Chicago History Portal Project

Columbia College Chicago is pleased to announce its participation in an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation-funded project to plan a portal to Chicago-focused historical collections in 14 area museums, universities, libraries, and other cultural institutions that make up the Chicago Collections Consortium (CCC). Mellon recently awarded $61,000 to the University of Illinois Board of Trustees on behalf of the University of Illinois at Chicago Library who is leading the effort.

The Chicago Collections Consortium, when complete, will provide a web portal to member collections through one single database. Member institutions include: University of Illinois at Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Park District, Chicago Public Library, Newberry Library and the Chicago History Museum.

Columbia College Chicago Library staff members, Kyle Henke and Kerri Willette will serve on two portal working groups to evaluate content, technology needs, functional requirements and implementation approaches. College Archivist, Heidi Marshall and Center for Black Music Head Librarian and Archivist, Suzanne Flandreau are also active participants in the project. For more information, The Chicago Sun Times recently wrote about the project, and you can read about it here.

Library featured in recent article

The Columbia College Chicago Library, is featured in an article about academic library marketing. The article, " Marketing Comes to Campus: Academic Libraries Learn to Blow Their Own Horns" appears in the August 2011 issue of ILA Reporter. Illinois State University is also featured.

The author, Elizabeth Neill, is currently a librarian at the Bellwood Public Library. She served as a volunteer in the Library for several weeks this spring due to her interest in library marketing, and especially our work at Columbia College Chicago. The article can be accessed here, and begins on page 4.

Library Representin' at New Student Orientation

The Columbia College Chicago Library is proud to be one of many organizations at New Student Orientation welcoming new students and their parents/guests to our community. This photo is of student Syrina Pulido, one of hundreds of attendees library staff have met during the past several weeks (notice her "I Love Reading" pencil/hair accessory received from our table).

Welcome to all of our new and returning students! We'll see you in just a few weeks, and are ready to help you with your library needs!

The Columbia Chronicle Collection

The Columbia Chronicle represents the most complete record of student life at Columbia College Chicago over the past four decades. Beginning as CC Writer in 1973, the Chronicle has won more than 400 national awards since 1995. Now, more than 700 past issues of the newspaper are available online at:
http://www.colum.edu/archives.

To celebrate the online launch of the Columbia Chronicle collection, stop by the Library, 624 S. Michigan Ave., first floor, and view a display highlighting historical issues.

The Library display runs through November 25, 2011.

VIDEO: The Language of War Panel

What language do we use to talk about war? How does this language affect our understanding of war and impact those who fight? On April 13 the Library hosted “The Language of War”, a panel discussion that included combat veterans and anti-war activists exploring these questions as part of The Big Read, featuring Tim O’Brien’s Vietnam War classic The Things They Carried.

The panelists were Pat Hunt, from the Chicago chapter of CodePink, Vietnam War combat veteran Barry Romo, Iraq War combat veteran Anthony Wagner, and Louis Silverstein, Distinguished Professor of Humanities at Columbia College Chicago as moderator and panelist. Some highlights:

Anthony Wagner

Barry Romo

Congratulations to Library Student Assistant Graduates!

A hearty congratulations to our library student assistants who will be graduating this weekend. We appreciate all of their hard work and efforts on behalf of the Library, and wish to recognize them. They are:

Access Services/AV

• Gustavo Bernal, Film & Video
• Gregory Frohbieter, Fiction Writing
• Zachary Kritzer, Music
• Robert Lord, Audio Arts & Acoustics
• Sean O’Boyle, Film & Video
• Brittany Rodgers, Journalism
• Isaiah Smalley, Fiction Writing
• Alex Stevens, Fine Arts
• Victoria Swanson, Film & Video
• Bianca Taylor, Fine Arts

Technical Services

• Periodicals Department: Emily Cummings, AEMM
• Acquisitions Department: Gavin Rehfeldt, Master's AEMM

Library Marketing, Outreach and Special Initiatives

• Mikayah Hocking-Fox, Master's AEMM
• Kelsey Lindsey, Photography (special note: Kelsey was also selected as a participant in the Teach for America program, and will be teaching secondary Special Education in Baton Rouge, LA this summer)

GOOD LUCK AND BEST WISHES TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS!

