Perhaps you have an animal buddy at home. Maybe you’ve pet dogs in the Chapel (most Tuesdays and Wednesdays!) or the Library (during 10th week). Or it’s possible you’ve befriended a squirrel here on campus. Whatever your relationship with them, May is the month to celebrate compassion towards animals!

The Library has materials on these topics and more:

• The human-animal bond
• Animal welfare
• Animal behavior
• Animals in art
• Animals in literature
• Religious aspects of animals

See what you can find at the Library!

National Library Week (April 23 – 29, 2023) is a time to celebrate our nation’s libraries, library workers’ contributions, and promote library use and support. The theme for National Library Week 2023 is “There’s More to the Story,” illustrating the fact that in addition to the books in library collections, available in a variety of formats, libraries offer so much more! Libraries bring communities together, providing internet and technology access, literacy skills, and support for users.

We are grateful for our Kalamazoo College library staff and student workers! Thank you!

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and the Library has (virtually) gathered titles to help people who want to learn more about sexual assault survivorship. Check out our Virtual Book Display for Sexual Assault Survivors for some of our library’s resources and the National Sexual Violence Resource Center for more on Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

Need more information? Reference Librarians are here to help you! Email reference@kzoo.edu or use the Ask a Librarian
online form to make an appointment.

Celebrate National Poetry Month!

Kalamazoo has a special relationship with poetry. There are live poetry events, workshops, and readings year round! We are also home to Diane Seuss ’78, winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in poetry for her work frank: sonnets.

Here are some poetry events and materials you can take advantage of in April (and all year!):

• Check out our poetry display in the lobby and our virtual display featuring poetry books from our collection
• Attend an event by the Kalamazoo Poetry Festival
• Check out the Poetry Foundation, where you can search for poems or sign up for a poem of the day.
• Listen to poets read and discuss their works on the New Yorker Poetry Podcast
• Check out a book of poetry from our collection
• Read about 30 ways to celebrate National Poetry Month online or at home

Did you know that the Library has many textbooks available on Reserve? We may have the book you need for your class — check our catalog and find out!

Reserve materials circulate for two hours at a time – just enough for you to get your reading done and share with others. Questions? Let us know how we can help! Email us at library@kzoo.edu.

Relax and relieve some stress by spending a few minutes petting a furry animal friend! Therapy dogs will visit campus in the Kalamazoo College Library lobby on Thursday, March 9 from 3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. De-stress a bit with a canine companion before finals week kicks in.

Date: Thursday, March 9, 2022
Time: 3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Location: Upjohn Library Commons Lobby