Happy National Library Week (Apr. 10-16)! To celebrate the services, programs, and resources offered by libraries nationwide, the Burritt Library is holding its second Library Snapshot Day on Thursday, Apr. 14, 1-4pm, on the library’s first floor.

By participating, patrons will be able to write down why they love the library and snap a picture with their message. They will then be able to post it to their social media; we will share the pictures on our social media as well. We also have a hashtag: #librariestransform.

Free cookies and other treats will be provided to everyone who participates!

Please bring your friends and join us for this fun celebration of learning and community!

The Gold Star exhibit feature men who died in Vietnam and the families they left behind, have traveled all over the state the last year, including stops at the Hartford State House, Terryville, Waterbury, and other towns.

The exhibit is on view in the Library, 1st floor,  during the month of April.

Join us on March 30th at 12:30 in the 3rd floor library classroom for Lunch and Learn!  We will do short tutorials on how to use Issues and Controversies, one of Burritt Library’s great e-resources and stay for free pizza!!

For more information on our spotlight resource, visit:  http://libguides.ccsu.edu/IandC

If you can’t make it on Wednesday, we have webinars available as well.  These are short and topical demonstrations of our e-resources.  ***Post will be updated with link shortly****

We are having reports of some intermittent access issues with our databases and e-journals when in use off campus.  If you should encounter any issues please follow these instructions:

1. Go to apps.ccsu.edu
2. Log on to the server using your bluenet ID and password
3. Choose “public applications” folder
4. Choose “IE-LIB” from the list and start the application

From there you should be able to use the library’s resources as you normally would from on campus.

If you continue to have issues please see: http://libguides.ccsu.edu/content.php?pid=58547&sid=5497039 or email Sarah @ lawson_sae@ccsu.edu

During Spring Break, we are OPEN Monday, March 21, through Thursday, March 24, 8am-4:45pm.

We are CLOSED Saturday, March 19; Sunday, March 20; Friday, March 25 (Good Friday); Saturday, March 26; and Sunday, March 27.

We resume regular hours on Monday, March 28.

You can view all our hours  at library.ccsu.edu. Enioy the break!

The library’s main system and catalog will be unavailable for about an hour beginning at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, March 14.  We will keep you updated in the event of a change. Other online resources should be available.  Our apologies, in advance, for any inconvenience this may cause you.

The Burritt Library is pleased to announce we have a trial to Artemis Gale’s Primary resource the Archives of Human Sexuality and Identity.  This will be available until March 25th.

With material drawn from hundreds of institutions and organizations, including both major international activist organizations and local, grassroots groups, the documents in the Archives of Human Sexuality and Identity: LGBTQ History and Culture since 1940 present important aspects of LGBTQ life in the second half of the twentieth century and beyond. The archive illuminates the experiences not just of the LGBTQ community as a whole, but of individuals of different races, ethnicities, ages, religions, political orientations, and geographical locations that constitute this community. Historical records of political and social organizations founded by LGBTQ individuals are featured, as well as publications by and for lesbians and gays, and extensive coverage of governmental responses to the AIDS crisis. The archive also contains personal correspondence and interviews with numerous LGBTQ individuals, among others. The archive includes gay and lesbian newspapers from more than 35 countries, reports, policy statements, and other documents related to gay rights and health, including the worldwide impact of AIDS, materials tracing LGBTQ activism in Britain from 1950 through 1980, and more.

Visit the Archives of Human Sexuality and Identity