John Fischetti Exhibition - Library 1st Floor

View the display of works from Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist John Fischetti.

Located on the first floor of the Library, the exhibit showcases Fischetti’s political cartoons and sketches capturing his take on the Vietnam War. Held in conjunction with the Library’s Big Read programming for the book The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien and the College’s annual John Fischetti Editorial Cartoon Competition, the exhibit focuses on the US involvement in Vietnam from 1960 to 1975 and the various reactions to it in American culture.

Curated by Dominican University Library Science student, Jerica Copeny, and College Archives & Digital Collections staff member, Kris Lipkowski, the exhibit runs from March 30 through May 16, 2011.

Art in the Library Opening - Thurs, 3/31

Art in the Library Opening & Reception

Thursday, March 31, 2011, 5:00-7:00pm
Columbia College Chicago Library
624 S. Michigan Ave.
3rd Floor North

Join us - Thursday, March 31st, 2011 from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. for the Art in the Library Opening and Reception for the Spring 2011 Exhibition in 3rd floor north.
Light refreshments will be served.

Vision. Sound. Movement.

The Art in the Library program at Columbia College Chicago provides an open, supportive and inviting setting to showcase the talent and creativity of our own community of artists. Since its inception in 2002, Art in the Library has offered library visitors the opportunity to experience the rich cultural diversity and progressive attitudes which thrive in the Columbia environment.

Presenting the work of Columbia College Chicago students, faculty, staff and alumni, the Art in the Library program exhibits works in all forms of visual arts, including sculpture, painting, drawings, and paper and book arts. Exhibitions by different artists are shown quarterly on a rotating basis.

The Art in the Library Committee welcomes all Columbia College Chicago artists to submit work for consideration.

Please visit the Art in the Library website for more information including submission guidelines, artwork forms, and examples of current and former exhibits.

Friday, April 1 - Edible Books & Tea

Friday, April 1, 2011 marks the 12th Annual Edible Books & Tea, sponsored by the Center for Book & Paper Arts and the Library.

IT CAN LOOK LIKE A BOOK,
IT CAN ACT LIKE A BOOK,
IT CAN BE A PUN ON A BOOK...
THE ONLY RULE: IT MUST BE EDIBLE!

RSVP FOR BOOKMAKERS
Deadline: Friday, March 25th 2011 at 5pm
book&paper@colum.edu or 312.369.6630
Register!

Friday April 1, 2011 6-8pm
6–7pm Viewing & Voting
7–8pm Devouring Books
Winners will be announced by 7:30pm

Columbia College Chicago Library
624 South Michigan Ave.
3rd Floor—North
Chicago, IL 60605

Columbia College Chicago book launch March 29, 2011

Get your copy of Columbia College Chicago by R. Conrad Winke and Heidi Marshall, foreward by Warrick L. Carter, Ph.D. on March 21st, 2011.

Join us in the Library for the book launch on Tuesday, March 29th, 2001 from 6-8pm on the 3rd Floor North.

For more information about this forthcoming history of the College, visit the Books & Journals page.

15th Annual Story Week - March 13-18

From Sunday, March 13 through Friday, March 18, the Columbia College Chicago Fiction Writing Department presents its 15th Annual Story Week Festival of Writers: Class Acts.

This year's theme will spark discussion among Story Week participants about how issues of class manifest themselves in creative works and the rapidly changing world of publishing. It also reflects the high quality of writing from this year's featured guests.

As it has for the last 15 years, Story Week 2011 will offer six days jam-packed with readings, conversations with authors, panels, performances, and book signings at venues throughout Chicago—all free and open to the public. It is co-sponsored in part by the Chicago Public Library and Metro.

