“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, Interlibrary Loan Specialist. It has already been 8 years since the September 11 attacks and we are honoring those lost with a September Diversions display of materials about the event.

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 ). SIX--Have your say about how Watzek can better serve LC students. FIVE--Let's face, it, your resume needs all the help it can get. FOUR--With a name like the Watzek SAC it has to be good. THREE--Not much of a time commitment-just two meetings a semester. TWO--Did you hear that-- free lunch! ONE--You know you want to!

The next meeting of the Watzek Student Advisory Committee will be Tuesday, September 15, noon- 1 pm in Geary (Templeton). Contact Kate Rubick, Reference Librarian, for further information or to inquire about committee participation. Or visit the Watzek Library Student Advisory Committee Facebook Group.

What in the world is WorldCat? The Library search box has changed! Check out our tutorials on this powerful new search tool. With L&C WorldCat, you can now search L&C, Summit and Worldcat and thousands of journal articles simultaneously. L&C WorldCat also offers a more Google-esque search experience- a single search box, relevancy ranking of search results, results sets that bring multiple versions of a work together under one record, faceted browse capability, citation formating options, cover art, reviews, ratings and lists, and additional evaluative content. Let us know what you think!

This exhibit in the Library Atrium explores the early intellectual culture of the College. "A Selection of Interesting Books from Lewis & Clark's First Library" highlights a number of titles rediscovered during the past year when Lewis & Clark librarians began a thorough review of the College's library holdings. The exhibited books are from the College's first library in Albany, Oregon (1867-1942). On display through May 31, 2010.

Aubrey Watzek Library offers a glimpse into Oregon’s communal past in this exhibit on display in the Library Atrium.

The exhibit is inspired by the publication of Eden Within Eden: Oregon’s Utopian Heritage (Oregon State University Press, 2009) by Library Director Jim Kopp and the annual conference of the Communal Studies Association being held in Aurora on October 1-3, 2009. The exhibit has been a collaborative effort of several institutions and individuals. Materials for the exhibit come from the Aurora Colony Historical Society, Special Collections of the University of Oregon, Watzek Library, and Jim Kopp’s personal collection. Special thanks to Patrick Harris, Curator at the Aurora Colony Historical Society, and Linda Long, Manuscripts Librarian at the University of Oregon for their assistance and for loaning materials for the exhibit. On display through December 31, 2009.

Betsy Wilson, Dean of Libraries at the University of Washington, will share her experiences and vision on Friday, September 25 at 3 pm in Smith Hall. Her lecture, entitled Straws in the Wind: Emerging Models of Library Service, will present a compelling case for new models of library service, a lively examination of early pilots and exemplars, and collective opportunities for innovation and exploration. For further information, please see Johannah Sherrer Memorial Lecture. Reception to follow at 4 pm.

With L&C WorldCat, you can now search L&C, Summit and Worldcat and thousands of journal articles simultaneously. L&C WorldCat also offers a more Google-esque search experience- a single search box, relevancy ranking of search results, results sets that bring multiple versions of a work together under one record, faceted browse capability, citation formating options, cover art, reviews, ratings and lists, and additional evaluative content.  Let us know what you think!

A new photo exhibit in the Library represents an effort to put a human face on a nation that has been looked on as an enemy by the U.S. for half a century. Sponsored by the Korean Peace Project, which seeks normalization of relationships between the United States and North Korea, these photos seek to educate people about the Korean Conflict and remind us of our connectedness. Photos are by Eric Sirotkin.

Check out a selection of Gender Studies literature this month. Many titles relate to the March Gender Studies Symposium, "Poverty, Property, and Personhood: Challenging Gender Injustice".