An exhibit sponsored by the Insitute of the National Remembrance and the Polish Studies Program will be on view in the Burritt Library, 2^nd floor, from March 26 – April 9^th

The exhibition is about a special half-century in the history of Poland.  The main theme of the exhibit is Polish fight for freedom, expressed in a form of armed struggle and political activity.  Expressive photographs show Polish soldiers on various World War II fronts and the phenomenon of the Polish Underground State in the occupied country.

Reception & opening lecture: Tuesday, March 31^st, 2015 at 6:30 pm, Elihu Burritt Library, 2^nd Floor, CCSU

Lecture will be given by Dr. Władysław Bułhak, 

Deputy Director of the Office of Public Education.

Dr. Władysław Bułhak is a member of the editorial board of scientific IPN semi-annual “Memory and Justice”, as well as an international research network Centre for Cold War Studies at the University of Southern Denmark in Ödensee.

Admission is FREE and the public is cordially invited.

For further information please contact Special Collections

at 860 832-2085

During Spring Break, the library will be OPEN Monday, March 16-Friday, March 20, 8am-4:45pm. We will be CLOSED Saturday, March 14 and 21, and Sunday, March 15 and 22.

We resume our regular hours on Monday, March 23.

You can view all our hours online at library.ccsu.edu.

Enjoy the break!

Due to all of the recent snow days, we have decided to extend the deadline for the Burritt Library Research Award to March 25, 2015.

As always, two prizes of $350 will be awarded. Please let Susan Slaga-Metivier, Head, Reference and Instruction, know if you have any questions.

For more information and the application, please go to http://library.ccsu.edu/services/award/application.php.

Good morning!

We are having some temporary access issues with students using laptops on campus to get to our electronic resources and databases.  We are working on this issue and hope to have it resolved quickly!  If you find you are having problems, please let us know, we’ll try and have it up and running.

Please check out the Black History Month Exhibit on the 2nd floor of the library! It features books from our impressive general collection and highlights the works of many major black writers, artists, and thinkers, including Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Martin Luther King, Jr., Maya Angelou, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Audre Lorde.

For more information on  National Black History Month, please go to http://www.africanamericanhistorymonth.gov/.

The library will be OPEN Friday, Feb. 13, 8am-4:45pm, and Monday, Feb. 16, 8am-10:45pm.

However, we will be CLOSED on Saturday, Feb. 14, and Sunday, Feb. 15.

For the latest updates of delays and cancellations, please go to the Cancellation/Delay page on the CCSU website, www.ccsu.edu, or call the Storm Weather Line at (860) 832-3333.

You can view all our library hours online at library.ccsu.edu.

Enjoy the holiday and stay warm and safe!

The library will be open at 10am on Tuesday, February 3, due to inclement weather.

For the latest updates of delays and cancellations, please go to the Cancellation/Delay page on the CCSU website, www.ccsu.edu, or call the Storm Weather Line at (860) 832-3333. You can view all our library hours online at library.ccsu.edu.

Stay warm and safe!

The library will be closed Monday, February 2, due to the impending snowstorm.

For the latest updates of delays and cancellations, please go to the Cancellation/Delay page on the CCSU website, www.ccsu.edu, or call the Storm Weather Line at (860) 832-3333.

You can view all our library hours online at library.ccsu.edu.

Stay warm and safe!

The library will be closing at 2pm on Monday, January 26, due to the impending snowstorm. The library will also be closed Tuesday, January 27.

For the latest updates of delays and cancellations, please go to the Cancellation/Delay page on the CCSU website, www.ccsu.edu, or call the Storm Weather Line at (860) 832-3333.

You can view all our library hours online at library.ccsu.edu.

Please be safe!