Today in 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, authorizing the internment of nearly 75,000 American citizens of Japanese ancestry. In 1942, the U.S. government hired Dorothea Lange, known for her FSA photographs like Migrant Mother, to make a photographic record of the “evacuation” and “relocation” of Japanese-Americans. She was opposed to the relocation […]
One of our beloved staplers, Baby J, is missing. Do you know where she is? Can you help her find her way home? She may be running out of staples and we need to replenish her supply. Her friends miss her, and we’re one stapler short in the Learning Commons!
Do you know about NPX (New Play Exchange)? As a member of the Kalamazoo College community, you can search the NPX database for plays, people, and organizations. https://libguides.kzoo.edu/npx The New Play Exchange, a National New Play Network project, is the world’s largest digital library of scripts by living writers. The New Play Exchange provides an open […]
Do you know what dance cards are? The College Archives has some great examples! Check out this cool video on our Facebook page!
The Kalamazoo College Library signed on to a position statement by the Internet Archive supporting Controlled Digital Lending (CDL). CDL would allow libraries to loan digital versions of print books to patrons. Through CDL, libraries use technical controls to ensure the library circulates the exact number of copies of a specific title it owns, regardless […]
The library will open at 5pm on Wednesday, February 13 and close at the regular time, 2am.
The Library will remain open regular hours on winter break day (Friday, February 8): 8am-10pm. Enjoy the day!
Kalamazoo College Library is excited to co-sponsor this event! When: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM Where: Kalamazoo College Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership, 205 Monroe St, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49006 In the 1930’s, the United States formally institutionalized the policy of redlining to divide American cities into color-coded areas controlling […]
Upjohn Library Commons is CLOSED all day and evening on Wednesday, January 30 AND all day and evening on Thursday, January 31.
The Library will close at 4pm on Tuesday, January 29. We will remain closed all day and evening on Wednesday, January 30. Hicks Center will be open for study. Please stay warm and safe during this cold snap!
