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December 05, 2022
Puzzle Lending Library
The Science Library is ready for the Love Our Libraries - Circulation! event on Dec. 5. Stop in to see the new puzzles available for checkout and enjoy the festive decorations. Borrow a book or two while you're at it - perhaps something from the popular science collection to see you through the winter break and Winter Term.... Continue Reading
November 22, 2022
Keith Allen Pop-up Book Talk and Signing
Keith Allen is a professional designer, illustrator and paper engineer from Cleveland, Ohio with fifteen years professional experience in product design at the greeting card company, American Greetings. He ventured into self-publishing four years ago with the launch of a successful pop-up book that he created with two very... Continue Reading
November 07, 2022
Monthly Library Tours
Do you have questions about the library? Have you ever wondered where the best study spots are, or why the books are arranged like that? All four library branches, Archives and Special Collections, are now offering monthly tours to answer your questions. Terrell Main Library (Mudd Center), 2nd Tuesdays @ 12:30 Clarence Ward... Continue Reading
October 24, 2022
Making the Hidden Discoverable: The Story of the Mysterious Arabic Collection
Mary Church Terrell Main Library has been home to a collection of Arabic books that arrived at Oberlin in the 1970s. They found a new home in Mudd’s basement, where they swam in layers of dust until 2020, when they were excavated by the librarians. They found stacks of black or green leather-bound books; the occasional... Continue Reading
October 19, 2022
The Clarence Ward Art Library Celebrates Halloween and El Día de los Muertos
October finds the Art Library decked out in Halloween decorations and our student staff has put together a display of books on “The Art of Death".Two of our favorites are: Romancing the Skull: Romancing the skull' is not about Death: it is about Bones - head bones. It looks at the skull in art, asking the question... Continue Reading
October 10, 2022
"Plundering Antiquity: How Aegina Lost Her Marbles," a Lecture by Professor Zoe Kontes (Kenyon Colle
Oberlin College Classics Department presents "Plundering Antiquity: How Aegina Lost Her Marbles," a lecture by Professor Zoe Kontes (Kenyon College).Wednesday, October 12, 2022, 4:30PM-5:30PM. Moffet Auditorium (Room 050), Mudd Center.This lecture is a part of programming for the "Welcome to Aegina" exhibit on display in... Continue Reading
September 27, 2022
Freedom's Friends History Walk
September 29, 6:00 PMFirst Church in Oberlin, 106 N. Main St., Oberlin, OH 44074Hear stories about Oberlin’s most famous freedom seekers and people known to have helped them make their way to freedom on this 90-minute neighborhood walking tour. Led by Oberlin Heritage Center. Tour repeats at this location on Saturday... Continue Reading
September 26, 2022
Sara Lucy Bagby Historical Reenactment
This live, historical re-enactment will portray Sara Lucy Bagby, the last slave to be prosecuted as a runaway after the Fugitive Slave Act. She made it all the way to Cleveland, Ohio, before being sent back into slavery. Meet Sara Lucy Bagby Tuesday, Sept. 27 at 4:30 PM. Oberlin Public Library, 65 S. Main St., Oberlin, OH... Continue Reading
September 25, 2022
From the College Librarian: New Perspectives
Welcome to a new perspective on Library Perspectives, the newsletter of the Oberlin College Libraries. We have redesigned the 31-year-old newsletter, moved it to an e-format, and increased its frequency from biennial to triennial. Otherwise, it remains a trusted source for news and updates from the Oberlin College Libraries... Continue Reading
September 25, 2022
Jeremy Denk ‘90 to Speak at Annual Friends Dinner
World-renowned concert pianist Jeremy Denk will speak at the 2022 Annual Friends of the Oberlin College Libraries Dinner and Meeting. Mr. Denk, a proud and pride-inspiring alumnus of the Oberlin Conservatory, is also the author of a New York Times best-selling memoir, Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story, in Music... Continue Reading