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Discover the GLBTQ Archives at Burritt Library

Check out the Connecticut Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Collection
The library has been working steadily on digitizing our GLBTQ Archives. You can view the digital collection which contains past years of the CT Gay and Lesbian Film Festival materials including posters, photos, and trailers of the films!  The 2011 festival begins May 26th and runs until June 4th.  For more information on the festival and showtimes, please visit http://www.outfilmct.org/.

Also available in the collection are interviews with some of Connecticut’s prominent activists in gay and lesbian rights.  All films and interviews are part of our Gender Equity Collection in the Special Collections section of the library.  Please check back, we are adding new material all the time!

Marie Curie Exhibit will run until May 16th

If you haven’t yet had a chance to check out the Marie Curie exhibit on the 2nd floor of the library, there is still time.  The exhibit will run until May 16th and commemorates the 100th anniversary of Maria Skłodowska-Curie’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry and the 90th anniversary of her first U.S. visit.  The exhibit was prepared by the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Maria Sklodowska-Curie Museum in Warsaw will be on display at the Elihu Burritt Library from May 9 until May 16 and is available for viewing during library hours.

All photos of the exhibit and lecture courtesy of Norm Ferriere.

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Exhibit and Lecture: 100th Anniversary of Maria Skłodowska-Curie’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry

100th Anniversary of Maria Skłodowska-Curie’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2011 marks the 100th anniversary of Maria Skłodowska-Curie’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry and the 90th anniversary of her first U.S. visit.Marie Curie exhibit
Marie Curie’s legacy is immense. She broke scientific barriers and become brilliant female scientist. She was the 1st female professor at Sorbonne, 1st female Nobel Prize winner, first person to be awarded two Nobel Prizes, and first female to be buried in the Pantheon in Paris.
An exhibit on Maria Sklodowska-Curie, prepared by the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Maria Sklodowska-Curie Museum in Warsaw will be on display at the Elihu Burritt Library from May 9 until May 16 and is available for viewing during library hours.
Lecture by Guy Crundwell, Ph.D.,
the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, CCSU

Tuesday, May 10th at 12:30 PM
Special Collections reading room, Elihu Burritt Library, CCSU.

2011 Elihu Burritt Library Undergraduate Research Awards Winners

Congratulations to the two winners of the Elihu Burritt Library Undergraduate Research Awards:

Christy L. Basconi for her research project: Still Suffering: Young Adults Targeted by School Bullying in Adolescence

and

Raven C. Cohen for her research paper: Effects of Brief Prevention Programs on Alcohol Expectancies in College Students.

 Please encourage students to participate next year for papers and projects completed in 2010.

Civil War Commemorative Exhibit

The American Civil War “THAT THE GENERATIONS TO COME MIGHT KNOW THEM” 1861-1865 is an exhibit commemorating the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War and Connecticut’s participation. It will be on display until the end of May and can be viewed during library hours. Materials in the exhibit come from the Connecticut Historical Society in Hartford and from the Burritt Library’s holdings.

Materials on display consist of images of generals and soldiers, maps, newspapers, and photographs. The exhibit also includes soldiers’ equipment in battlefields and in camp. Several guns from battlefield:  Richmond Rifle-Musket, Colt Model 1860 Army Revolver, Sharps New Model Rifle, Springfield Model 1861 Rifle-Musket. Camp equipment includes soldier’s canteen, hardtack, knife/spoon/fork and camp stove. Additional materials in the exhibit illustrate the involvement of Connecticut’s soldiers, local politicians, writers and other prominent figures in the Civil War.

For more information please contact Special Collections at 860 832-2085 or 860 832-2086

Free Pizza, 4/25! Tell Us How We Can Make Your Library Even Better!

Image of student with bullhornBurritt Library is conducting focus groups to learn more about your needs, likes, and dislikes. We need approximately 10 students and 10 faculty or staff to participate.  Pizza and soda will be served, and everyone  will also get a flash drive for participating.  Please sign up ahead of time by contacting Susan Slaga at slagas@ccsu.edu or 860-832-2095. Please provide your name and contact information.  We look forward to hearing from you.  Thank you!

What: Focus Groups
When: Monday, April 25, 2011
Where:  Burritt Library Curriculum Lab classroom
Who: Faculty and Staff – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm  &   Students – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Snapshot Day @ CCSU Elihu Burritt Library

Snapshot Day @ CCSU Elihu Burritt Library

April 13, 2011

Free cookies and coffee at Jazzman’ Café from 2:00 – 3:30 pm (while supplies last)

*Be a “Read” model. Come get you picture taken with your favorite book (or journal or magazine) or borrow one from our collection. (Your free color  8.5 X 11 picture or bookmark will be printed while you wait).*

Examples of celebrity Read posters can be found at http://www.alastore.ala.org/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryID=158

My Dream Library Contest:

Students! Submit an idea (minimum of 100 words—drawings, etc. are also most welcome!) for your ideal library space or service.

Entries will be judged on creativity, practicality (sorry… no paint ball in the library!), and value to the CCSU community. Winners will be chosen by a library committee. The winners of round one will receive a gift card and have their names announced at Library Snapshot Day on April 13th!

Round one entries must be received by April 12th.  Submit your ideas to Susan Slaga – slagas@ccsu.edu or Debbie Herman –  hermand@ccsu.edu. (Please make sure you receive an email response after you submit something). Electronic graphic files should be submitted as pdf or jpeg file.

Written copies can also be submitted in the suggestion box at the table near the Circulation Desk. (If your item is too large to fit the suggestion box please contact Susan Slaga or Debbie Herman to drop it off).

The CCSU Community will be able to vote for the grand prize winner on the library’s website.

The top prize is a Nook e-reader!

UMC at the Burritt Library! April 1st-7th

Water ExhibitNight at the Museum, a result of the University-Museum-Community-Collaborative will take place at the New Britain Museum of American Art on Thursday, March 31, 3-8PM.
Subject of this year event: “Water is the driving force of all nature”
Between April 1-7 selected students’ work such as posters, photographs, paintings, 3D objects, essays and poems, will be on display at the Library.

On Tuesday, April 5 at 11:30 am in the library’s Special Collections room we will hold a reception and the campus community is invited to view their fellow students’ art work and to hear winners of essay and poetry competitions.

For more information please contact Renata Vickrey (vickreyr@ccsu.edu) or Ewa Wolynska (wolynska@ccsu.edu) at Special Collections department at 860 832-2085 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 860 832-2085 end_of_the_skype_highlighting or 860 832-2086 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 860 832-2086 end_of_the_skype_highlighting.