http://library.lclark.edu/newsblog The latest news about Watzek Library at Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:44:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The 6th annual Watzek Rocks concert will be happening the first Thursday of Spring semester, January 21st in Watzek Library. Watzek is currently seeking campus bands to participate in the show. Please submit CDs, MP3s, myspace links, etc to Nikki Williams at the Circulation Desk or circ@lclark.edu. Deadline is the Monday ... http://library.lclark.edu/newsblog/2009/11/wanna-rock-out-in-watzek/ The 6th annual Watzek Rocks concert will be happening the first Thursday of Spring semester, January 21st in Watzek Library. http://library.lclark.edu/newsblog/2009/11/watzek-rocks-2/ David Shratter, Assistant Circulation Supervisor, recommends "2666" by Roberto Bolaño. Bolaño astounds me. This novel, monumental in scale, can truly be seen as a monument to the hundreds of young women who have been murdered in a border town in Mexico.The murders are the central focus of the novel, and the ... http://library.lclark.edu/newsblog/2009/10/watzek-picks-2/ The Library Classroom is now open for group and individual study on nights and weekends. The hours are Monday through Thursday 6pm-8am, Friday 6pm-10pm, Saturday 11am-7pm and Sunday 9am through Monday at 8am. The Library Classroom is located down the hall to the right of the Reference Desk, ... http://library.lclark.edu/newsblog/2009/10/library-classroom-open-for-study/ Environmentalism has often focused on the bad things we do: fossil fuel burning, biodiversity loss, pollution—essentially, our whole unsustainable way of living on earth. And indeed our way of life may need to change, as recent crises ranging from climate to credit have suggested. But change is not just about ... http://library.lclark.edu/newsblog/2009/10/october-diversions/ Poet and professor Mary Szybist, recipient of a 2009 Witter Bynner Award, will offer a reading alongside Michele Glazer on October 5 at 7 pm in Smith Hall. Szybist, Assistant Professor of English at Lewis & Clark, is the author of Granted (2003), a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle ... http://library.lclark.edu/newsblog/2009/09/mary-szybist-poetry-reading/ Aubrey Watzek Library offers a glimpse into Oregon’s communal past in the exhibit, “From Aurora to Rajneeshpuram: Oregon’s Communal History,” on display this fall. The opening reception will kick off the exhibit, which runs until December 31, 2009. http://library.lclark.edu/newsblog/2009/09/oregons-communal-history-exhibit-opening-reception/ A presentation on Communal Messages: The Literature of Community, the final session in the Communal Humanities series sponsored by the Aurora Colony Historical Society. The session runs from 1:00-3:00 in the Watzek Library Classroom on Sunday, September 20 and features Watzek Library Director Jim Kopp, William Stafford ... http://library.lclark.edu/newsblog/2009/09/communal-humanities-lecture/ “I stood on the roof of my apartment building in mid-town Manhattan that morning and watched as the first tower crumbled. The days that followed were a mixture of silence and chaos, with everything from bomb threat evacuations to Times Square being completely empty and quiet, “ remembers Jenny Bornstein, ... http://library.lclark.edu/newsblog/2009/09/remembering-september-11/ Join us Tuesday, Sept 15 for the first meeting of the semester--here's why... TEN--Free lunch. NINE--Help the library come up with cool ways to spend money--like the new furniture in the library atrium. EIGHT--Nerdy is HOT. SEVEN--Get famous (or at least get your photo up on the SAC page ... http://library.lclark.edu/newsblog/2009/09/top-ten-reasons-to-join-watzek-sac/