Story Week will once again present a diverse group of headliners who will read from and discuss their works. They are: Scottish-born Irvine Welsh, who grabbed the world's attention with his daring working-class fiction novel Trainspotting; Chicago-born Jennifer Egan, whose most recent book, A Visit from the Goon Squad, was named one of the top 10 books of 2010 by the New York Times; and Karen Tei Yamashita, National Book Award finalist and author of I Hotel, about the Yellow Power movement in 1970s San Francisco. Also lighting up the Story Week stage is Columbia College Chicago professor Audrey Niffenegger, acclaimed author of The Time Traveler's Wife, Her Fearful Symmetry, and the serialized graphic novel The Night Bookmobile. Goodman Theatre playwrights Regina Taylor (The Trinity River Plays) and Tanya Saracho (El Nogalar) will explore the collaborative nature of storytelling and the stage.

The complete Schedule of Events and Authors is available at the Story Week website: http://www.colum.edu/SpecialEvents/Story_Week/

Art in the Library Opening - Thurs, 2/10

Art in the Library Opening & Reception

Thursday, February 10th, 5:00-7:00pm
Columbia College Chicago Library
624 S. Michigan Ave.
3rd Floor North
Join us - Thursday, February 10th from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. for the Art in the Library Opening and Reception for the Winter 2011 Exhibition in 3rd floor north.
Light refreshments will be served.

Vision. Sound. Movement.

The Art in the Library program at Columbia College Chicago provides an open, supportive and inviting setting to showcase the talent and creativity of our own community of artists. Since its inception in 2002, Art in the Library has offered library visitors the opportunity to experience the rich cultural diversity and progressive attitudes which thrive in the Columbia environment.

Presenting the work of Columbia College Chicago students, faculty, staff and alumni, the Art in the Library program exhibits works in all forms of visual arts, including sculpture, painting, drawings, and paper and book arts. Exhibitions by different artists are shown quarterly on a rotating basis.

The Art in the Library Committee welcomes all Columbia College Chicago artists to submit work for consideration.
Please visit the Art in the Library website for more information including submission guidelines, artwork forms, and examples of current and former exhibits.

We've got your textbooks*

The Library has all required textbooks *over $40 on reserve in the Columbia College Chicago Library.

Reserve books are available for short-term check-out at the first floor Circulation Desk. They may be used in the library only. We ask that you return reserve items to the desk as soon as you have completed your assignment. An OASIS ID is required for check-out.

You can search for reserve books here.

A Course in Basic Copyright Principles

Whenever you create new artwork or scholarship, or use the work of others, copyright law touches you. If you would like to learn about the intersections of copyright law and creative practice, please consider enrolling in Basic Copyright Principles.

This noncredit course is designed especially for faculty, and will meet February 2 through 4, 2011. It is online in Moodle, so you can work at your own pace, in your own space. Copyright Basics includes brief readings and activities intended to introduce you to copyright law and related resources.

Topics include:

• What copyright protects

• Who owns copyright

• The duration of copyright protection

• The rights included in copyright

• Exceptions to copyright, with a focus on fair use

• How to seek permission to use a work protected by copyright

• The Creative Commons as an alternative to copyright protection

• Services provided by the Columbia College Library that help you to comply with copyright law

If you have questions or wish to enroll, please contact Maryam Fakouri at mfakouri@colum.edu. Enrollment is limited to 15 participants. We look forward to hearing from you!

Please note: you will need a Moodle user account to participate. If you do not have a Moodle account, you can create one by following these steps. (Faculty user accounts are automatically created when a course is placed into the Moodle platform.) Please establish your account by January 28, 2011 to allow time for processing.

FREE Hot Beverages in the Library during Finals!

We know that you are busily working on final projects and papers, and studying for final exams. So, if you need that extra boost of caffeine, your friends at the Library are ready to assist.

FREE hot Caribou Coffee, as well as assorted teas and hot cocoa will be available during Finals Week from Monday, December 13 through Thursday, December 16 from 4:00pm-9:00pm.

The staff of the Columbia College Chicago Library wish you the best during finals. Good luck and see you in January!

The Last Librarian Roadshow of 2010!

