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By Alberto Cifuentes, on October 7th, 2012 The library will be open regular hours, 8am-10:45pm, on Columbus Day, Monday, Oct. 8, 2012.
By Debbie Herman, on October 5th, 2012  The public is invited to attend a Literary Landmark dedication of the Elihu Burritt Library on Thursday, October 11th at 3pm in front of the library. This designation honors the library’s namesake, Elihu Burritt (1810-1879), New Britain’s “Learned Blacksmith”. Literary Landmarks is a program is sponsored by the organization United for Libraries (formerly ALTAFF), an affiliate of the American Library Association.
By Edward Iglesias, on October 2nd, 2012 The CONSULS system will be down for an upgrade this Friday starting at 2:00 pm. The process should take approximately two hours. During this time the online catalog will be unavailable as well as check in and check out. Databases will also be unavailable from off campus. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Edward Iglesias
Systems Librarian
Central Connecticut State University
By Debbie Herman, on September 26th, 2012  The kindle e-readers are ready for check out! Each one comes loaded with a library of current, popular fiction and non-fiction as well as some classics. Current students, faculty and staff may borrow a kindle for 7 days and renew for an additional 7 days. More information about the Kindle loan program can be found at http://libguides.ccsu.edu/kindle. We hope you enjoy and take advantage of this new service!
By Renata Vickrey, on September 21st, 2012 Music and Coffee
at the Burritt library
Tuesday, September 25
3:15- 4:00 PM
Please come and enjoy the music performed by the CCSU Jazz Band
And enjoy a free cup of coffee at the Jazzman’s café
In case of rain we will move indoors.
By Sarah Lawson, on September 12th, 2012  The library has just obtained four Kindles to lend to students, faculty, and staff. They should be available for checkout within the next few weeks and we couldn’t be more excited! And we’d love to know what you want to read on them!
So please let us know in the comments any titles that you’ve been dying to read, or anything (fiction or non-fiction) that you’ve read in the last few years that would make a great addition to our Kindle Library.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
By Sarah Lawson, on September 12th, 2012  Join us this Fall on the first floor of the library to knit, crochet, and craft from 1-2 p.m. on Thursdays. We will be stitching scarves for the Red Scarf Project (see details) this fall and hope to send in lots of scarves by December. We will provide instruction, patterns, and red yarn! Just bring your needles or hook.
Everyone is welcome and we hope to see you there!
By Renata Vickrey, on September 6th, 2012  INFERNO : the tumultuous 1970s and 1980s in the eyes of engaged Central students.
For fifteen years – between 1970 and 1985 – students at Central Connecticut State College published an independent magazine called INFERNO. The magazine reported on many issues important to CCSC students, from tuition, living conditions, academic affairs, political activities to athletic events. It covered state and national politics, with special attention to policies related to higher education. The young editors and journalists followed political, social and cultural trends, as well as providing a forum for discussions on hot topics of the times. The Vietnam War, feminism, and environmental problems were all debated in Inferno’s articles. Inferno attracted a group of talented artists who created a series of vivid and striking covers. Through the end of September some of them will be on display on the 2nd floor at the Elihu Burritt Library. The whole set of Inferno has been digitized and is accessible in Student Publications section of our Digital Collections (content.library.ccsu.edu). Check it out!
By Susan Slaga, on September 5th, 2012 Welcome Back Students!
Stop by on Thursday, Sept. 6, at 2:00 pm at Jazzman’s Cafe for free cookies, lemonade, and iced tea!
Enjoy! 
By Renata Vickrey, on August 31st, 2012 Face to Face, an exhibit of photographs by Czesław Czapliński, will be on display on the 2nd floor of the Burritt library until the end of September.
Czesław Czapliński, an artistic photographer, journalist and documentary filmmaker, was born in 1953 in Łódź (Poland). Since 1979 he has divided his time between homes in New York and Warsaw. He is the author and co-author of more than 30 albums and books, whose photographs and articles have been published all over the world.
Czapliński’s works are in the collections of the Library of Congress in Washington, The New York Public Library, The Museum of Art in Łódź, The National Museum in Warsaw and Wroclaw, and The National Library in Warsaw as well as in numerous private collections worldwide.
The Face to Face exhibit consists of original photographs by Czesław Czapliński, including portraits of Czesław Miłosz, Joseph Brodsky, Umberto Eco, Andy Warhol, Walter Cronkite, Wisława Szymborska, Susan Sontag, Michael Jackson and many others.
The exhibit will be on display until the end of September. It is located on the 2nd floor of the library and can be viewed during library opening hours.
For more information please contact Special Collections department at 860 832-2085 and 860 832-2086.
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