Please visit the Burritt Library and enjoy the exhibit on the 2nd floor. The new exhibit contains material from the University Archives and illustrates the beginning of CCSU, which in 1849 was the State Normal School and in 1933 became Teachers College of Connecticut. You can trace the history through collections of photographs of students, faculty and administrators; early publications of curriculum, student papers and alumni records. Sporting events programs and related memorabilia are also on display. The exhibit is open during library hours and will run through the end of August.
For more information contact special collections Dpt. at 860 832-2085
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Fall 2014 Library Hours Now Posted!
The Fall Semester 2014 Library Hours have have been posted to library.ccsu.edu/calendar/month.php. You will be able to view all the hours from August 28 to December 31, 2014.
Library Hours for August
From August 2-27, the library will be OPEN Monday through Friday, 8am-4:45pm, and CLOSED Saturdays and Sundays.
To view all our library hours, please go to http://library.ccsu.edu/calendar/month.php.
Enjoy the rest of your summer!
Summer Travels? Practice a new language with Mango Languages!
*To access Mango Languages, click on the databases tab toward the top right of the library’s website. Then click on M from the A-Z list and click on Mango Languages. (If you are off campus you will be prompted for your Pipeline username and password.)
Mango is an online language learning system teaching practical conversation skills for a wide variety of popular languages, such as Spanish, German, French, Mandarin Chinese, Arabic, Russian, and many others. The first time you use Mango you may want to set up a personal profile. This will allow you to keep track of your learning progress and re-enter the program where you left off. If you just want to explore first, use the “START LEARNING” button.
Library CLOSED Labor Day/Weekend
The library will be CLOSED Labor Day weekend- Saturday, Aug. 30 and Sunday, Aug. 31-as well as Labor Day- Monday, Sept. 1.
We will RE-OPEN Tuesday, Sept. 2, 8am-10:45pm.
To view all our hours for Fall 2014, please go to http://library.ccsu.edu/calendar/month.php. Enjoy the Labor Day weekend!
Library CLOSED July 4 (Independence Day) and July 5
The library will be CLOSED Friday, July 4 (Independence Day), and Saturday, July 5. We RE-OPEN Monday, June 7, 8am-7:45pm.
To view all our library hours, please go to http://library.ccsu.edu/calendar/month.php.
Library CLOSED Saturday, June 28
The library will be CLOSED Saturday, June 28, and RE-OPEN Monday, June 30, 8am-7:45pm.
To view all our library hours, please go to http://library.ccsu.edu/calendar/month.php.
Library Director, Staff Present at Library Mgt Institute
Library Director Carl Antonucci, Outreach Librarian Renata Vickrey, and Digital Resources Librarian Sharon Clapp presented at this year’s Library Management Institute in Philadelphia on June 16th. For more information on their work and/or the LMI Conference, please see the press release.
The Latest Edition of the Library Newsletter is Now Available!
The latest edition of the Elihu Burritt Library newsletter is now available at http://library.ccsu.edu/newsletter/spr14_newsletter.pdf
Read about our visit to the State Capital, the Writing Hollywood/William Mann event, our newest librarian Martha Kruy, digital day, and more.
Enjoy!
New Exhibit: Jan Karski’s Mission for Humanity
Consul General of the Republic of Poland in the Burritt Library June 3rd
The S.A. Blejwas Endowed Chair of Polish Studies Program at CCSU sponsors an exhibit:
The World Knew: Jan Karski’s Mission for Humanity
Jan Karski (24 April 1914 – 13 July 2000) was a Polish World War II resistance movement fighter and later professor at Georgetown University. In 1942 and 1943 Karski reported to the Polish government in exile and the Western Allies on the situation in German-occupied Poland,and the destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto, and the secretive German-Nazi extermination camps.
The exhibit is on view from May 14th, 2014 till June 30th, 2014
Elihu Burritt Library, 2nd Floor, CCSU, New Britain, CT
On Tuesday, June 3rd at 7:00p.m. there will be a special talk in the library by Ewa Junczyk-Ziomecka, Consul General of the Republic of Poland.
The exhibit is available for viewing during library opening hours.
The exhibit is organized by the Jan Karski Educational Foundation, was created by the Polish History Museum. Funding was provided by the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with additional funding from the National Endowment for Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this exhibition publication do not necessarily reflect those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
For more information contact Special Collections at 860 832-2085 or vickreyr@ccsu.edu