Welcome Back!

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Welcome back! The Library’s Spring Term hours are: April 1 – June 8, 2019: Mon– Thurs: 8 a.m – 2 a.m.; Fri: 8 a.m. – 10 p.m.; Sat: 9 a.m. – 10 p.m.; Sun: 11 a.m. – 2 a.m.

It’s National Cleaning Week!

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It’s National Cleaning Week! This week is conveniently break week, so we’re dusting up a storm and organizing our shelves to have a sparkling clean library for you in Spring Quarter. How are you celebrating?

MeLCat Maintenance March 27

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The MeLCat central server (elibrary.mel.org) is scheduled for a software upgrade on Wednesday, March 27, beginning at 7:00am. We expect the server to be down for several hours. While the catalog may re-appear and be searchable, placing requests and other functionality as outlined below may work until the server is fully restored. What This Means […]

Happy National Tolkien Reading Day

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Today is National Tolkien Reading Day! J.R.R. Tolkien (1892 – 1973) was an English writer, poet, philologist and university professor.  He was best known as the author of the classic works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarrillion. This day was started in 2003 by the Tolkien Society to encourage the readings of J.R.R. Tolkien. March […]

Spring Break Hours

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You made it! Have a wonderful break! The Library is open limited hours during spring break, March 20-31, 2019: Monday – Friday: 8am – 5pm; Saturday – Sunday CLOSED. Regular Spring Term hours begin April 1 (no joke!).

Winter Exam and Spring Break Hours

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Good luck on exams — you can do this! Library hours for winter exam week are: Sunday, March 17: 9am – 2amMonday, March 18: 8am – 2amTuesday, March 19: 8am – 10pm Spring break hours begin Wednesday, March 20: Monday – Friday: 8am – 5pmSaturday – Sunday CLOSED Regular hours begin Monday, April 1, 2019.

10th Week De-Stress in the Library!

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Looking for a way to de-stress? Come to the Library this week and have some fun! Give yourself a study break and color or play with clay in the library lobby. We’ll have tables set up in the lobby all week. Therapy dogs will be here on Thursday, March 14 from 3:00pm – 4:30pm! You […]

Therapy Dogs in the Library 10th Week!

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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 14th from 3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. De-stress a bit with a canine companion before finals week kicks in. Date: Thursday, March 14th, 2019Time: 3 p.m. […]

Winter Quarter Rare Book Room Exhibit

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Who was A. M. Todd? Come see the last couple of weeks of the Winter Quarter Rare Book Room exhibit, A. M. Todd and the Case of the Rare Books to solve the mystery! January 7 – March 16, 2019 Tues – Wed: 8:30 a.m. – 12 p. m.Fri: 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. Other times by appointment.