Need research tips and tricks as you write? Our fearless librarian road warriors will be in the Learning Studio on Thursday, December 2, Noon-2pm. Don't miss them on their final excursion of 2010!

Expanded Friday Hours for Finals

Library hours expand on the last three Fridays of the semester!

In response to student suggestions for later hours during finals, the Columbia College Chicago Library will be open later on the last three Fridays of the fall 2010 semester.

Hours will be expanded to 8pm for the following dates:

• Friday, December 3rd

• Friday, December 10th

• Friday, December 17th

David Plowden Presentation and Book Signing, Wednesday, 12/01/10

Join us in the Library as we welcome renowned photographer, David Plowden for a presentation about his work followed by light refreshments and a signing of his latest book, Requiem for Steam: The Railroad Photographs of David Plowden published by W.W. Norton & Company.

The event will be held on Wednesday, December 1st from 6:00-8:00pm, 3rd Floor North, in the Library. We are located at 624 S. Michigan Ave. The lecture begins promptly at 6:00pm followed by the reception and book signing at 7:00pm.

David Plowden is the author of more than twenty photography books, including: Bridges: The Spans of North America, Vanishing Point: Fifty Years of Photography, and A Handful of Dust: Disappearing America. He is the subject of the Emmy award-winning documentary, David Plowden: Light, Shadow and Form, narrated by Bill Kurtis.

Art in the Library Opening Thurs, Nov. 18, 5-7pm

Art in the Library Opening & Reception

Thursday, November 18, 5:00-7:00pm
Columbia College Chicago Library
624 S. Michigan Ave.
3rd Floor North


Join us - Thursday, September 23rd, from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. for the Art in the Library Opening and Reception for the Fall 2010 Exhibition in 3rd floor north.
Light refreshments will be served.

Vision. Sound. Movement.

The Art in the Library program at Columbia College Chicago provides an open, supportive and inviting setting to showcase the talent and creativity of our own community of artists. Since its inception in 2002, Art in the Library has offered library visitors the opportunity to experience the rich cultural diversity and progressive attitudes which thrive in the Columbia environment.

Presenting the work of Columbia College Chicago students, faculty, staff and alumni, the Art in the Library program exhibits works in all forms of visual arts, including sculpture, painting, drawings, and paper and book arts. Exhibitions by different artists are shown quarterly on a rotating basis.

The Art in the Library Committee welcomes all Columbia College Chicago artists to submit work for consideration.
Please visit the Art in the Library website for more information including submission guidelines, artwork forms, and examples of current and former exhibits.

User Support is in the Library!

The Library is partnering with IT User Support to provide face-to-face technical help to Columbia students, faculty and staff.

An IT User Support specialist is on hand at the desk on the 2nd floor of the Library from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

Support is provided for:

• email,


• network,


• wireless, and


• software issues - such as OASIS or Moodle .

Assistance with hardware issues are not part of this service.

And, it is still possible to get answers to your technical problems by calling User Support at 312-369-7788 or by emailing User Support at UserSupport@colum.edu.

Friends of the Library Signature Showcase: An Evening with Nami Mun

Join the Friends of the Library as we welcome author and Columbia College Chicago Fiction Writing department faculty member, Nami Mun to read from her highly acclaimed novel, Miles from Nowhere and discuss her work as a writer. Miles of Nowhere will be available for purchase and Ms. Mun will sign copies after her presentation. This program is free and open to the public.

Tuesday, November 9, 2010 -- 6:00-8:00pm
Columbia College Chicago Library
624 S. Michigan Ave., 3rd Floor North

Vote - Tuesday, November 2nd

Do your civic duty and Vote!
Some resources to help you make an informed decision and some photos to inspire you to have your say:

• Locate polling place (Google voter info): maps.google.com/vote - 1st time voters need to bring a valid photo ID
  




• Print sample ballots for IL: http://illinois.evoter.com/
  
• Non-partisan judicial evaluations - voting for judges in IL: http://www.voteforjudges.org/
  



• Chicago Sun-Times Election 2010: http://www.suntimes.com/news/elections/index.html
• Chicago Tribune election center: http://elections.chicagotribune.com/
  

CANCELLED: Critical Encounters Student Exhibition and Reception

The Critical Encounters Student Exhibition and Opening Reception originally scheduled for Thursday, November 4, 2010 from 5:00-7:00pm in the Library has been cancelled.

