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April 01, 2024
Check It Out: "T" Call Numbers In the Art Library
Image from Sandstone Center of the World by James A. Hieb In Library of Congress classification, the T section, which is divided into 16 subclasses, is where materials about technology are classed. Many of those familiar with the Art Library will know that the TR section is where you will find books on photography, but did you... Continue Reading

March 20, 2024
Terrell Main Library Closed During Spring Break
Due to spring break and ongoing work related to Oberlin’s Sustainable Infrastructure Program, Mudd Center will be closed from 8 p.m. on Friday, March 22 through Saturday, March 30. We will reopen on Sunday, March 31 at 7 p.m. Please pick up all OhioLINK/interlibrary loan items from the circulation desk and check out any... Continue Reading

March 07, 2024
Check It Out: Fashion Books In the Art Library
Cover of Shoes In Vogue Since 1910 by Christina Probert Fashion Materials A less visited area of the Clarence Ward Art Library is the large section of fashion books, located between GT 510 to around GT 2400. Ranging from vintage and antique styles, such as Baroque and Victorian, to contemporary fashion, these books explore... Continue Reading

February 23, 2024
First Annual Edible Book Festival to Kick Off
Edible Book Festival logo The Oberlin College Libraries and the Oberlin Public Library are joining forces to inaugurate the first annual Oberlin Edible Book Festival on Monday, April 1, 2024. Sponsored by each libraries’ Friends group, the event brings the community together through creative—and... Continue Reading

February 23, 2024
Azariah’s Café Gets a Facelift
Oberlin students with penny farthing bicycle Library staff, craftsmen, and even florists were hard at work over Winter Break to bring some much needed updating to Azariah’s Café in Terrell Library. The café is in the Library’s Periodical and New Book Room. Over the break, we had all the booths... Continue Reading

February 23, 2024
Friends Support Library Acquisitions
Spread of Robert Hooke's Micrographia A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed—and we are indeed grateful for the generous support that the Friends of Oberlin College Libraries provides for library acquisitions each year. This year we were able to purchase electronic access to: Klassiki, a streaming video platform focusing on... Continue Reading

February 23, 2024
Libraries’ Winter Term Courses – Teaching and Partnering
Student working on Winter Term project The College’s 2024 Winter Term included seven courses taught or supported by Library experts, many of which fulfill the practicum requirement for the Book Studies minor. Terrell Library Special Collections offered its Letterpress Intensive, experience-based instruction for students... Continue Reading

February 23, 2024
Digital Collaborative Receives Grant to Digitize Spanish Plays
Students working with Spanish play materials The Oberlin College Libraries received a small grant from the Pine Needles Foundation of New York, NY, to digitize selections from Terrell Library’s Special Collections holdings of Spanish plays (comedia sueltas) from the 17th- 20th century. The grant will be used to hire a... Continue Reading

February 23, 2024
Upcoming Events in the Libraries
Visitors at the 2023 Archives Reunion Exhibition March 6, 7-9pm in Terrell Special Collections: Medieval Manuscripts in a Digital Age with Emerson Morgan March 14, 7-9pm in Terrell Library: Jane’s Games: Card Games in Jane Austen, Robin Bates of St. Mary’s College, followed by an evening of playing the... Continue Reading

February 23, 2024
New Leadership for Friends of Oberlin College Libraries
Exterior of Mudd Center With the start of a new year, we welcome our new Friends of the Libraries officers and council members. Marilyn McDonald, professor emerita from the Conservatory and a prodigious book collector herself, is our new President. Alumna Ruth Spencer ’72 will serve as Vice President, and Noah Pollaczek... Continue Reading