50 years since Martin Luther King’s dream speech, and opportunities still abound for us to work together to make the world a better place. The Center for Service-Learning (CSL) at IU East is committed to connecting IU East students with community needs. There are many options for you to help, some requiring as few as… Read more »
Frances Yates
Ask us…really!
Your IU East Campus Library staff is knowledgeable, friendly, and eager to help you succeed in all your academic endeavors. The start of a new semester is a good opportunity to introduce you to the many people who are available to assist you in a variety of ways. Matt Dilworth earned a BA in English… Read more »
Introducing….3 virtual interns!
For Fall 2013 IU East is fortunate to have not 1, not 2, but 3 (!) graduate library interns from the American Library Association accredited graduate library school at San Jose State University. We appreciate the opportunity to have these students contribute their ideas and talents to projects that will benefit the campus and community…. Read more »
Money makes the research go ’round
July brings a new fiscal year and with it comes renewal requests for many of the databases and other online resources you may need for your academic research. We wanted to share with you the costs of some of these. The viability of these resources for our campus is calculated using a formula of “cost… Read more »
Pride in the Library
Library collections are vibrant — continually changing and growing. We enhance the Library collection at IU East with the primary purpose to provide you with reliable and current resources relevant to curricular and research needs. Electronic resources and databases continue to increase in relevance and usefulness, offering millions of journal articles, encyclopedias, videos, e-books, and… Read more »
“How wonderful it is that no one need wait a single moment before starting to change the world.” ~Anne Frank
Service-Learning is an active method of learning in which students engage in structured community service and reflect on the meaning of that service. There are numerous service-learning opportunities and events at IU East, often associated with an academic course but always dedicated to helping you develop your spirit of service. (more info: http://www.iue.edu/servicelearning) Almost 1,000… Read more »
World Book Night … spreading the love of reading, person to person
Think about a book you read recently that you enjoyed. As simple as that…reading a book that gives you enjoyment. Now think about people who know how to read, but do not. Perhaps they got out of the habit, or never developed the habit of reading for pleasure, or don’t have access, or any number… Read more »
Library Club scholarship recipients explain how the library helps them attain their academic goals
Welcome to Spring 2013! The library has many resources and services useful in helping you succeed in your academic career. Read on to find out how these library club scholarship winners benefit from using our Campus Library..and how you can too! “…there are worlds, realms, characters, creatures, and individuals contained in their bound margins, whose… Read more »
Driedels at Chava’s House
The driedel game, a popular Hanukah activity for children, grew into an adult passion for my mother (Eva Weinstein; Hebrew name Chava חוה, which means “life”), as she collected another and another and another and…until there was a glass-enclosed cabinet full of dreidels, each with a unique story about how and why it was acquired…. Read more »
Ban it, burn it, bury it….but whatever you do, don’t read these books!
Each year hundreds of books are challenged. What does the word “challenged” mean? Challenged is defined as a formal, written complaint filed with a library or school requesting that materials be removed because of content or appropriateness. Whether the challenge is based on sexual explicitness, sexuality, racism, religious viewpoints, violence, offensive language, or many other… Read more »