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October 2020
The advisory board works with the library to improve services, collections and programs. Join any time to give your feedback; email mbarber@hollins.edu if you’re interested.
Find out moreDon’t miss the library’s presentation at 11 am Friday, October 23: Professor Jennifer Oast, Chair of the Department of History at Bloomsburg University talks to University Librarian Luke Vilelle about her book Institutional Slavery: Slaveholding Churches, Schools, Colleges, and Businesses in Virginia, 1680-1860 (Cambridge University Press; 2016). Read the chapter “’Faithful and Valuable’: Slavery at Hampden-Sydney College,
Find out moreJanuary 2021
Come join the library’s Karen Ryan and Coleman Holth as they run a virtual tabletop role-playing game on Roll20.net. Get out of reality for a while and dive into a whole new one where YOU are one of the main characters! Players will meet every Wednesday (January 6, 13, 20, 27) during J-Term to play.
Find out moreThe Battle Against Lyme Disease & Beyond: The Fascinating Intersection of Ecology and Public Health Liz Gleim, Biology & Environmental Sciences in the Faculty Authors & Achievers Spotlight Series Join this virtual event. The Faculty Authors & Achievers series begins with a presentation by Liz Gleim, Hollins’ “tick lady”! Often referred to as "the tick lady"
Find out moreJoin the virtual workshop. Have fun in this interactive workshop where you’ll learn about zines and have the option to make a collaborative zine. Short for “fanzine” or “magazine”, zines are short handmade publications that can be about anything! Pre-registration is not required. Image: Zines at Tūranga by Donna Robertson, from the collection of Christchurch
Find out moreTo Be Black and a Mother: The Significance of Black Mothers’ Racial Socialization Practices Jennifer Turner, Sociology, in the Faculty Authors & Achievers Spotlight Series Join this virtual event. The Faculty Authors & Achievers series shifts to Sociology with its second presentation, from assistant professor Jennifer Turner. Racial socialization, or the practice of talking to one’s
Find out moreFilmmaker in Academe: Producing Films Large and Small Amy Gerber-Stroh, Film, in the Faculty Authors & Achievers Spotlight Series Join this virtual event. Faculty Authors & Achievers series week 3: Amy Gerber-Stroh will discuss the unique dynamics of being a film professor and film producer. She will also talk about her latest film Do Cell
Find out moreWatch the film on Kanopy, then join us Friday 1/22 at 7:30 p.m. for the discussion on Zoom. (sign up for the discussion) Libraries are places of…..Community. Scholarship. Exploration. Democracy. Frederick Wiseman’s brilliant documentary Ex Libris invites you into the New York Public Library, the largest library system in the US. NYPL’s programs serve a
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