Summer sessions 1 & 2 run from June 1st to August 8th. During this time regular library hours will be: M-Th, 8am-7:45pm; Fri, 8am-4:45pm; Sat. 9am-3:45pm. Online librarian chat-based help will be available: M-Th, 8am-8pm; Fri, 8am-5pm; Sat, 9am-4pm.
The library & online librarian help will be closed for the July 4th holiday weekend (Sat., Jul 3- Mon, Jul 5).
The Elihu Burritt Library’s OER team is happy to share their newly published April ’21 edition of the Open @ CCSU newsletter, where you can find: resources to help you locate, evaluate, and create OER; an announcement about the upcoming (free) Northeast OER Summit; results of the U.S. PIRG’s Fixing the Broken Textbook Market survey; and more.
We hope to showcase faculty’s experiences with OER in future issues. Please contact Joy Hansen, Jillian Maynard, or Sharon Clapp to discuss!
The pandemic has hit you hard in so many ways. The faculty and staff of the Elihu Burritt Library want to hear from you, through the following survey, about how we can make your academic research and studies a bit easier.
Thank you!
(To show our gratitude, participants will have a chance to win a $50 bookstore gift card!)
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.
As you join CCSU’s Elihu Burritt Library in celebrating National Library Week, please support our Textbook Reserve Fund! This fund underwrites textbooks that are available on reserve for CCSU students.
This is a reminder that the Elihu Burritt Library will be closed for the Easter holiday weekend from Friday, April 2, 2021 through Sunday, April 4, 2021. To see all library hours, please review our calendar.
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 2021 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:
Be enrolled during the Spring 2021 semester as a Central Connecticut State University student 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 2020.
Agree that the paper or project and application materials will be publicly displayed in the library’s online collections.
World War II era and other music performed by 102nd Army Band, Connecticut Army National Guard
Presenters: Librarians Jillian Maynard & Brian Matzke, from Central Connecticut State University Veterans’ History Project
WWII veterans:
Edmund G. Klepps, Chief Warrant Officer, US Navy Served aboard USS Helena (Pearl Harbor)
John J. Higgins, Colonel, US Army Served in 169th Infantry Regiment, Solomon Islands
Nicholas P. Greci, US Coast Guard Served aboard USS PC-469 (Iwo Jima & Okinawa)
John E. Cyrulik, Sr. – Memories of World War II Middletown veteran – 102 years old
Sponsored by the Connecticut Military Department, Connecticut State Library, Museum of Connecticut History and the Connecticut Militia Heritage Council
WWII Veterans Edmund Klepps, John Higgins, Nicholas Greci, John Cyrulik