Elihu Burritt Library is pleased to announce the 2013 Undergraduate Library Research award. This award will recognize excellence in undergraduate research papers/projects as well as skills and creativity in the application of library services, resources and collections. Two prizes of $350 will be awarded during the spring 2013 semester at the Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day (URCAD). One prize will be award to a senior thesis and the other will be awarded to a paper/project from any class/year (if applicable).
**PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIBRARY RESEARCH AWARD IS A SEPARATE PRIZE FROM THE OTHERS PRESENTED AT URCAD**.
Eligibility:
To be eligible, applicants must:
Be enrolled during the spring 2013 semester as a Central Connecticut State University undergraduate at any class level or discipline/major.
Have completed their research paper or project for a credit course during the spring, summer, or fall semesters in 2012.
Agree that the paper or project and application materials will become property of Elihu Burritt Library and may be publicly displayed in the library and/or library website.
Paulette Lemma, Dean of the School of Graduate Studies, The Graduate Student Association (GSA) and Susan Slaga, MLIS, Reference Librarian of Elihu Burritt Library present the Thesis and Special Projects Workshop:
The event will begin at 7:15 pm in the Student Center Bellin Gallery on Monday October 29th.
The workshop will cover:
-Selecting a topic
-Steps in the thesis process
-Steps in the Capstone process
-Oral presentation or defense
-Library Research (including a brief overview of style requirements)
Refreshments will be served at 7:00pm.
If you plan to attend, please RSVP to Susan Slaga at Phone: 860-832-2095 or E-mail: slagas@ccsu.edu
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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!
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 
