They aren’t the kind of masks that you’d normally associate with Halloween, but they are bright, colorful, and worth seeing! Children from Longfellow Elementary, a school neighboring the Augustana campus, created the beautiful assortment of African masks now on display on second floor of the library.
And while you’re here, be sure to check out the ominous candy box and friendly ghost located near Circulation!
I don’t read graphic novels. I just don’t. However, I came across this book and the premise was so intriguing — and it got such good reviews — that I had to take a look. I am SO glad I did. This book is STUNNING.
It is the true story of a man’s lonely, confusing, bizarre childhood in Detroit. His father was a doctor and gave him hundreds of experimental x-ray treatments, presumably to help his son’s sinus infections. They ended up causing cancer. His mother was a bitter, harsh woman incapable of showing love and nurture to her sons. She struggled with mental illness and physical problems of her own.
In this book, a picture truly tells a thousand words. Small’s depictions of his family and childhood memories are absolutely haunting. His drawings capture so much raw emotion. Seeing the dreary, traumatic world of a stark, unloving home through the eyes of Small’s child was immensely powerful and moving.
Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.
–Amanda
The library will be open extended hours during 10th and Finals week. Happy studying!
End of Term Hours
| Sat, Oct. 24th | 10:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. |
| Sun, Oct. 25 | 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 a.m. |
| Mon, Oct. 26 – Thurs, Oct. 29 | 7:30 a.m. – 2:00 a.m. |
| Fri, Oct. 30 | 7:30 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. |
| Sat, Oct. 31 (Halloween) | 10:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. |
| Sun, Nov. 1 | 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 a.m. |
| Mon, Nov. 2 – Wed, Nov. 4 | 7:30 a.m. – 2:00 a.m. |
| Thurs, Nov. 5 | 7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. |
Wythe and Quinn Anderson (sons of Special Collections Librarian Jamie Nelson) ransacked the campus on Saturday in their viking gear. Jamie knit their viking hats especially for Homecoming, and they both happen to have blue and gold shirts.
October 19-23 marks the first international open access week. What is open access? According to openaccessweek.org, it’s “the principle that all research should be freely accessible online, immediately after publication.” It emphasizes the unrestricted sharing of research results and the importance of access to these results for all. To find out more about open access, visit http://www.openaccessweek.org/.
October is Illinois Archives Month, celebrated as part of American Archives Month. Each October, archival institutions set aside some time to celebrate the vast array of historical materials they hold and to invite the public to become more aware of their local archives. The Illinois State Archives produces a poster that is distributed free to the nearly 400 archival repositories in the state, including college and university, library, corporate, and non-profit archives. Augustana College’s Special Collections is proud to have a photo from our collection featured in the poster again this year. Our contributed photo is of a steamboat on the Mississippi River at Rock Island, taken in 1941 by John Henry Hauberg.
Visit our web site (http://www.augustana.edu/library/SpecialCollections/home.html) to learn more about our archival collections, or stop in and see for yourself, Monday-Friday, 1-5 pm.
