The latest issue of the library newsletter is available! Get up-to-date on the library renovation, new exhibits, and upcoming events. It also includes features on student research habits, the Google Art Project, and challenges faced by mature students returning to school. We hope you enjoy the new issue. A PDF version is also available.
Category Archives: News
Sicko Silenced: The Perils of Censorship in 21st Century America
CCSU Elihu Burritt Library Presents:
Sicko Silenced: The Perils of Censorship in 21st Century America
March 16, 7:00 pm, Vance Academic Center, Room 105
Join us for a conversation with those who are at the forefront of the censorship battles, followed by a screening of SICKO. The panelists will discuss free-speech and community standards issues as well as the balance between the two. Our panelists include:
Nels P. Highberg, Chair of Rhetoric and Professional Writing and former Director of the Program in Gender Studies at the University of Hartford.
Marcus Hatfield, Reporter from the Journal Inquirer.
Peter Chase, Director of the Plainville Public Library and Chair of the Intellectual Freedom Committee for the Connecticut Library Association.
Our moderator will be John Dankosky, WNPR News Director and Host, and CCSU Faculty.
SICKO, released on June 29, 2007, is an Independent film that tackles health care issues in America. The facts according to Academy Award winning filmmaker Michael Moore’s research are controversial to some. The recent cancellation of a library screening of the film by the Enfield Town Council prompted Reporter Marcus Hatfield to break the story about the incident. This reminds us that censorship does indeed occur, even in a state with a highly-educated populace such as Connecticut.
This disturbing incident was preceded last November by the National Portrait Gallery’s removal of David Wojnarowicz’s video A Fire In My Belly from the exhibition Hide/Seek: Difference And Desire in American Portraiture in response to complaints from the Catholic League as well as incoming House Speaker John Boehner, and Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s declaration that the video is a form of “hate speech.”
Endangered Languages Exhibit and Lecture
Half of the 6,000 languages spoken in the world are endangered. Celebrating International Mother Language Day, this exhibition will feature books on endangered languages in the CCSU Elihu Burritt Library from February 22 to March 7. A world map provides the locations of these languages and the degree of endangerment. This exhibition is sponsored by CCSU Diversity Grant.
The library will also host an exhibition of Endangered Alphabets, funded by the English Department and a Free iPad. This unique exhibition features carvings of endangered alphabets by the artist, Tim Brookes. Tim Brookes is a Vermont travel writer and artist, who wants to raise awareness of vanishing languages.
Prof. Lee and Tim Brookes will hold a public lecture on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at 2 p.m. in Special Collections reading room, Burritt library. The event is free and public is cordially invited.
Please contact Dr. Seunghun Lee (seunghunlee@ccsu.edu) for questions or Special Collections at 860 832-2085
Graduate Thesis Workshop on Thursday, 2/17
Not sure how to start your graduate thesis or are you stuck somewhere in the middle?
Attend the Graduate Thesis Workshop on Thursday, February 17, 2011
Presented by Paulette Lemma, Dean, School of Graduate Studies and
Susan Slaga, MLIS, Reference Librarian, Elihu Burritt Library
Where: Elihu Burritt Library classroom (third floor, Curriculum Lab)
Time: 7:15 pm – 8:15 pm
The workshop will cover:
Selecting a topic
Steps in the thesis process
Oral presentation or defense
Library research (including a brief overview of style requirements)
Refreshments will be served.
If you plan to attend, please RSVP to Susan Slaga @ 832-2095 or slagas@ccsu.edu
Space is limited.
Undergraduate Library Research Award – applications due 2/22/11
The 2011 Undergraduate Library Research award recognizes excellence in undergraduate research papers/projects as well as skill and creativity in the application of library services, resources and collections. Two prizes of $350 will be awarded during the spring 2011 semester at the Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day (URCAD).
To be eligible, applicants must:
- Be enrolled during the spring 2011 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 2010.
- 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.
Application deadline is February 22, 2011. Essay, paper/project, and bibliography should be sent as Microsoft Word, RTF or PDF.
If you have any questions, please contact Susan Slaga, Reference Librarian, at slagas@ccsu.edu or 860-832-2095.
Morningstar Investment Research Center
The Morningstar Investment Research Center is available to CCSU faculty, students, and staff for the entire spring 2011 semester! It features data and analysis on over 11,000 international and domestic stocks, 24,000 mutual funds, and more than 1,000 exchange traded funds. Plus, the database boasts a comprehensive Help and Education Center, Portfolio X-Ray and robust screening tools.
Holidays Hours and January Intersession
Happy Holidays to All! The library will be closed from 12/24-12/27 for the Christmas holiday and state employee furlough day. We will reopen on Tuesday, 12/28. We will also close for the New Year’s holiday on Friday, 12/31. The library is open reduced hours during the January intersession. Check the library calendar for hours of operation.
Please join us for the Elihu Burritt Birthday Party!
The Burritt Bicentennial event will take place in Special Collections at the library at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, December 8, 2010.
Sherrod Emerson Skinner III, the great-great-great grand nephew of Elihu Burritt will deliver keynote remarks.
December 8, 2010 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Elihu Burritt, New Britain’s most famous citizen. Burritt is known as “The Learned Blacksmith”, who from humble beginnings as a blacksmith’s apprentice, went on to become an internationally recognized 19th century pioneer peace activist, abolitionist, self taught linguist, writer and lecturer. The Elihu Burritt Bicentennial celebration is an excellent occasion to honor the memory of this great man and to revive our community’s pride in this interesting personality.
Materials from the Elihu Burritt Collection will be on display through the month of December.
Birthday cake and Burritt birch soda will be served.
Check out the new Burritt Library Newsletter!
The Burritt Library Newsletter 2010 fall edition features articles on the new Library Director, Burritt Bicentennial, Google Scholar, tips for citing sources, & more!
Go to http://library.ccsu.edu/newsletter/
Check it out!
Thanksgiving Holiday Hours
Please note that the library will be closing at 4:45 p.m. on Wednesday, November 24th for the Thanksgiving holiday. We will reopen on Monday, November 29th. To see a full listing of hours visit the Calendar.
Have a great Thanksgiving!
