News
Here are the latest news items from the Oberlin College Libraries. Also watch our social media channels for updates about our resources, services and programs.

May 24, 2022
Celebrating Our 2022 Graduating Student Employees
Above image: Wood engraving of Keyes D. Metcalf by Eric May The end of the spring semester is approaching, which sadly means we will soon have to say goodbye to our graduating student employees. The support these hard-working students provide helps us maintain our outstanding services for the Oberlin Community. Today we will... Continue Reading

May 14, 2022
SWAP Co-Op Book Drive: May 14-28
SWAP Book Co-Op is having a donation drive May 14-28! Want to donate your class-required books so others can use them next semester? Here's how:1. Find bins in ANY campus library2. Come to Book SWAP from 2-4pm on Saturdays in the Tank Basement Continue Reading

May 10, 2022
Hearing Homophony, or, How to Listen to the Future
Megan Kaes Long, Associate Professor of Music Theory, Oberlin College & Conservatory Presented by the Friends of the Oberlin College Libraries Friday, May 20, 2022 | 4:30 PMStudioc, 38 E College St., Oberlin, OH 44074Free and open to the publicMasks required indoorsLive transcription / captioning will be availableThe... Continue Reading

May 10, 2022
Tiny Ref Desk Concert, The Singing Crows @ noon May 13
Come hear some music. Amina Knapp & Max Ball (Violins). Felix Veser (Viola), and Daniel Knapp (Cello) will play Ligeti String Quartet No. 1 “Metamorphoses Nocturnes” and Selections from The Danish String Quartet's "Woodworks and Last Leaf" at noon on Friday, May 13 at the Reference desk in the Conservatory... Continue Reading

May 03, 2022
Open Access Publishing Opportunities with Cambridge & Wiley
Thanks to OhioLINK, Oberlin faculty who are submitting articles to journals at Cambridge University Press or Wiley may choose the open access model at no expense. These deals are in effect through 2024 and 2023 respectively. Feel free to contact Academic Engagement & Digital Initiatives Coordinator Megan Mitchell... Continue Reading

April 29, 2022
Evolution of a Digital Art Resource: The Cranach Digital Archive
Join us for the 2022 Jantz Memorial Lecture given by Dr. Gunnar Heydenreich, director of the Cranach Digital Archive (CDA). CDA provides free online access to the art of German Renaissance painter Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553), his sons, and their workshop.Using digital techniques to reveal physical details of... Continue Reading

April 19, 2022
Celebrate National Park Week! Film Viewing in the Science Library
This Thursday, April 21 at 7pm, join the science library staff for a viewing of Our Great National Parks narrated by former President Barack Obama. See the trailer for this five-part docuseries at www.netflix.com/title/81086133. Attendance is limited to 30. Location: computer classroom, Science Library (N181 Science Center).... Continue Reading

April 18, 2022
Tiny Ref Desk Concert @ noon, 4/28, with Quintessence
Vist the Oberlin Conservatory Library at 12 noon (ET), April 28, 2022, either in person on Instagram @obieconlib, for a Tiny Ref Desk concert with the Quintessence woodwinds and horn quintet. Quintessence: Ben Smith, Flute; Jon Kronheimer, Oboe; Katelyn Poetker, Clarinet; Oved Rico, Horn; AJ Neubert, Bassoon Program: Wind... Continue Reading

April 16, 2022
Contribute! Anyone can be a citizen scientist during Citizen Science Month!
April is both Earth Month and Citizen Science Month - a great time to contribute to our understanding of life on Earth by identifying plants and animals around us. It's a lot of fun using the app iNaturalist. The Science Library has been using iNaturalist for a few years, under the name "obiescilib." Try it, or get involved in... Continue Reading

April 15, 2022
Library Tours
Have questions about the library? Feel like you don't understand our services or collections? Take a library tour, offered monthly at each branch (Terrell, Art, Conservatory, Science, Archives & Special Collections. Register Continue Reading