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 12 from 3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. De-stress a bit with a canine companion before finals week kicks in.

Date: Thursday, March 12, 2020
Time: 3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Location: Upjohn Library Commons Lobby

We want you healthy and safe! The Library offers disinfecting wipes on all three floors to wipe down keyboards, computer mice, door handles, etc. We also have hand sanitizer on all three floors and at the circulation desk, help desk, and media services desk. Most importantly, wash your hands! If any of our restrooms are out of soap, please let us know right away so we can fill them.

And, as our Health Center reminds us, please follow these best practices to keep our community safe:

• Wash your hands often with soap and water. If not available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer (containing at least 60% alcohol).
• Avoid touching your eyes, nose, or mouth with unwashed hands.
• Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing.
• Avoid contact with people who are sick. If you are sick, stay home and avoid contact with others.
• Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces.

Our Student Health Center provides Coronavirus updates, including information from the CDC, Kalamazoo County Department of Health and Human Services, and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.

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 12 from 3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. De-stress a bit with a canine companion before finals week kicks in.

Date: Thursday, March 12, 2020
Time: 3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Location: Upjohn Library Commons Lobby

The Kalamazoo College Library has a wealth of anti-racism resources both in print and online.

We have several titles recommended by ERACCE (Eliminating Racism and Creating/Celebrating Equity).

You can also check out these titles:

• Investigating Christian privilege and religious oppression in the United States / Warren J. Blumenfeld, Khyati Y. Joshi and Ellen E. Fairchild [editors].
• An indigenous peoples’ history of the United States / Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz.
• The souls of Black folk / W.E.B. Du Bois.
• The souls of black folk ; essays and sketches / W.E.B. Du Bois.
• Leading anti-bias early childhood programs : a guide for change / Louise Derman-Sparks, Debbie LeeKeenan, John Nimmo ; foreword by Mariana Souto-Mannin.
• Can we talk about race? : and other conversations in an era of school resegregation / Beverly Daniel Tatum. (e-book)
• Settlers : the mythology of the white proletariat from mayflower to modern / J. Sakai. (e-book)
• The world that trade created : society, culture, and the world economy, 1400-the present / Kenneth Pomeranz and Steven Topik.
• White by law : the legal construction of race / Ian F. Haney López.
• White fragility : why it’s so hard for White people to talk about racism / Robin DiAngelo.
• Chinese America : the untold story of America’s oldest new community / Peter Kwong and Dušanka Miščević.
• Creating contagious commitment : applying the tipping point to organizational change / Andrea Shapiro ; forward by Patricia Zigarmi.
• Thinking in systems : a primer / Donella H. Meadows ; edited by Diana Wright.
• Dying of whiteness : how the politics of racial resentment is killing America’s heartland / Jonathan M. Metzl.
• Islamophobia : the ideological campaign against Muslims / Stephen Sheehi.
• New perspectives on racial identity development : integrating emerging frameworks / edited by Charmaine L. Wijeyesinghe and Bailey W. Jackson III.
• Cross-X / Joe Miller.
• Embracing cultural competency : a roadmap for nonprofit capacity builders.
• Walking on water : reading, writing, and revolution / Derrick Jensen.
• Pagans in the Promised Land : Decoding the Doctrine of Christian Discovery (e-book)
• The New Jim Crow (e-book)
• Social epidemiology / edited by Lisa F. Berkman, Ichiro Kawachi.
• This changes everything : capitalism vs. the climate / Naomi Klein.
• The revolution will not be funded : beyond the non-profit industrial complex / edited by Incite! Women of Color Against Violence.
• Color of violence : the Incite! anthology / Incite! Women of Color Against Violence.
• Working toward whiteness : how America’s immigrants became white : the strange journey from Ellis Island to the suburbs / David R. Roediger.
• 1491 : new revelations of the Americas before Columbus / Charles C. Mann.
• Teaching community : a pedagogy of hope / Bell Hooks.
• How Jews became white folks and what that says about race in America? / Karen Brodkin.
• Borderlands : the new mestiza = La frontera / Gloria Anzaldúa.
• A different mirror : a history of multicultural America / Ronald Takaki.
• Orientalism / Edward W. Said.

February is Black History Month! The Library has several online resources for black history. Check out these and more on the alphabetical list of databases from K College Library:

• African American Biographical Database
  From the famous to the everyday person, this database includes profiles and full-text sketches providing both biographical detail and illuminating narratives chronicling the lives of Black Americans.
• African American Historical Newspapers
  Includes long-running African American newspapers throughout the U.S.
• African American Historical Serials Collection
  Serials (minutes, reports, etc.) on religious life & organizations, published 1829 -1922.
• Black Abolitionist Papers
  Presents the massive, international impact of African American activism against slavery, in the writings and publications of the activists themselves.
• Black Drama
  Contains plays written from the mid-1800s to the present by more than 200 playwrights from North America, English-speaking Africa, the Caribbean, and other African diaspora countries.
• Black Studies Center
  Cross-searchable gateway to Black Studies including scholarly essays, recent periodicals, historical newspaper articles, reference books, and much more.
• Black Thought and Culture
  Non-fiction published works of leading African Americans.

The Library will remain open regular hours on winter break day (Friday, February 7): 8am-10pm.

Enjoy the day!

February is Black History Month! The Library has several online resources for black history. Check out these and more on the alphabetical list of databases from K College Library:

• African American Biographical Database
  From the famous to the everyday person, this database includes profiles and full-text sketches providing both biographical detail and illuminating narratives chronicling the lives of Black Americans.
• African American Historical Newspapers
  Includes long-running African American newspapers throughout the U.S.
• African American Historical Serials Collection
  Serials (minutes, reports, etc.) on religious life & organizations, published 1829 -1922.
• Black Abolitionist Papers
  Presents the massive, international impact of African American activism against slavery, in the writings and publications of the activists themselves.
• Black Drama
  Contains plays written from the mid-1800s to the present by more than 200 playwrights from North America, English-speaking Africa, the Caribbean, and other African diaspora countries.
• Black Studies Center
  Cross-searchable gateway to Black Studies including scholarly essays, recent periodicals, historical newspaper articles, reference books, and much more.
• Black Thought and Culture
  Non-fiction published works of leading African Americans.

The Library of Congress recently launched their first ever LGBTQ+ Digital Collections! 

• The LGBTQ+ Studies Web Archive
• The LGBTQ+ Politics and Political Candidates Web Archive​

Two related collections have also launched: The Women’s and Gender Studies Web Archive and the Zine Web Archive. 

These collections are added to daily.