Due to impending storm the Library will close at noon today, Friday 12/22.
Due to impending storm the Library will close at noon today, Friday 12/22.
Join us next week, Dec. 4 – 6, Monday – Wednesday, for free coffee and cookies, therapy dogs and Jazz Guitar Ensemble performance!
Tension Prevention Week @ the Burritt Library Events:
Please consider donation to the Friends of the Library!
The Elihu Burritt Library is committed to support educational needs of our students. With generous donations to the Friends of the Library we are able to supplement books purchases, journal and e-resource subscriptions.
We are especially proud to add more textbooks to our collection, and provide greater assistance to our students and help them to graduate!
Donors to Friends of the Library said:
“I spent many hours in the old Burritt Library, and am happy to support Burritt for present and future students”
“Text Book Fund for the Library – a wise investment in the student’s education!”
“The library is one of our greatest resources”
To learn more about textbooks availability in the Library go to: https://libguides.ccsu.edu/textbooks
For more information please contact Renata Vickrey at vickreyr@ccsu.edu or by calling 860 832 2085.
The Elihu Burritt Library Research Awards recognize excellence in undergraduate and graduate research papers/projects as well as skill and creativity in the application of library services, resources and collections. A prize of $350 will be awarded to an undergraduate and graduate student during the 2018 spring semester at the University Research and Creative Achievement Day (URCAD). *Please note that for graduate students, this applies to class assignments and not the final program thesis/project.
To be eligible, applicants must:
For more information please go to:
https://library.ccsu.edu/services/award/application.php
or contact Susan Slaga-Metivier at slagas@ccsu.edu. Application packets will be due on February 26, 2018.
Please join us for presentations and opening reception
World War I Exhibit
Friday, November 17, 2017
from 4:30 – 6:30 pm
in the Elihu Burritt Library, 1st floor
PRESENTATIONS AND TOPICS
“To Fight for Italy, to Fight for America: For Italians in Connecticut, It was a Fight for Liberty.”
Presenters: Dr. Carl Antonucci & Kenneth DiMaggio
“Polish Americans in Connecticut in World War I”
Dr. M.B. Biskupski & Renata Vickrey
“Connecticut in World War I”
Christine Pittsley, Project Director
Remembering World War One
The event is sponsored by the Veterans History Project, O’Neill Endowed Chair and the Burritt Library.
Refreshments will be served. Free and open to the public.
For more information please contact Eileen Hurst:
hursteim@ccsu.edu or 860 832-2976
iPads: 7 day loan, one 7 day renewal
Kindles: 14 day loan, one 14 day renewal
Calculators: Scientific calculators and Graphing calculators (Texas Instruments: TI84plus) : Four hour loan, no renewals
Chargers/chords: Two hour loan, no renewal, Library Use Only
Android Micro USB Wall Charger
Apple Charging/synching cable
Apple 30-pin to USB cable
White board/markers and erasers: Four hour loan, no renewal, Library Use Only
Our annual Trick or Treat E-Resources Fair will be on Tuesday, October 31st on the 1st floor of the library. We’ll be doing introductions to some fantastic resources from 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
There will be free food and candy! Plus great prizes. Prizes will be announced at 3:45.
For a full list of prizes and details visit: https://library.ccsu.edu/wp/trickortreat/