED AT URCAD**.

Eligibility:

To be eligible, applicants must:

  • Be enrolled during the spring 2014 semester as a Central Connecticut State University undergraduate at any class level or discipline/major.
  • Have completed their research paper or project for a credit course during the spring, summer, or fall semesters in 2013.
  • Agree that the paper or project and application materials will become property of Elihu Burritt Library and may be publicly displayed in the library and/or library website.

 

Exhibits, News

Polish Posters Exhibit

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PLEASE VISIT THE LIBRARY FOR EXHIBIT OF POLISH POSTER HOLDINGS FROM THE ELIHU BURRITT LIBRARY CONNECTICUT POLISH AMERICAN ARCHIVES AT CCSU

This exhibition displays over three hundred Polish posters covering the subjects of film, theater, circus, art, music, social, political and other cultural events.

ALL POSTERS FROM OUR COLLECTION ARE DIGITIZED AND CAN BE ACCESSED AT THE LIBRARY WEBSITE http://content.library.ccsu.edu/

CURATORS: Kinga Wlodarska, Assistant Professor Graphic/Information Design, CCSU • Ewa Wolynska, Special Collections Librarian, CCSU

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT SPECIAL COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT AT: 860 832-2085 and 860 832-2086 OR EMAIL vickreyr@ccsu.edu

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2013 The Year of Italian Culture Symposium – October 16 events

Today is the second day of the symposium with presentations, lectures, poetry reading and Italian arias!
Please join us for some or all events!

Events are held in the Burritt Library, 2nd floor starting at 1:00 p.m. Evening lecture in Torp Theatre at 7:30 p.m.

PROGRAM

1:00 – 1:30 p.m. Welcoming remarks by Dr. Carl Antonucci and Dr. Carl Lovitt
1:30 – 2:30 p.m. “My Leopardi” Presentation by Prof. David Cappella (CCSU, English)
2:30 – 3:30 p.m. “Boccaccio’s Decameron: Reflections on the First Three Novellas” Presentation by Prof. Maria E. Frank (UofH)
3:30 – 3:45 p.m. Coffee break
3:45 – 4:30 p.m. “Giuseppe Bonaviri – Tailor of the Word” by Stephen Campiglio (MCC)
4:30 – 5:30 p.m. “Carnevali, Barone, and Quatrocelli: One-Hundred Years of Italian-American Poetry” Presenters: Prof. Dennis Barone
(USJ) and Stephanie Quatrocelli (Senior English major at USJ)
5:30 – 6:15 p.m. “When Russo Street was Mussolini Street: Re-Visiting an Apocryphal Chapter in the Italian American Cultural
Narrative” Presentation by Dr. Carl Antonucci (CCSU) and Prof. Ken DiMaggio (CCC)
6:15 – 7:30 p.m. “Favorite Italian arias and songs”
Reception – Italian Table
Davidson Hall Torp Theatre
7:30 – 9:00 p.m. ‘Italy’s Troubled Unity – the Risorgimento 150 Years On’Lecture by Prof. John Davis (UCONN)

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The Year of Italian Culture Symposium – October 15 events

Please join us for the following events:
Davidson Hall Room # 207 3:00 – 3:45 p.m. “Why Study Italian Today” by Dr. Carlo Davoli, Director Education Office, Consulate General of Italy in NY

Torp Theatre 4:00 – 6:30 p.m. “A Woman Like That. An Afternoon with Artemisia Gentileschi”
Documentary screening and discussion with filmmakers Ellen Weissbrod and Melissa Powell.
Introduced and chaired by Prof. Carmela Pesca (CCSU Modern Languages)

Torp Theatre 7:00 p.m. The Big Night The 1996 classic by Campbell Scott and Stanley Tucci.
A failing Italian restaurant run by two brothers gambles on one special night to try to save the business.
Introduction to the movie by Shane Engstrom, Co-Director of Out Film CT.

All events are free and open to the public.

Events, News

Central Authors features librarian Nicholas Tomaiuolo

Central Authors Lunchtime talk series in the Bookstore!
Central Authors Lunchtime talk series in the Bookstore features the Library’s Nick Tomaiuolo, at 12:15, Wed., Nov. 6th – recorded for CCSU TV

The Wed., November 6, 2013 taping of  Central Authors features Burritt Library’s own Nicholas Tomaiuolo talking about his recently published book – UContent: The Information Professional’s Guide to User-Generated Content.

The CCSU BOOKSTORE, the Offices of the PROVOST and INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT, and the MEDIA CENTER  sponsor Central Authors,  CCSU’s cable television show featuring members of the Central family (faculty, staff, and alumni) talking about their books and airing on some 20 cable outlets throughout Connecticut.  (Check your local listings!)

Watch Central Authors daily on CCSU TV, channel 23, at 8:30 am, 2:30 pm, and 7:30 pm, or online at www.ccsu.edu/centralauthors/programming.htm

 Think globally; read locally!

Events, Exhibits

NOT “Frankie Satin”: A Frank Sinatra Memorabilia Exhibit

The exhibit is on display in the Elihu Burritt Library, 2nd floor

Please come and enjoy the new exhibit in celebration of The Year of Italian Culture in the US.

Items in the exhibit, which include posters, musical scores, records, photos, magazine covers, books, stamps, etc., are from the private collection of Dr. Gilbert L. Gigliotti.

“[Harry James] wanted me to call myself Frankie Satin! Can you imagine? Is that a name or is that a name? Now playing in the lounge, ladies and gentlemen, the one an’ only Frankie Satin…if I’d’ve done that, I’d be working cruise ships today. Besides one fake name in the family was enough.” – Frank Sinatra, as quoted by Pete Hamill, Why Sinatra Matters (p. 71)

(Frank’s father, Martin, had been a boxer, and bar owner, in Hoboken under the name of Marty O’Brien.)

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