Coulter Library held a “Banned Book Bracket Challenge” during the first few weeks of classes this fall. The event was conceived and planned by Library Assistant Lisa Murphy. Students filled out a bracket page consisting of 64 banned books, choosing their favorite banned books, including an overall winner. The winners received an ipod and Apple gift cards.
On September 24, Coulter Library sponsored a Banned Books Reading, organized by Angela Weiler. Throughout the day, students from Professor Muhammed’s Public Speaking classes read excerpts from banned books, along with the dates and circumstances of the ban/challenge.
In November, Jeff Harr presented the 20th chapter of his “Albums That Shook the World” series (R.E.M.’s “Murmur”). The event was open to students, faculty, and the public, and was held on November 5, 2014 at 11:15 am. There was a reprise event on Friday, November 7.
Fantasia Thorne-Ortiz attended NYLA’s Annual Conference and Trade Show, “Open Libraries, Open Minds”, in Saratoga Springs, NY from November 5 through November 8th. She presented a Pecha Kucha (20 PowerPoint slides each shown 20 seconds) titled, “Reach Out on Campus and Bring Students into the Library”, and discussed outreach initiatives libraries can consider to bring more faculty and students into the library for programming, exhibits, poetry readings and more.
On Wednesday, November 12, Coulter Library celebrated “International Game Day @ Your Library”, organized by Pauline Shostack and Vi Marcy. Many international games were made available for students to play. Students dropped by and played as many games as they wanted, and a fun time was had by all!