Alumni on 5 Exhibition - Oct. 11 - March 1

Alumni on 5
Physicality & Virtuality
October 11, 2010 - March 1, 2011


IMAGE NOTES:
"Suspended Freedom"
by Dalia Amara (BFA '09)

The fall 2010 Alumni exhibition, Physicality & Virtuality, takes a look at Columbia College Chicago alumni work exploring the differences and overlap between the physical and the virtual in their art practices.

Congratulations to the following Alumni artists who's work has been accepted into the fall Alumni on 5 exhibition!

Dalia Amara (BFA '09)
Evy Briggs (BFA '08)
Bob Blinn (BA '73)
Valerie Burke (BA '76)
Kevin Cassidy (BFA '02)
Erin Cramer (MFA '09)
Larry Chait (BFA '02)
Craig Jobson (MFA '01)
Keisha Jordan (BFA '04)
Shellie Lewis (BA '10)
Rachel Muich (BA '07)
Joseph Panizzo (BFA '07)
Carolyn Otto Pavelkis (MFA 01)
Rebecca Reuland (BFA '04)
Nino Rodriguez (BA '05)
Erick Rowe (MFA '05)
Karol Shewmaker (MFA '09)
Michael Smith (BFA '03)
Sharon Okeefe Starkman (MA '83)
Liz Wuerffel (MA '06)


Shows organized and curated by:
Jodi Adams (B.A. '08) and
Stephen DeSantis (M.F.A. '08)

Contact us at submitalumni@colum.edu

Friends of Libraries Week!

Bill of Rights Vote

This year, as part of Columbia College's Constitution Day celebration, Columbia students voted for their favorite constitutional amendment. They threw overwhelming support (43% of the vote) to the First Amendment, which reads: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

Other winners were the Fourteenth Amendment guaranteeing civil rights (16%); the Nineteen Amendment granting voting rights for women (16%) and the Twenty-first Amendment repealing prohibition (12%). The remaining votes were divided nearly equally between the Second Amendment (the right to bear arms), the Thirteenth Amendment (the abolition of slavery), the Tenth Amendment (states’ rights) and the Eighteenth Amendment (prohibition of liquor).

Thank you to everyone who voted. See you next year at September 17th, when we once again celebrate the United States Constitution.

PS: For more information, see the Library’s research guide for government and law: http://libguides.colum.edu/governmentlaw, which includes a section about the U.S.Constitution.

Beyond the Panel: Chicago Women in Comics, Wed, Sept 29th, 6-8pm

Join the Columbia College Chicago Comics Club and the Library as three of Chicago's finest comic creators come together to share and discuss their work in the comic arts.

The panel will be held on Wednesday, September 29, 2010 from 6:00-8:00pm in the Columbia College Chicago Library, 624 S. Michigan Ave., 3rd Floor North. This panel is free and open to the public.

C. Spike Trotman, cartoonist of the web comic, Templar, AZ; Jill Thompson whose work ranges from the acclaimed adult series, The Sandman to the children's comic, Magic Trixie; and renaissance woman Audrey Niffenegger, creator of the new graphic novel, The Night Bookmobile. There will be an opportunity to purchase books by the artists at the end of the presentation.

Banned Books Week @ the Library, Sept 25 through Oct 2

Each year, the American Library Association promotes Banned Books Week, a week-long event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment. This year, Banned Books week is September 25 through October 2.

Held during the last week of September, Banned Books Week highlights the benefits of free and open access to information while drawing attention to the harms of censorship by spotlighting actual or attempted bannings of books across the United States.

Stop by the Library during Banned Books Week and pick up bookmarks and buttons showing your support of the freedom to read. Quantities are limited, so come early! Check out our display near the Library entrance to see a selection of books which have been challenged or banned in libraries-you might just be surprised!

