Rebecca Weber

Evans Library has launched a public art project. A whiteboard on the library's first floor will feature a weekly question which everyone can answer. Come by, pick up a marker, and contribute.

It’s past library hours and you’re working on a research paper. Where are the best sources for articles and other scholarly materials? Is there one place where you can find information on the best books/e-books, article databases, reference materials, and government resources? Yes, there is! Research subject and course guides are especially created by our professional librarians to provide our…

One of life’s little pleasures is the serendipitous learning opportunity, a chance to quickly learn something about a topic with which you may have little familiarity. The U.S. National Archives’ Document of the Day website , which can be conveniently delivered to you each day via an RSS feed, provides just such opportunities. Drawn from the endless variety of the…

The Evans Library Favorite Banned Books blog posts were done in conjunction with the Crimson's Eat Free or Live Free Event. Both show the value of free speech and the ability of individuals to make choices. Librarians are known for championing these rights, and we were glad to show support for the Crimson, too!

by Mary Barker, Director of Research Systems The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier The Chocolate War  was published in 1974.  It has been on the list of most challenged books since the American Library Association started keeping track of them in 1990.  In fact, The Chocolate War was the 4th most challenged book of the 1990-1999 decade, and the 3rd most…

by Shane Santana The Adventures of Captain Underpants, by Dav Pilkey In 1999, I was working in a public library and came across the children’s book The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey.  My initial thought was “What in the world is this?” My curiosity got the best of me, and I gave it a read.  I thought the…

By Dr. Sohair Wastawy, Dean of Libraries Animal Farm, by George Orwell My first banned book was Animal Farm. It was banned in Egypt, but I managed to get a copy. It is no longer banned. I was in middle school then, so it was my first little adventure with banned books. After I read it, I had no idea why it…

by Suzanne Odom, Document Delivery Librarian Carrie, by Stephen King As a teenager, I discovered the author Stephen King. I was enthralled with the horror genre at the time, and still am to this day. In fact, I have read every King book written. The first of his books I ever read was Carrie, also the first novel he published.…

by Philina Richardson His Dark Materials, by Philip Pullman I remember begging my mom to take me to the bookstore the day The Amber Spyglass was released. I remember being so excited that I started reading in the car. I also remember having my 13-year-old heart ripped out several days later when I finished. Written by Philip Pullman, His Dark…

by Nelle Robb, Senior Library Technician The Giver, by Lois Lowry This book was assigned to me in elementary school. I hated it. I hated the society, the rules, everything about it. At the time, I lacked the ability to describe it, but I instinctively rebelled against the defined Stepford-esque structure of the society, hated the idea that someone else…