Sunday, August 27 marks the beginning of Banned Books Week 2020. Banned Books Week, running through Saturday, October 3, is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. According to the American Library Association (ALA), "[Banned Books Week] brings together the entire book community -- librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all types [...]
We joined Tik Tok this summer. Did you know you can also find us socially on Facebook, Instagram, and sometimes Twitter? All @SRSULibrary.
photo of McKittrick Canyon fall foliage, courtesy Paul Slocumb
In honor of Pride Month, peruse a collection of Library resources related to Pride and the LBGTQ experience. We're adding to our virtual display to include a letter from the Sul Ross State University Diversity and Inclusion Committee: "In June 2017, the city of Philadelphia adopted a revised version of the flag [...]
photo of the South Rim [in Big Bend National Park] by Adam Baker on Flickr, via Creative Commons license, CC BY 2.0.
Of course final exams are not the only thing stressing us out right now, right? But they must be done -- and they'll be done soon. In the meantime, the first ever all virtual DeStress Fest is taking place for students online in Blackboard, under the SRSU Orientation for Online Students organization. All students were [...]
We take pride in featuring titles from our vast collection each month on the first floor of the library -- whether surrounding a theme, national holiday, or cultural event. This month, April 2020, we'll share titles available to our community online on a few topics, including some titles that we hope will entice you [...]
This blog post will serve as a repository for the most current library-related news regarding our response to COVID-19. As of 2:35 PM on Thursday, March 19: Library staff is working to offer as much assistance as possible in support of our mission to students, staff, and faculty of SRSU. Read the Library Services and [...]
It's finally time to announce the beginning of a long-awaited project from the Archives of the Big Bend. Digital Collections are now available through CONTENTdm, curated and maintained by our Digitization Lab, housed on the second floor of the library. CONTENTdm makes it possible to securely build and share digital collections to make them accessible [...]
Alongside the Association of Research Libraries, we're celebrating Fair Use as February winds down! Fair Use is an extremely important aspect of copyright doctrine -- the exceptions to the rules that enable use of material in certain circumstances, such as in a classroom setting. According to Jessica Aiwuyor at ARL, "[Fair Use] facilitate[s] balance in [...]
