How would you rate our library’s services, and what amenities would you like us to offer in the future? We invite all our library users to take a short survey that will help guide our planning for the future. The survey is available at the following URL: https://survey.ccsu.edu/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=98KK6n33. Thanks for participating!
Upcoming Lecture, November 18th 7 p.m.
Join us at the Burritt Library at 7 p.m. this Friday evening for a lecture by Anthony M. Amore
Anthony M. Amore, co-author of Stealing Rembrandts: The Untold Stories of Notorious Art Heists will present a lecture on Friday, November 18, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. in Burritt Library.
Mr. Amore is an engaging writer and speaker and has been interviewed by major newspapers and radio networks. Currently, he works as Head of Security for the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston and contributes to the Huffington Post and Boston Herald.
The event will also feature “Treasures from the Special Collections,” an exhibit of illuminated manuscripts, rare books, and Elihu Burritt’s letters held by the library.
The public is welcome and encouraged to attend!
Check out Filmakers Library Online!
The Burritt Library has just added a new subscription to Filmakers Library Online provided by Alexander Street Press. The database provides instant access to over 900 full length titles including award winning documentaries, that cover a wide range of subjects. 
In addition to viewing films on topics such as race and gender studies, arts and literature, and political science, library users can make their own clips from films and embed them, or make their own playlists.
Filmakers Library Online can be accessed through the library website.
Take a Digital Collection for a Test Drive!
Electronic resource vendors and publishers typically offer libraries an opportunity to try before we buy. We have four products available on a trial basis through early November: CREDO Reference, Early English Books Online, PsycTESTS, and Library Music Source. User feedback is an important criterion for selection, so please send any comments (good/bad/indifferent) to me at hermand@ccsu.edu or feel free to add your comments to this post.
Links to access are on the library website. Enjoy!
Discovering Perge, Turkey – Exhibit and Lecture
Dr. Inci Delemen, an archeologist of international reputation, of Istanbul University, and a long-time member of the excavation team, will deliver a lecture on Friday, October 21, 2011 at Noon in the Special Collections reading room, the Elihu Burritt Library.
The glorious story of Perge, located near Turkey’s Mediterranean coast and modern Antalya, began in prehistoric times and continues today with its designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. As the capital of ancient Pamphylia, Perge gained a preeminent status, and it remains an important source for understanding Classical cities. Its impressive remains, especially of the Hellenistic, Imperial Roman, and Late Roman periods, include remarkably well-preserved city walls, streets, baths, an agora, a theater, and a
stadium, all of which together provide insight into aspects of ancient urban planning. Additionally, much of the city was elaborately adorned with a vast assemblage of sculpture that suggests Perge’s role as one of the most important sculpture ateliers of its time.
With continuous Istanbul University exploration of the site since 1946, the project now celebrates its 65th anniversary, making it the longest-running all-Turkish excavation in the country. Both the exhibition and the lecture will highlight the remarkable archaeology of Perge, underscoring the importance of this site for understanding Classical antiquity.
Co-sponsored by the American Friends of Turkey, English Department, Middle Eastern Studies Committee, International and Area Studies Program, Center for International Education.
The exhibit and lecture is free and open to the public.
For more information about the lecture and exhibit please contact:
Leyla Zidani-Eroglu, Ph.D., English Dpt., zidanil@ccsu.edu, or 860 832-2771 or Special Collections at 860 832-2085.
Try out the new scanner on the 1st Floor!
Have you ever needed to copy an article for a paper, but had no money for copies on your Blue chip?
Ever wished you could email yourself that article, or save it to a USB drive?
Would you have liked to have a copy of the photograph or image in that article?
Well now you can! The library has just acquired a Book Scan Station touch screen scanner for use on the 1st floor. This scanner uses touch screen technology to scan books, photos, journals, etc. right to your USB drive. You can also email the files to yourself. You can scan files into searchable pdf, jpeg, tiff, word, or excel documents. And save paper and money while you’re doing it! The scanner is very simple to use, and has screen by screen directions to follow.
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
A new display in recognition of Domestic Violence Month is currently on the 2nd floor of the Burritt Library.
In addition there will be a program held in Special Collections (on the 2nd floor) on October 11th from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. Leah Fosse , from the Prudence Crandall Center will be speaking at this event.
On October 13th there will be a candlelight vigil held at the Prudence Crandall Center in New Britain, CT, located at 594 Burritt St. The “Silent no more” candlelight vigil will begin at 6 p.m. with light refreshments, and continue at 6:30 with the program.
Polish Movie Posters!
On display at the Burritt Library beginning October 5th, a collection of beautiful 20th century Polish movie posters:
Eleven beautiful 20th Century Polish Posters are on display in the 2nd floor exhibit cases facing the balcony on the 2nd floor of the library. The posters were selected from a large donation of Polish art posters which the Polish Heritage Collection had received last year from Mr. Alexander Koproski, Stamford based businessman, philanthropist, and a long-time supporter of Polish Studies at CCSU.
www.flickr.com
|
Digital National Security Archive Now Available
Burritt Library has purchased the Digital National Security Archive from Proquest. The Archive contains the most comprehensive set of declassified government documents available. It includes 36 collections consisting of over 80,000 indexed documents. Each of these collections, compiled by top scholars and experts, exhaustively covers the most critical world events, countries, and U.S. policy decisions from post World War II through the 21st century.
Banned Books Week 2011!
Celebrate Banned Books Week! Read Your Favorite Banned Book!
From September 24th til October 1st
According to the American Library Association:
Banned Books Week (BBW) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment. Held during the last week of September, Banned Books Week highlights the benefits of free and open access to information while drawing attention to the harms of censorship by spotlighting actual or attempted bannings of books across the United States.
Intellectual freedom—the freedom to access information and express ideas, even if the information and ideas might be considered unorthodox or unpopular—provides the foundation for Banned Books Week. BBW stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of unorthodox or unpopular viewpoints for all who wish to read and access them.
The books featured during Banned Books Week have been targets of attempted bannings. Fortunately, while some books were banned or restricted, in a majority of cases the books were not banned, all thanks to the efforts of librarians, teachers, booksellers, and members of the community to retain the books in the library collections. Imagine how many more books might be challenged—and possibly banned or restricted—if librarians, teachers, and booksellers across the country did not use Banned Books Week each year to teach the importance of our First Amendment rights and the power of literature, and to draw attention to the danger that exists when restraints are imposed on the availability of information in a free society.
For more info visit: http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek/index.cfm or visit the display on the 2nd floor of the library!
