Events - Fostering a Conversation from Awareness to Acceptance Archive - Leatherby Libraries

Autism Acceptance: A Photographic Exhibition Opening Reception and Panel Discussion Fostering a Conversation from Awareness to Acceptance

February 14, 2024 by Kalea Brown | Exhibits and Displays

Join us on Wednesday, February 28, 2024, to celebrate the grand opening of the Acceptance photographic exhibit by Chapman University lecturer Bernie Dickson. This event will be in the Doy and Dee Henley Reading Room on the second floor of the Leatherby Libraries. Dickson curated Acceptance: A Step to Promote Awareness and Understanding of Autism after being inspired by her family’s

Love Data? We Do! A Celebration of All Things Data 6 Ways to Celebrate Love Data Week, Feb. 12-16, 2024

February 1, 2024 by Essraa Nawar | Events

Hosted by ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research) at the University of Michigan, International Love Data Week is a celebration of all things data that seeks to bring people together to learn, appreciate, and have fun with data. Credit: Image provided. All Rights Reserved. Love Data Week 2024 February 12-16, 2024 #LoveData24 The 2024 theme is

The Art of Japneet Kaur The Art of Japneet Kaur Created in Collaboration with Sikhlens

November 15, 2023 by Alyssa Castanon | Exhibits and Displays

Thanks to the Sikhlens Foundation, the Leatherby Libraries is proud to host the landmark exhibition The Art of Japneet Kaur. Currently on view through January 2024 in the Leatherby Libraries’ Hall of Art on the first floor. The pieces in this exhibition were created by Japneet Kaur, a Sikh woman raised in Punjab. The art in

Secret Chapman Artists Showcase Their Work The Chapman University Staff Art Exhibit Returns from Hiatus

September 5, 2023 by Vesper North | Exhibits and Displays

Thanks to art, instead of seeing a single world, our own, we see it multiply until we have before us as many worlds as there are original artists. —Marcel Proust How often do you get to know your coworkers? Not the ones you lunch with, but those you say “hello” to out of custom. How

Join the Leatherby Libraries Community of Readers Program The 15th Annual Event Starts June 5

May 31, 2023 by Caylin Schmenk | Events

The Leatherby Libraries is excited to announce that a long-beloved tradition is returning in person and virtually this summer! The 15th annual Community of Readers (CoR) starts June 5, 2023, and ends August 17, 2023. Not only will this program help you complete your reading challenge on Goodreads, but you can also earn book-themed prizes!

Music Comes to Life at the Malloy Performance Portico Library hosts guitar recital for students and faculty

May 25, 2023 by Caylin Schmenk | Events

Twice a year, Professor Daniel De Arakal’s guitar students perform at the Malloy Performance Portico in the Leatherby Libraries. This musical tradition started back in 2015 and gives students the opportunity to practice their music performance skills for a live audience. The Chair of Research and Instructional Services and Performing Arts Librarian, Taylor Greene, helps

The Black Book Nook Fostering education and community engagement with Black history, thought, literature, and culture

December 15, 2022 by Caylin Schmenk | Exhibits and Displays

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

Leatherby Libraries hosts a Research Data Management Online Workshop An ACRL Virtual Off-RoadShow sponsored by the Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium (SCELC)

October 3, 2022 by Essraa Nawar | News

Research data management has emerged as a need among academic researchers, and liaison librarians are building skills in response. This fall, the Leatherby Libraries will be hosting a workshop – funded through the SCELC Project Initiatives Fund (SPIF)- from the ACRL’s Virtual Roadshow series, “Building Your Research Data Management Toolkit: Integrating RDM into Your Liaison

Leatherby Libraries Librarians Lead Series of Open Educational Resources Workshops

October 19, 2021 by Rachel Karas | Events

Beginning Friday, October 22nd, at 3:00 p.m., Leatherby Libraries librarians Doug Dechow and Kristin Laughtin-Dunker will be leading a series of five webinar workshops on Open Educational Resources (OER). This series, aimed at Chapman University faculty, will explore the pedagogical possibilities and cost-saving potential of OER, a topic that Doug and Kristin have presented on

New E-books Available for Summer Reading

July 20, 2021 by Rachel Karas | Resources

It’s hard to believe it, but the 2021 Virtual Community of Readers is halfway over! Cheryl Baltes from the School of Education won a devilishly hard-looking puzzle featuring famous first lines of literature at our first meeting on July 1st, and the winner of the raffle at our July 29th meeting will take home a