Ready for summer classes? The library may be open shorter hours, but we’re still your top connection for research and air conditioned space. 🙂
The hours for the Intersession and Summer Session 1, 2, and 3 have been posted online: http://library.ccsu.edu/calendar/month.php.
We look forward to seeing you during the summer!
The Elihu Burritt Library had a logo contest in the Spring of 2014. The library logo had to be recognizable across campus and to our outside audience. We wanted it to reflect the mission, culture and values of our library and the university.
What sets apart a great logo from a not so great one has to do with perception. It is the moment between looking at the logo and getting the message it conveys.
We received a variety of creative submissions. The library marketing committee, in cooperation with the CCSU Marketing and Communication department, selected a logo by Steven Janiga. Steven is majoring in Graphic Design and currently working at the CCSU Student Center doing Graphics and Web designs.
The new logo will be used online, in print, on publications and in displays. The winning logo represents all the qualities we were looking for.
Thank you to all participants and thank you Steven!
Thank you to everyone who signed the Declaration for the Right for Libraries yesterday afternoon!  If you were not able to attend and wanted to sign the Declaration, you can still do so online at  ilovelibraries.org, and you can read about the event in the New Britain Herald, in this article by Scott Whipple.
For those of you unfamiliar with the Declaration for the Right to Libraries, you can see that there are many reasons to sign!
LIBRARIES CHANGE LIVES
Declaration for the Right to Libraries
In the spirit of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we believe that libraries are essential to a democratic society. Every day, in countless communities across our nation and the world, millions of children, students and adults use libraries to learn, grow and achieve their dreams. In addition to a vast array of books, computers and other resources, library users benefit from the expert teaching and guidance of librarians and library staff to help expand their minds and open new worlds. We declare and affirm our right to quality libraries -public, school, academic, and special – and urge you to show your support by signing your name to this Declaration for the Right to Libraries.
LIBRARIES EMPOWER THE INDIVIDUAL.  Whether developing skills to succeed in school, looking for a job, exploring possible careers, having a baby, or planning retirement, people of all ages turn to libraries for instruction, support, and access to computers and other resources to help them lead better lives.
LIBRARIES SUPPORT LITERACY AND LIFELONG LEARNING. Many children and adults learn to read at their school and public libraries via story times, research projects, summer reading, tutoring and other opportunities. Others come to the library to learn the technology and information skills that help them answer their questions, discover new interests, and share their ideas with others.
LIBRARIES STRENGTHEN FAMILIES. Families find a comfortable, welcoming space and a wealth of resources to help them learn, grow and play together.
LIBRARIES ARE THE GREAT EQUALIZER. Libraries serve people of every age, education level, income level, ethnicity and physical ability. For many people, libraries provide resources that they could not otherwise afford – resources they need to live, learn, work and govern.
LIBRARIES BUILD COMMUNITIES. Libraries bring people together, both in person and online, to have conversations and to learn from and help each other. Libraries provide support for seniors, immigrants and others with special needs.
LIBRARIES PROTECT OUR RIGHT TO KNOW. Our right to read, seek information, and speak freely must not be taken for granted. Libraries and librarians actively defend this most basic freedom as guaranteed by the First Amendment.
LIBRARIES STRENGTHEN OUR NATION.  The economic health and successful governance of our nation depend on people who are literate and informed. School, public, academic, and special libraries support this basic right.
LIBRARIES ADVANCE RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP. Knowledge grows from knowledge. Whether doing a school assignment, seeking a cure for cancer, pursuing an academic degree, or developing a more fuel efficient engine, scholars and researchers of all ages depend on the knowledge and expertise that libraries and librarians offer.
LIBRARIES HELP US TO BETTER UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER. People from all walks of life come together at libraries to discuss issues of common concern. Libraries provide programs, collections, and meeting spaces to help us share and learn from our differences.
LIBRARIES PRESERVE OUR NATION’S CULTURAL HERITAGE.  The past is key to our future. Libraries collect, digitize, and preserve original and unique historical documents that help us to better understand our past, present and future.
Come to the second floor of Burritt Library before finals start to destress and meet some of our furry friends:
3:00-4:30 pm, Coco and Betty the Papillions!
4:00-5:15 pm, Angus the Belgian Tervuren!
4:30-5:30 pm, Jesse the Black Lab!
5:00-6:00 pm, Gracie the Great Pyrenees mix!
During Pre-Final Exam Week, April 28th-May 4th, the library will be open Monday through Wednesday, 8am-11:45pm; Thursday, 8am-10:45pm; Friday, 8am-4:45pm; Saturday, 9am-3:45pm; and Sunday, 3pm-10:45pm. Â Â
During Final Exam Week,May 5th-11th, the library will be open Monday through Wednesday, 8am-11:45pm; Thursday, 8am-10:45pm; Friday, 8am-4:45pm; and CLOSE Saturday and Sunday. Â
Enjoy the extended library hours, and best of luck with Finals!
Please join us on Wednesday, April 30 at 12 p.m. for the Declaration for the Right to Libraries event at the Elihu Burritt Library at Central Connecticut State University.
Libraries Change Lives is a program designed by the American Library Association (ALA) to promote awareness of the ways libraries are impacting lives of the CCSU campus and the community at large.
Come to show and declare your support for quality libraries by signing the Declaration!
