Tutt Library News

Library Photo is Cover of Journal

Tutt Library was featured in a cover article of Library Journal, the most widely circulated journal in the field of library and information science. The article, Reaching Net Zero by Lisa Peet came out on May 2, 2018.

The article focuses on sustainability, and there are some great quotes from Ian Johnson, Director of Sustainability and JoAnn Jacoby, Director of the Library.The renovated Library is a carbon-neutral, net-zero energy facility that houses research, community, and technologically focused space, specifically designed for learning on the college’s Block Plan curriculum.

There is also a mention of the library later in the same issue in an editorial titled, Sustainability, Squared: Great Buildings Are Just the Start by Rebecca T. Miller.

The renovation continues to received praise and acclaim.  In addition to this cover feature article, it was honored as being one of three recipients of the 2017 Innovation Awards from the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO).

Thanks! Library Student Workers

Today we had a lunch celebrating our student workers in the library.  The End-of-Year Student Appreciation Party is an annual event. They do so much, without them, we would be hard served to get as much done.

Here's a picture of several of the graduating seniors. Many of them have been with us for years.  They remember what the old library was like and helped us make it through to the new remodeled library. 

Library Connection: Toni Bowers, Visiting Writers Series

Toni Bowers is here Thursday, May 3, at 7 p.m. in the Tutt Library Event Space. She will give a talk entitled, “Epistolary Fiction Mixes it Up: Non-linear Teaching in a Linear Curriculum”.

A professor at the University of Pennsylvania, she is the MacLean Visiting Distinguished Professor of English.  Her scholarship focuses on British literature and culture from the Restoration to the French Revolution. Toni Bowers is the author of “Force or Fraud: British Seduction Stories and the Problem of Resistance, 1660-1760” and “The Politics of Motherhood: British Writing and Culture, 1660-1760,” as well as many scholarly articles.

"...impressively researched, passionately argued, and eloquently written..."  — Choice, on “The Politics of Motherhood”

Tutt Library has her book, Force or fraud : British seduction stories and the problem of resistance, 1660-1760. Her other three books are available via Prospector.

Check Tutt's Citation Linker to find her articles listed in her Curriculum Vitae

Read her invited blog post entitled: “‘Stop Doing Cultural Studies!’ – A Reply and a Challenge.” The Long Eighteenth Century. 28 August 2011. 

Sponsored by the English Department, the D.J. MacLean Fund for English, and the Visiting Writers Series.

Library Connection: Press Books and Collections

The spring 2018 issue of the CC Bulletin has two pieces about books.

One is titled Turning Pages and is about a senior project by Eileen Kitrick ’17. She created a book and talks about her experience at the Press and her inspirations for her book For Rent. View a copy of the book and other CC Press books in Special Collections at Tutt Library.  A subject search in the TIGER catalog on Artists' books will bring up about 200 results.

Jessy Randall, Archivist of Special Collections,says "Ever since CC began offering the thematic minor in book studies in 2009 I’ve tried to support book artists with connections to the college. It was especially fun for me to be able to acquire a book by a recent grad..."

The other is about the CC’s Minor in The Book.  It describes the minor and several courses which are part of this thematic minor offered by staff the Press (Book Arts and Letterpress), and staff at the library (History and Future of the Book).

 

Database Update: Newsbank May

NEWSBANK SPECIAL REPORTS: May 2018

NewsBank’s Special Reports are news articles, images, maps and other useful content grouped for convenience under specific topics and themes. They enable users to quickly locate information while helping them gain better insight into current global issues and events.

May Topics Military Appreciation Month Mental Health Month World Travel and Tourism World Politics and Government World Economics

Additional featured Reports School and Campus Security World Health World Terrorism and Conflict World Environment Science and Health in the News

Each Special Report features current and retrospective coverage with new articles added daily. Special Reports are easily accessible from the left side bar on your online resource menu page, on search screens and the Other NewsBank Products link in full-text newspaper products.

This video shows you how to find Special Reports, what they are and how they can be used: https://newsbank.com/videos/how-find-use-special-reports.

Access Access World News by logging into your CC account on campus and off campus use your Gold Card.

Library Connection: Grad Fair

Today, Wednesday, April 25, 2018, is a Grad Fair in Gaylord Hall from 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. If one concern you have post graducation is about working, check out some good resources for job hunting from Tutt Library.

Start with the Careers guide. It has tabs for topics from Job Hunting to Graduate School. There is a section for international work, volunteering and internships.  There are links for resume and cover letter writing; and don't overlook the TIGER catalog for books on resumes and cover letters.

Tutt Library Closing at 1:00 Friday, April 20th

Today, April 20th, Tutt Library will be closing at 1:00 pm for a planned power outage.

The library will open again at noon on Saturday as per usual Block Break hours. If you have any questions, please email Jenn Sides, jsides@coloradocollege.edu (or EXT 6675)

Library Connection: Heather Ezell, Visiting Writers Series

 

An alumna of the Colorado College Department of English, Heather Ezell returns to campus to read from her breakout first novel, “Nothing Left to Burn” this Thursday, April 12th at 7 p.m. in McHugh Commons.

"As intense and consuming as its fiery setting, Nothing Left to Burn is nothing less than a fierce, explosive debut." — Laurie Elizabeth Flynn

Tutt Library Record: Nothing Left to Burn; Tutt Library - First Floor - New Arrivals  PZ7.1.E9 Noth 2018  

 

Find out more on her blog and view her Nothing Left to Burn Map

Chas Dressed Up

The Chas statue of Charles L Tutt has stood in front of the library for decades. During this time, he has sported a variety of looks.  You may have noticed some of his costumes this week.  To see more visit the CC Digital Archive and search on Chas statue.

Thank Tutt Library

In celebration of National Library Week, we invite you to Thank Tutt Library.

Join us at the Thayer Tutt Entrance on Tuesday, April 10: 

• noon-1
• 4-5 pm

to write a brief thank you message and let the Tutt Library partners know what you appreciate about them.