Banned Books Week Read Out!

Join the American Library Association as they celebrate Banned Books Week by sponsoring a Read-Out on Saturday, September 25, 2010, from noon to 2:00 PM, in historic Bughouse Square (Washington Square Park), 901 N. Clark St., Chicago.

The Read-Out is an annual event to bring attention to books that have been banned and challenged in the United States. ALA President Roberta Stevens will welcome critically acclaimed and censored young adult author, Chris Crutcher, host of the event. Admission is FREE.

Some of the authors featured on the ten most frequently challenged books of 2009 will read from their work and share their experiences as targets of censors. The readings begin at noon and will be followed by book signings by all the authors in attendance from 2:00 to 3:00 PM.

A limited number of books will be given away for free to participating audience members.

Attendees

Confirmed censored authors:

Lauren Myracle (ttyl, ttfn, l8r g8r of the Internet Girl Series)

Tentatively scheduled censored authors:
Stephen Chbosky (Perks of Being a Wallflower)
Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell (And Tango Makes Three).

Local Chicago celebrities:

Rick Kogan, WGN's Sunday Papers
Elizabeth Taylor, Chicago Tribune

Performances by City Lit Theater Company

Sponsors

The American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom, the McCormick Foundation Civics Program, and the Newberry Library are proud to continue to sponsor this event.

Librarians @ the University Center

Do you live here?


The Library is there too!
A reference librarian will be at the University Center on
Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday evenings from 5-7pm all semester long.

Stop by Room 211 of the UCC with any questions and we'll be happy to help!

Art in the Library Opening & Reception - Thurs, 9/23

Art in the Library Opening & Reception

Thursday, September 23, 5:00-7:00pm
Columbia College Chicago Library
624 S. Michigan Ave.
3rd Floor North


Join us - Thursday, September 23rd, from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. for the Art in the Library Opening and Reception for the Fall 2010 Exhibition in 3rd floor north.
Light refreshments will be served.

Vision. Sound. Movement.

The Art in the Library program at Columbia College Chicago provides an open, supportive and inviting setting to showcase the talent and creativity of our own community of artists. Since its inception in 2002, Art in the Library has offered library visitors the opportunity to experience the rich cultural diversity and progressive attitudes which thrive in the Columbia environment.

Presenting the work of Columbia College Chicago students, faculty, staff and alumni, the Art in the Library program exhibits works in all forms of visual arts, including sculpture, painting, drawings, and paper and book arts. Exhibitions by different artists are shown quarterly on a rotating basis.

The Art in the Library Committee welcomes all Columbia College Chicago artists to submit work for consideration.
Please visit the Art in the Library website for more information including submission guidelines, artwork forms, and examples of current and former exhibits.

Heather McElhatton Book Signing @ the Library - 9/21

HEATHER McELHATTON, BOOK SIGNING

Tuesday, September 21, 2010
12:30-2:30pm

Columbia College Chicago Library
624 S. Michigan Ave.
3rd Floor North

Sponsored by Follett’s Bookstore and HarperCollins

Join us as Heather McElhatton reads from her latest book, A Million Little Mistakes: Choose Your Own Adventure Book for Adults. Ms. McElhatton is an independent producer for Public Radio International and her commentaries and stories have been heard nationally on This American Life, Marketplace, Weekend America, Sound Money and The Savvy Traveler. Her previous work includes: Pretty Little Mistakes, Jennifer Johnson is Sick of Being Single and a several short stories including “Red Shoes” which was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2001. She also produced the radio literary series, Talking Volumes.

Constitution Day Read-Out

Constitution Day 2010

Come hear your teachers, friends and fellow staff members read from the Fourteenth Amendment and excerpts from landmark legal cases based on it.

Friday, September 17, 11 am - 2 pm
Conaway Center, 1104 S. Wabash Ave., first floor

Learn more about the constitution here.

...And don't forget to vote for your favorite Constitutional Amendment!

