Library news and services
Dinand Library will have special hours on Monday, August 28 and be open from 8:30 am to midnight. The Science and Music Libraries will be open 8:30 am to 4:30 pm on Monday. The Libraries will begin their Academic Year schedule on Tuesday, August 29. Visit the Hours page at https://holycross.libcal.com/hours for the most up-to-date information. Welcome back!
Good news! We have a new group subscription to the full website of The Atlantic including text, videos, podcasts, and events. It is available to the Holy Cross community (only current staff, faculty and students) at https://theatlantic.com/group-login or you can find it in the library catalog at https://library.holycross.edu/Record/in00000004185 Please reach out to LibRef@holycross.edu with any questions.
Archives & Distinctive Collections will be closed on Tuesday, August 15th and Wednesday, August 16th due to HVAC replacement. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Need to get in touch with Archives staff during the closure? Please email us at archives@holycross.edu
Archives & Distinctive Collections is excited to share that the majority of volumes of the Purple Patcher, the College of the Holy Cross’ student yearbook, have been digitized and are available online.
Beginning in 1907, with a brief hiatus during World War II, the Purple Patcher captures student life on campus.
Special thanks to our student workers and Alumni Relations for helping make this important digitization effort possible!
Physical copies can be found in the Holy Cross Archives and the digitized copies can be found at: https://crossworks.holycross.edu/purple_patcher/
We are thrilled to announce that the cover art on the recent issue of Environmental Science and Technology Letters, Volume 10, Issue 7, is the work of Lisa Villa, Digital Scholarship Librarian at Dinand Library, as part of the American Chemical Society’s Diversity and Inclusion Cover Art Series. Along with the cover art, Lisa had an accompanying editorial accepted which you can read here: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.estlett.3c00428
A display in our Science Library of works by the chemists featured on the cover is being planned. In response to having her work accepted and published, Lisa said, “It is a testament to my Holy Cross liberal arts education that an English major-turned-librarian is published in a Chemistry journal.”
The Libraries will observe special hours for the week of July 4, 2023. For more information on building hours, visit: https://holycross.libcal.com/hours
We are excited to meet our new members of the Class of 2027! As Gateways Summer Orientation begins, we encourage you to visit our first-year guide to learn more about the Libraries: https://libguides.holycross.edu/welcome2hc
#HC2027
Holy Cross Libraries will be closed Monday, June 19, 2023 in celebration of the Juneteenth holiday. Normal summer hours resume Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at 8:30 am. To learn more about the history of this holiday that celebrates the emancipation of all enslaved people in the United States, visit the Libraries resource guide: https://libguides.holycross.edu/antiracism/juneteenth
Stop by the Dinand Library Reading Room to see the 50 Years of Feminism at Holy Cross, a new exhibit from College of the Holy Cross Archives and Distinctive Collections highlighting the history and efforts of women’s organizations at the college. These organizations include The Women’s Organization, entering its 50th Anniversary this year, as well as the Women’s Forum and the Feminist Forum.
Exhibit will be on display Reunion Weekend in Dinand Library, Friday 6/9 from 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM and Saturday 6/10 from 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. Be sure to stop by to see this new exhibit and the Yearbook Display.
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Stop by Room 101B of Dinand Library today, starting at 1:00 pm, to take a break from studying, and relax and recharge. There will be snacks, drinks, crafts, puzzles, and calm music and videos. Good luck on your finals!