The library’s Fall 2018 newsletter is now available online.  In this issue we have:

• From the Desk of the Library Director – Thanks to the Friends of the Elihu Burritt Library Advisory Board
• Francis J. Gagliardi – 2018 Rainbow Award Recipient!
• EXCITE Transformation for Libraries – Connect U: Fall Into the Library
• Better Know a Librarian – Brian Matzke
• Get on BOARD: Borrow Board Games at the Burritt Library!
• Introducing the New Authentication System
• Trick or Treat at the Burritt Library!
• OpenCSCU: CCSU Librarians Support Faculty Statewide in their Search for Open Educational Resources
• Donors to the Burritt Library Fund
• Meet the Library Staff Videos Announcement

Tuesday, November 27, 4:00-5:00 pm on the first floor (near the Circulation desk)

Barkley the Black Lab and Annie the Pitbull

Come an relax with some puppy love before finals!

CCSU is closing early & the library is also closing at 4pm on Thursday, 11/15/18.  We apologize for any inconvenience.

To see the latest news on snow-related cancellations and early closings, check out http://www.ccsu.edu/cancel/ (which is regularly updated). Please travel safely.

The Italian Resource Center and the Friends of the Library invites you to Fall Lecture

“Liberty and grace in the Divine Comedy“

by Prof. Giuseppe F. Mazzotta, Yale University

Monday, November 26, 2018 at 6:15PM

Special Collections, Burritt Library, 2nd floor.

Refreshments will be served.

For more information please contact Dr. Maria Passaro passaro@ccsu.edu

Join us for a lecture by Dr. David Blitz, Philosophy Department, titled: World War I and those who fought it. 

The lecture is accompanied by an exhibit.

Wednesday, November 14, 2018 at 12:15 PM

Special Collections, Burritt Library, 2nd floor

Did you know that the Burritt Library subscribes to numerous collections of online resources that are available to our students, faculty and staff from both on and off campus?  As a member of the CCSU community you have access to a wide range of databases, e-journals, eBooks and other tools to support you in your studies, research and teaching!  With so many resources available, it can be difficult to keep track of them all.  In our Spotlight series, we will highlight one of these resources each month to help connect our students and faculty with some of the unique resources available via the Elihu Burritt Library.  In our third installment of the Fall 2018 series, allow us to introduce you to the resource African American Studies Center. Get details, tips & tricks about African American Studies Center at the following link: https://libguides.ccsu.edu/spotlight/aascspotlight

The Oxford African American Studies
Center provides students, scholars and librarians with more
than 10,000 articles by top scholars in the field. The core
content includes: Africana, Encyclopedia of African American
History, 1619-1895, Encyclopedia of African American History,
1896 to the Present, Black Women in America, Second Edition,
African American National Biography, Dictionary of African
Biography, and The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Thought.

Or, try it yourself – go directly to the Oxford African American Studies Center database

The library will close  early (4:45pm)  on Wednesday, November 21st and remain closed throughout the Thanksgiving break. The break extends from Thursday, November 22 throughout the Thanksgiving weekend (Friday through Sunday).

The library will reopen for regular fall semester hours on Monday, November 26th. Regular hours are:

• Mon-Thurs: 8am-10:45pm
• Fri: 8am-4:45pm
• Sat: 9am-3:45pm
• Sun: 2pm-9:45pm

To check our daily hours/schedule, go to: https://library.ccsu.edu/calendar/month.php

The library’s reference librarians can help you with your research projects during business hours. The Reference Desk is found on the library’s 2nd floor & can be contacted via phone at 860-832-2060 or through our online chat service: http://libanswers.ccsu.edu/

We wish you a safe and healthy holiday!