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Last week, the Leatherby Libraries launched its brand-new newsletter. The newsletter, which will be sent out every other month, provides readers with a summary of recent and upcoming events in the Leatherby Libraries, as well as giving insight into the inner workings of the library. The first issue included a message from Dean Charlene Baldwin,
New Materials for September
School is back in session, and the Leatherby Libraries added great new reads. Explore the history of Disney’s past female artists in Ink & Paint: The Women of Walt Disney’s Animation, and take a further look into art practices in Study On Chinese Traditional Theory Of Artistic Style. The New Materials display is located behind
Exploring the magic of the Leatherby Libraries: Introduction
It’s officially been an entire year since I started working at the Leatherby Libraries as a Student Assistant for the Marketing and events team in Library Administration. Coming to Chapman University as a transfer student, I had a vague idea of what the campus had to offer. I toured once before and immediately felt like
Back to School! An informative display to help with college success
Each August, students say goodbye to the summer and their families as they prepare for the upcoming school year. First there is O-week and the inauguration of the incoming students, and as soon as we know it, our names are being called by the professor in our first class. Starting the new year can be
Fashionables Terrace Now Open to Students Study in the sunshine!
Fabulous news, Panthers! In response to many requests for outdoor library studying space, we have opened up the Fashionables Terrace to students who want to enjoy the fresh air as they study. Located on the 4th floor of the Leatherby Libraries (when you come out of the elevators, make a hard left turn to find
Welcome to the New School Year, Panthers! 2019-2020 Begins
This week marked the opening of a new academic year. Classes are back in session, friends are re-connecting across campus, and the Starbucks is busy again. The Leatherby Libraries helped welcome a whole new crop of Panthers to the Chapman University community last week as a part of Fall Orientation 2019. We connected with first
One More Year of Community of Readers is in the Books!
Chapman’s summer reading program, Community of Readers (CoR), is twelve years strong and has reached a milestone of 1,720 titles reviewed since its initial program kickoff in 2007. Back then, 18 eager participants from across campus dove into 90 book titles, including some from President Emeritus Doti’s summer reading list. Concluding in August, CoR 2019
Kids of the Black Hole: The First Two Decades of Punk in Orange County New exhibit in Special Collections draws crowds
A somewhat unusual audience crowded the fourth floor lobby of the Leatherby Libraries Saturday evening, chatting, enjoying refreshments on the terrace, and, most importantly, taking turns making their way through the Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections & Archives. The crowd, made up mostly of current and former “scenesters” (people associated with a particular
New Materials for August
The summer break is over, and students prepare to return or begin at Chapman! Why not catch up on some reading or check out a new DVD? Also take a look at The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds, which explores the workings of the human mind two fascinating individuals so fundamentally different
California in the World Wars A new exhibit in the Center for American War Letters Archives
In the first half of the twentieth century, the world went to war twice. Nations around the globe found themselves embroiled in conflict, and that destruction was felt on a very individual level. Americans took part in the fighting, and the diversity of American culture, across state boundaries, allows the Center for American War Letters