Cornfield Mickey Corn Kernels
Students studying in either of the Jack and Belle Lindquist Dream Rooms (313 and 314), in the Edgar and Libby Pankey Library of Education on the third floor of the Leatherby Libraries may have noticed a new and unusual display hanging between the two rooms: a jar of corn kernels! No, these kernels aren’t for
Black History Matters: A Display Honoring African History
I was 19 years old when I first learned of Patrice Lumumba. Lumumba was a revolutionary individual who became the first Prime Minister of the independent Democratic Republic of Congo, helping to liberate his people from Belgian oppression. Up until this point, I had little knowledge of African history at all. African history is something
International Holocaust Remembrance Day and Holocaust Research Resources
Seventy-five years have passed since the Soviet Army liberated the Auschwitz concentration camp, a place where more than one million innocent people were killed, including Jews, Roma, Jehovah’s Witnesses, the disabled, and others targeted by the Nazi regime. On January 27, the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we commemorate the victims of persecution whose lives were
New! Digital Object Identifiers in Chapman University Digital Commons
For the last five years, Chapman University Digital Commons has served as an open access repository for the research, scholarship, and creative activity of the Chapman community, helping the university collect, store, and showcase these works to readers around the globe. We are happy to now expand these services by creating Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs)
New Databases from the Leatherby Libraries
The Leatherby Libraries are happy to have recently acquired or expanded access to several new resources this month: New! Progress in Brain Research This book series from Elsevier provides extensive documentation of advances in neuroscience. It includes many authoritative reviews and original articles by specialists on topics related to neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neuropharmacology, neuroendocrinology, neuropathology, basic
Welcome to 2020, Panthers!
Happy New Year, Panthers, and welcome to 2020! For those of you who are enrolled in Interterm classes this year, or just happen to be on campus this month and need a quiet place to study and relax, the Leatherby Libraries is open. Our Interterm hours are Monday through Friday 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.,
New Materials for January
Happy New Year! If you are taking a break from school or beginning the Interterm, stop by the library to take a look at the new materials. For food and tea lovers out there, learn more about its history and current struggles in The taste of empire: how Britain’s quest for food shaped the modern
Growing Up Punk: A Panel
In celebration of the last weeks of the exhibit “Kids of the Black Hole: The First Two Decades of Punk in Orange County,” the Leatherby Libraries held a panel on Thursday, December 5th, giving voice to women who grew up in the punk scene of Southern California. Stacy Russo, who led the panel, is the
Investigating Resources at the Leatherby Libraries: Resources for Film Students
Film students at the Dodge College of Film & Media Arts have a unique course of education with projects demanding special requirements in comparison to other majors. At the Leatherby Libraries, it is essential to offer everything possible for students of all majors, even those in Dodge. As a Dodge student myself, I have found
Demystifying Academic Librarianship: Collection Development
So far, all of the blogs in this series explaining the work that academic librarians do has focused on face-to-face interactions between librarians and students, faculty, and other visitors, whether that’s in the classroom, at the Reference Desk, or in the librarian’s office for an IRC. This final post in the series, however, focuses on