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
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
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
Founded in 1968, Town & Gown at Chapman University is a group of community members, business leaders, alumni, parents and grandparents of Chapman students, Chapman faculty and staff, and other friends of the university, all committed to fostering a collegial spirit integrating the campus into the surrounding community, as well as providing scholarships for deserving
Planning to do any beach reading this summer? Think you’ll use your downtime to catch up on classic novels, or even graphic novels? Join the Community of Readers (CoR) and earn prizes as you read! The Leatherby Libraries has hosted Community of Readers for eleven years now. The program is open to anyone with a Leatherby Libraries account – that includes
This Monday, members of the Leatherby Libraries and Chapman University community gathered to celebrate the winners of the Kevin and Tam Ross Undergraduate Research Prize. Kevin Ross, Associate Dean of the Leatherby Libraries, and his wife Tam, have been sponsoring this contest for a number of years. Kevin and Tam see information literacy as a
On Wednesday, May 1st, an audience gathered in the Center for American War Letters Archives to hear the second annual John and Margaret Class Lecture. Kenneth Karmiole, Santa Monica-based rare bookseller, had come to talk about a unique book he’d picked up at a book fair a few years back. What started out as an
On Saturday, April 27th, the Attallah College of Educational Studies hosted their 4th Annual Education and Ethnic Studies Summit. The theme of this year’s summit was “Ethnic Studies Community Movements: From Resistance to Policy.” As a part of the summit, the Leatherby Libraries hosted a reception celebrating the opening of an art exhibition by students
The Leatherby Libraries will be open 24 hours each day during the last two weeks of the semester: Open from Sunday, May 5, 2019 at 8 a.m. and will not close until Friday, May 17, 2019 at 10 p.m. During the late night hours, the following services will be available: circulation services, bookable study rooms, and print/copy
The first week of April marked Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week at Chapman University. Here at the Leatherby Libraries, we celebrated our graduate and professional students in style, all week long! Beginning Monday morning, our Reference desk was all dressed up, giving out cookies and library gifts in honor of grad students. And right