Got Books?
Looking to expand your personal library? This year’s Annual Book Sale, hosted on the first floor of the Leatherby Libraries, is the perfect opportunity to explore books and other materials to add to your collection. The book sale includes more than just academic works – you’ll have plenty of subjects to explore, including history, politics,
Science Meets Art
Artiscopic Cellular Art is a new art exhibition that merges the visual arts with the science under a microscope. Artiscopic is the first art exhibition to be held at the Rinker Health Science Campus in Irvine, CA, and is currently on display in the Health Sciences Study Commons. The Leatherby Libraries is excited to partner
My One and Only
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
New Materials for February
Start off the spring semester right with some new books. Celebrate Chinese New Year by reading up on the Film history of Chinese minorities. Need some sheet music? Try Quartet in one movement. Did you know that we have a selection of children’s books in the education library? Check out two of our newest acquisitions:
Spring Orientation 2018
The Leatherby Libraries is excited to welcome new students this spring semester! Throughout Spring Orientation 2018 students learned more about upcoming library events, explored library resources, and joined us for an afternoon tour. At the Resource Fair, students and parents stopped by the library table to learn about events and opportunities such as our Annual
"The Bard on Campus"
The Bard on Campus is a new display in the Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives that commemorates the long history of Shakespeare on the Chapman University campus. On display are photographs and programs highlighting the work of Henry Kemp-Blair, who started the Henry Kemp-Blair Shakespeare Festival in the 1960s and Tom
A Library Display Celebrating Interstices 2018
Are you ready for Interstices 2018? The library is! This year’s panel event presented by Wilkinson College, Beyond Human: Emotion and AI, will take place on Tuesday, February 13 at 7 p.m. and will explore how we are coming to terms with AI, the possibilities of this technology, how humans are being changed by the presence
New Materials for January
Happy 2018! Welcome in the new year with a new read or DVD. Watch a foreign film en francais (English subtitles included) or find out what Harry Potter has been up to since his days at Hogwarts. Into theater but don’t have time to commit to a full-length play? Chose one (or more) from 105
Reading Revamp Exhibition at the Leatherby Libraries
We’re often told that we “cannot judge a book by its cover”, but that’s not always true. Especially not when it comes to the elaborate book jackets created by Professor Rachelle W. Chuang’s graphic design students. These students participated in a rigorous process to research, redesign, and physically produce two conceptually different book jackets for
Interstices 2018 Book Club Hosted by the Leatherby Libraries
In collaboration with Wilkinson College’s Interdisciplinary Series, Interstices 2018: Beyond Human, the Leatherby Libraries invites you to participate in a book club on The Positronic Man by Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg. Join us as we celebrate the 25th anniversary of this novel by discussing the work of these seminal science fiction writers to examine