Find us at the Academic Fair, Thursday, August 24 from 9:30 to 10:30am, to learn about the awesomeness that is Watzek Library.

Visit the L&C New Student Orientation site for more info about the entire program of events.

Stop by during library hours to view a collection of ancient works that has survived into our digital age. This exhibit will be on display throughout the fall semester in the library atrium.

Only a small fraction of the books written in the Ancient Greek and Roman world have survived to our day. Transmission of these texts through the centuries relied upon hand-written manuscripts copied during the Middle Ages and early Renaissance. The printed books in this exhibit represent some of the works that survived the eons and were available for publication with the new technology of the printing press beginning in the fifteenth century. These printed editions served as a vital link for the transmission of ancient literature from the days of the hand-copied manuscript in the Ancient and Medieval worlds to our own digital age. Watzek Special Collections has collaborated with L&C Classics professor, Gordon Kelly, to create this exhibit of works and write its accompanying texts.

Image: IA Flemish print shop around 1600 by Jan van der Straet (Stradanus). From left to right: compositors, proof readers, printers inking and pulling sheets, a young “printer’s devil,” the publisher, and above him, the author or editor working by candlelight.

Beginning August 6, Watzek Library will be open 8 am - 5 pm, Monday through Friday, and closed on Saturday and Sunday. Regular semester hours will begin on August 29. We'll be enjoying the evening sunshine this month, and we hope you do the same!

Join us for the first screening of the semester on Thursday, September 1, at 7pm in Miller 105. This silent film was directed by Robert Wiene in 1920. To read more about this film and the Weimar Germany film series, check out the Watzek Screens blog.

Questions or comments regarding Watzek Screens may be directed to Jim Bunnelle (bunnelle@lclark.edu).

Join us for Pabst's film adaptation of Bettauer's 1924 Die freudlose Gasse (The Joyless Street), Thursday, September 15 at 7pm in Miller 105.

For an excellent introduction to this film and more info about the Weimar Germany film series, check out the Watzek Screens blog.

Questions or comments regarding Watzek Screens may be directed to Jim Bunnelle (bunnelle@lclark.edu).

Join us for a screening of Pabst's essential masterwork, Pandora's Box, Thursday, September 29, at 7 pm in Miller 105.

To read more about this film and the Weimar Germany film series, check out the Watzek Screens blog.

Questions or comments regarding Watzek Screens may be directed to Jim Bunnelle (bunnelle@lclark.edu).

Join us for the fourth film in our Weimar Germany film series. Nosferatu, directed by F.W. Murnau in 1922, screens October 13 at 7pm in Miller 105.

To read more about this film and the Weimar Germany film series, check out the Watzek Screens blog.

Join us for a screening of Sagan's landmark moment in lesbian filmmaking, Maedchen in Uniform, October 27 at 7pm in Miller 105. To read more about this film and the Weimar Germany film series, check out the Watzek Screens blog.

Join us for a screening of Fritz Lang's M, "the high water mark of Weimar era Cinema," Thursday Nov. 10 at 7pm in Miller 105.

Check out the Watzek Screens blog for Jim Bunnelle's fantastic write-ups of this film and others in the series. Questions or comments regarding Watzek Screens may be directed to Jim Bunnelle (bunnelle@lclark.edu).

Parents and new L&C students, please join us August 24th and August 25th between 1-3pm in the Watzek Library Classroom for coffee or tea and an opportunity to meet friendly library staff.

Librarians and staff will be on hand to answer your questions about the library and their experiences at Lewis & Clark. We also invite you to take part in a library tour starting at 1, 2, or 3pm to learn about research support, our renowned special collections, and other library offerings to help students succeed.

Visit the L&C New Student Orientation site for more info about the entire program of events.