Declaration will be available for signing on the first floor of the library from 12 – 2 p.m. with a special program and presentation of library services starting at 12 p.m.
For more information please contact Renata Vickrey at vickreyr@ccsu.edu or by calling 860 832-2085.
On April 16th the Burritt Library joined the Connecticut Library Association for the Declaration for the Right to Libraries event at the State Capitol in Hartford. It was an important event to showcase Connecticut Libraries and to advocate the value of our institutions with legislators, library users and the media.
Click on the Citing sources (APA & MLA) link on the library’s website under Research Help or go to http://libguides.ccsu.edu/content.php?pid=61926. You can also ask at the Reference desk on the third floor of the library.
April is a National Poetry Month and the Burritt Library celebrates with an Open Mic and Poetry Slam event on Tuesday, April 8th at 5:30 p.m., 2nd floor. Come and sign up or just listen to your fellow students, bring  a song or a poem you’ve written, or not!  And stay for 6:30 pm for the performance of Cross-fluence with Gaslight Arkestra.
For more information please contact: lawson_sae@ccsu.edu or vickreyr@ccsu.edu
Just a reminder to those of you working on submissions for the library logo contest, the final day for entries is Sunday March 23rd at midnight! Â There is still time to enter for those of you wanting a chance to win a Kindle Fire. Â Here is a full list of the rules.
If anyone has any last minute questions email Sarah!
Carl Antonucci, Director of Library Services, serves as coordinator for the state of Connecticut for the Declaration for the Right to Libraries campaign. Below is his article from the Bristol Press and an opinion piece from the New Britain Herald.
The Bristol Press 03/09/2014:
SCENE AT CCSU: Declare your right to a library, By Carl Antonucci, Director, CCSU’s Elihu Burritt Library
“The American Library Association has developed a national campaign called the Declaration for the Right to Libraries. Each state library association has been asked to help, and I am very proud to be serving as the Declaration for the Right to Libraries coordinator for the state of Connecticut.
The declaration will provide an opportunity to show our citizens how valuable libraries are and to ask them to demonstrate their support for libraries by signing their names to the declaration.
Libraries really do change lives and empower our users by supporting literacy and lifelong learning.
CCSU’s Elihu Burritt Library strives to satisfy the 21st century learning and research needs of its learners by facilitating knowledge creation and inspiring intellectual curiosity and learning across all ages.
The declaration reads: In the spirit of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we believe that libraries are essential to a democratic society.
Every day, in countless communities across our nation and the world, millions of children, students and adults use libraries to learn, grow and achieve their dreams. In addition to a vast array of books, computers and other resources, library users benefit from the expert teaching and guidance of librarians and library staff to help expand their minds and open new worlds. We declare and affirm our right to quality libraries — public, school, academic, and special — and urge you to show your support by signing your name to the Declaration for the Right to Libraries.
Libraries empower the individual. Libraries support literacy and lifelong learning.
Libraries strengthen families.
Libraries are the great equalizer.
Libraries build communities. Libraries protect our right to know.
Libraries strengthen our nation. Libraries advance research and scholarship.
Libraries help us to better understand each other. Libraries preserve our nation’s cultural heritage.
Please join me in showing your support for libraries by participating in one of the signing ceremonies that we will be organizing in the next few months.
You can also go online to show your support at ilovelibraries.org/declaration/sign.
And the opinion piece from the New Britain Herald 03/10/2014:
OUR VIEW: Local libraries play a special role in our lives
Did you happen to see your invitation — in Monday’s paper — to declare your right to libraries?
Carl Antonucci, director of Central Connecticut State University’s Elihu Burritt Library, says that this national campaign by the American Library Association is our opportunity to demonstrate support for libraries by signing our names to the declaration.
Longtime readers, of course, know that we are huge supporters of local libraries for all they do for our citizens, young and old.
As Antonucci says, “libraries really do change lives and empower our users by supporting literacy and lifelong learning.” Town libraries do that through offerings for children, often encouraging parents to bring in their little ones even before they can walk. Once they’ve graduated from pre-school gatherings, the kids sign on for the summer reading program, encouraged by their school librarian and enabled by the city’s stock of on-the-list books. And, while they’re in the building, the young people can pick up their favorite movie or (don’t tell Mom) an age-appropriate video game or two.
Teens and, in some libraries, tweens usually have their own spot, a place where quality books compete with the ever-present electronic gadgets they bring with them. But that’s okay. A lot of libraries offer Wi-Fi.
Libraries serve adults by providing the latest books, of course, but also through special programming, book clubs and, for the last five years, by providing job hunting assistance through newspapers with Help Wanted sections, dozens of books that advise about how to get that first interview and computers that connect to the Internet to fill out those online job applications.
And one more thing we noted in Mr. Antonucci’s article: “Libraries are the great equalizer,” he writes.
You don’t have to be rich to take advantage of any of these programs — to share in all of these intellectual riches. The books, movies, music and games are there to borrow and to share with neighbors. The programs are open to everyone living in your town. The wise advice and guidance from the librarians come at no cost (yes, of course — unless you are a homeowner. But the library’s slice of your property taxes is so small, no one complains.)
So let’s join the movement.
As Antonucci wrote: “We declare and affirm our right to quality libraries — public, school, academic and special!”
Join us!