Vote For Your Favorite Amendment

Constitution Day 2010



Make Your Voice Heard: Vote for Your Favorite Constitutional Amendment

Friday September 17, 11 am - 2 pm
Conaway Center, 1104 S. Wabash Ave., first floor

Results of the ballot will be posted on the Library website.

Every voter will receive a Library coffee cart coupon.
Question of the Day: Is this the same as buying votes??

The Library is one of the galleries featured in ARTcrawl

The Columbia College Chicago Library is one of 8 galleries featured in the 2010 ArtCrawl on the Columbia campus. ArtCrawl occurs Thursday, September 9, 2010 from 5:00-8:00pm and features 8 art exhibitions, 3 live music stages and a dance party. This program is free and open to the public.

Our current exhibit, “Images of Home”, is part of a Critical Encounter café society initiative to create dialogue around the images we create and see based on this years theme, “Image and Implication”. The photographs in the exhibit were taken by new Columbia students, each representing their idea of “home”. This exhibit runs through September 9th.

Join thousands of students, the Columbia community and art patrons from across the city for a vibrant, urban, cultural experience. For more information about ArtCrawl, click here.

We've got your textbooks* @ the Library

All required textbooks *over $40 are purchased and placed on reserve in the Columbia College Chicago Library.

Reserve books are available for short-term check-out at the first floor Circulation Desk. They may be used in the library only. We ask that you return reserve items to the desk as soon as you have completed your assignment. An OASIS ID is required for check-out.

You can search for reserve books here.

Sign Up for Constitution Day Read-out

Do you like to read out loud? Do you LOVE the United States Constitution?

Help Columbia College Chicago proclaim Constitution Day 2010. Sign up to be part of at the XIVth Amendment Read-out.

What: Reading the XIVth Amendment and excerpts of landmark decisions based on it.
When: The Read-out will take place on September 17, between 11am and 2pm.
Where: Conaway Center, 1104 S. Wabash Ave.

How: Readers will read for 10 minutes each. To sign up for a time slot, contact Riva Feshbach, Outreach Librarian at rfeshbach@colum.edu or call 312-369-3295.

Why: Why is Columbia College Chicago holding a Constitution Day Read-out? It is required by law that educational organizations receiving federal funding must celebrate Constitution Day.

Jan Chindlund, 2010 Rose Vormelker Award Recipient

Jan Chindlund, library director of Columbia College Chicago, is the 2010 recipient of the SLA Rose L. Vormelker Award. Chindlund was honored for mentoring, inspiring, and guiding information professionals through her work at Columbia College Chicago, McDonald’s Corporation, and the Special Library Association’s (SLA) Illinois Chapter and the SLA Business & Finance (B&F) Division.

The Vormelker Award is presented to an SLA member for exceptional service to the profession through education and mentoring of students and working professionals. The SLA Awards Committee cited Chindlund’s dedication to mentoring and inspiring SLA members, as well as her volunteer work at all levels of the association during more than 23 years of membership.

For more information, please read the full SLA blog post here. Congratulations, Jan!

Welcome New Students!

Welcome new students, to Columbia College Chicago and to the Library!

Stop by for a visit and let us know if you have any questions. We're here to help!

6th Annual Printers' Ball - Friday, July 30th 6-11pm at 1104 S. Wabash

Founded by Poetry six years ago, Printers' Ball is an annual celebration of print culture, showcasing thousands of magazines, books, broadsides, and other print and paper media from around the world. The Ball, hosted for the second year by Columbia College Chicago, will also include book- and papermaking demonstrations, screenings, readings, live music, and fabulous costumes. For the first time, and as part of this year's theme - Print <3 Digital - Printers' Ball will feature a group of digital installations.

Free and open to the public.

Print <3 Digital is set for Friday, July 30th from 6-11pm in the 1104 South Wabash Building.

All literary endeavors - printed, electronic, and/or performative - are welcome to participate. Faculty, staff, and students with ideas, email Mairead Case at mcase@colum.edu to get connected.

www.printersball.org