The two remaining OER workshops for faculty on November 1 and November 9 are cancelled.

They will be rescheduled for Winter Term.

Thank you for your patience!

Did you know the Kalamazoo College Library is haunted? It’s true!

Little ghosts have been lurking in the stacks for the past few days — come on down to the Library and see if you can find one! (If you can, take them home!)

Happy Halloween!

This week the Library celebrates International Open Access Week! Open access is the free, online availability of research plus the rights to use the research in an open environment. At Kalamazoo College Library, we advocate for open educational resources (OERs), online classroom and study materials that can be used, adapted, and redistributed by others with few or no restrictions. This reduces textbook costs for students and promotes equity in our educational environment.

Faculty can learn more about OERs and even earn a stipend for reviewing one by attending an OER workshop on November 1 or November 9, 2022.

Did you know that you can request a book or article that the Kalamazoo College Library does not have in our collection? It’s easy!

Just go to the My Interlibrary Loan link on the Library Website. Log in with your Kalamazoo College username and password, enter the information about the item, and it will be delivered to the Library for you! You will receive an email when the item arrives, so be sure you select to receive notifications via email.

In some instances, a Michigan library may own a book. In that case, you can request it from MeLCat. MeLCat only delivers books, not articles or microfilm.

If you have questions, you can read all about Interlibrary Loan. You can also contact the Interlibrary Loan Department by email at ill@kzoo.edu or by phone at (269) 337-7148.

If you need research help, contact our Research Librarians, who are available for individual consultations in person or via Microsoft Teams. Make a Research Rescue Appointment, Ask a Librarian using this online form, or email us at reference@kzoo.edu!

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and the Library has (virtually) gathered titles to help people who want to learn more about domestic violence survivorship. Check out our Virtual Book Display on Domestic Violence Survivors for some of our library’s resources and the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence for more on Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Find out about domestic violence resources on campus through the Kalamazoo College Title IX website.

Need more information? Reference Librarians are here to help you! Email reference@kzoo.edu or make an appointment.

The photo “A Purple Ribbon for Domestic Violence Awareness Month” by UMaineStudentLife is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

Librarians can help your with your research — both in person and online!

Research Librarians (also known as Reference Librarians) are available for individual consultations in person or via Microsoft Teams. Make a Research Rescue Appointment, Ask a Librarian using this online form, or email us at reference@kzoo.edu!

Find out more about our Research Help.

Welcome October! Check out the first floor lobby book display for witches, goblins, ghosts, and more.

Titles include:

• Aliens, Ghosts, and Cults: Legends We Live
• An introduction to Yōkai culture : monsters, ghosts, and outsiders in Japanese history
• Cultural haunting : ghosts and ethnicity in recent American literature
• Witchcraft and magic in Europe. The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
• Victorian hauntings : spectrality, Gothic, the uncanny, and literature
• On witchcraft : an abridged translation of Johann Weyer’s De praestigiis daemonum praestigiis daemonum

You can check these books out at the library circulation desk. Happy haunting!

Do you know about MeLCat?

MeLCat is a system that allows you to request books from other Michigan libraries. When you request a book through MeLCat, it arrives for you at the Kalamazoo College Library, and you get an email that it’s here. Then just come to the Library circulation desk to pick it up. It’s that easy!

To use MeLCat, just search the MeLCat catalog for your book. When you find what you want, click “Get this from MeLCat,” choose Kalamazoo College Library from the drop down list, enter your name and barcode number (the 14 digit number on your ID that starts with 25017…), and that’s it! You will receive an email when it arrives.

You can check out a MeLCat book for three weeks, and renew through MeLCat for another three. The system includes academic and public libraries, so it’s great for fun reading as well!