On Sunday, November 4th, Chapman hosted the Quartetto di Cremona, a quartet of musicians from Italy. Since its formation in 2000, the quartet has grown to be one of the most exciting chamber ensembles on the international stage. Quartetto di Cremona is an ambassador for the international “Friends of Stradivari” project. Regularly, the quartet
Before I started working at the Leatherby Libraries as a student assistant, my concept of libraries was quite simple. I looked at libraries as institutes that circulate books, articles, journals, and any other form of educational documents. That was it. That’s all that I thought libraries did. I was exponentially mistaken. While at its core,
Fall 2018 marks the opening of the Keck Center for Science and Engineering at Chapman University. This new state of the art facility is now the home to the Schmid College of Science and Technology majors on campus. With the new addition to our campus, I felt like making a science related display for
Chapman’s summer reading program, Community of Readers (CoR), is eleven years strong and just reached a milestone of 1,550 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. This year’s CoR program reached record heights. Concluding in August, CoR 2018
Continuing its trend of exponential growth, Chapman University Digital Commons has reached its biggest milestone to date, surpassing 500,000 cumulative downloads! Launched in August 2014, the Digital Commons is home to over 18,000 pieces of faculty and student scholarship, archives, and other creative materials developed by the Chapman community. This repository provides authors with a
Join the Leatherby Libraries for a morning lecture on the History of Pop-Up and Movable Books on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 from 10 – 11:30 a.m. As the inaugural lecture of the John and Margaret Class Lecture Series, Margaret Class will discuss this unique genre of interactive books, and will showcase some of her collection
Expanding Imagination: The Art of Pop-up and Movable Books A selection of pop-up and movable books from the Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives curated by Rand Boyd and Briana Bohn. This exhibition highlights pieces by Robert Sabuda and Vojtěch Kubašta, and includes an early piece by Lothar Meggendorfer! Exhibition Dates: April
The phrase “my one and only” or the acronym O.A.O. was often used by soldiers during the Second World War to describe their sweethearts back on the home front. The phrase signifies the love and adoration these couples felt toward each other, and can dictate the love between couples throughout all times of war. “My
Thanks to the generous support of the Crean College of Health and Behavioral Sciences and the School of Pharmacy, the Leatherby Libraries can now offer students, faculty, and staff in the health sciences access to one new database and upgraded access to an existing and valuable resource. UpToDate is a clinical support tool that synthesizes
Hear about how five writers came to do what they do. These writers offer advice about developing a career as a writer, words that are often, in turns, encouraging, philosophical, and sensible. Tuesday, April 11, 2017 • 3:00 p.m. Bush Conference Center, Beckman 404 Writers: Michael Connelly is the author of twenty-nine novels and one