Many of our resources are available to you online anytime, anywhere you have internet access.

• There’s remote access to subject guides and research databases;
• For faculty, we have a guide to Library Resources for Faculty who are teaching online [outdated link removed];
• For students, we have a guide to Library Resources for Students who are learning remotely [outdated link removed];
• All of our online journals are available for you;
• Search Library OneSearch for e-books. Just type in your search terms and limit to “available online;”
• You can connect virtually with our librarians! Just email us at reference@kzoo.edu and we can connect with you via Zoom, Teams, or another method.

Librarians are working remotely and are here for you!

Library staff are working remotely and figuring out what library services we will be able to offer, based on both the health and safety of our staff and our ability to enter the library building.

Please be patient while we continue to work towards a balance of providing services and keeping our staff safe. Expect an email announcement of current library services soon!

If you need assistance with research help, our Reference Librarians are available to help you. Email reference@kzoo.edu to connect with us!

Governor Whitmer has issued Executive Order 2020-9 which closes places of public accommodation including all libraries.

Beginning as soon as possible but no later than today, March 16, 2020 at 3:00 pm, libraries are closed to “ingress, egress, use, and occupancy by members of the public.” View Executive Order 2020-9.

As the situation continues to evolve, we will update this website and our social media.

The Library will host therapy dogs TODAY, March 12, in the lobby. Stop by between 3:00 and 4:30!

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.