The Leatherby Libraries is pleased to offer access to the Essentials in DEI and Accessibility collection of ebooks from Elgar Online. This collection includes 46 titles on a wide range of topics and is written by geographically and ideologically diverse authors that have stood the test of time. Also available are over 100 open access
The Leatherby Libraries presented a display in honor of Native and African-American vocalist, songwriter, composer, and educator Martha Redbone’s visit to campus. Redbone presented Bone Hill, an interdisciplinary musical theater work. Bone Hill is inspired by four generations of singer-songwriters in Martha Redbone’s family in the hills of coal-mining Appalachia. Traditional Cherokee chants, bluegrass, blues,
Starting this year, President Joe Biden issued a historic proclamation recognizing National Arab American Heritage Month (NAAHM) for April. In honor of this proclamation, the Leatherby Libraries presents a display celebrating National Arab American Heritage Month. This display celebrates the Arab American culture, heritage, and experience and pays tribute to the contributions of Arab Americans
Universities and colleges celebrate Pride Month every April, including Chapman University. In conjunction with Campus Pride Month, the Leatherby Libraries is pleased to offer access to the LGBT Magazine Archive from ProQuest. LGBT Magazine Archive traces the history and evolution of myriad aspects of LGBT history and culture, including legal contexts, health, politics, social attitudes,
The Leatherby Libraries presents a display celebrating César Chávez Day, celebrated on March 31, 2023. This display honors César Chávez’s legacy as an educator, environmentalist, and civil rights leader. It includes publications such as Jacques E. Levy’s Cesar Chávez : autobiography of La Causa and Robert L. Holmes and Barry L. Gan’s Nonviolence in theory
The Leatherby Libraries is hosting a semester-long display in conjunction with the upcoming conference Motherhood to motherhoods: Ideologies of ‘The Feminine’ from Friday, April 28 – Sunday, April 30, 2023. This conference is hosted by Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Diversity and Development Libarian Essraa Nawar will participate as a panelist in
The Leatherby Libraries presents a display on Martin Luther King Jr. to start the new year! This display honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his nonviolent efforts to resist racial segregation in the United States. The display includes books such as I Have A Dream by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Dear Dr. King: Letters
On Friday, November 4, 2022, the Leatherby Libraries and Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion celebrated the launch of the Black Book Nook on the first floor of the library. The Black Book Nook Collection fosters education and community engagement with Black history, thought, literature, and culture. The Black Book Nook currently has over 250
The Leatherby Libraries is pleased to announce access to a new database called LGBTQ+ Rights from HeinOnline that is part of the Social Justice Suite. This database “charts the gay rights movement in America, showing the civil rights codified into law in the 20th and 21st centuries as well as the inequalities that still exist
The Leatherby Libraries is participating in the I AM CHAPMAN campaign by featuring a rotating photography collection of Chapman students located in the Leatherby Libraries Hall of Art. According to the campaign’s website, I AM CHAPMAN is designed to explore and affirm the different identities reflected in the Chapman University student population. By participating in