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04/11/11
43 Microfilm reels + a guide
This publication is indispensible for the study of the origins and practice of 1960’s and 1970’s feminism. This is a primary source archive of first-hand description, commentary, critique and debate about the concepts, strategy and tactics that were crucial to the...
announcements, collections, News, services
04/1/11
We have three database trials for April. Let us know what you think! Send your comments to query@grinnell.edu.
FILM
Filmakers Library Online (http://flon.alexanderstreet.com/help/view/about_filmakers_library_online) provides award-winning documentaries with relevance across the curriculum—race and...
database trials
02/28/11
This short YouTube video features simple searches for finding the best results in Grinnell's library catalog. The video was created by Herbie Lynn and Biva Rajbhandari, two of our reference assistants.
announcements, information literacy
01/24/11
New Faces
Biva Rajbhandari '12, Reference Assistant
Nathan Clubb '10, Evening Circulation Supervisor, Burling Library
New Tools, Databases and Other Collections
Send us a Text Message! Text (712) 560-9033 for brief answers to your simple questions. Reference help is also available in-person at...
announcements, collections, News, services
01/13/11
The Grinnell College Libraries have been recognized by the American Library Association (ALA) with the Excellence in Academic Libraries Award for 2011. The award, presented by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), acknowledged the “outstanding services, programs and leadership”...
01/13/11
Films selected for the 2011 Favorite Films Festival will be shown Friday, January 28th, through Sunday, January 30th, in the Harris Center Cinema on the Grinnell College campus. The times and features are:
Friday, January 28th:
4:30 pm -- Planet Earth
7:30 pm -- Planet Earth (cont'd)
10:30 pm...
Favorite Film Festival, films, Listening Room
01/13/11
The Grinnell College Libraries have received the Excellence in Academic Libraries Award for 2011 from the Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association. “Receiving an Excellence in Academic Libraries Award is a national tribute to a library and its...
awards. announcements
11/22/10
The survey for the 2011 Favorite Films Festival has closed with our highest total participation (263 or 11.2 percent) ever! The final vote totals are below:
Mystery/Suspense Films
• Rear Window – 9
Musical Films
• The Sound of Music - 15
Documentary Films
• Planet Earth – 8
• Supersize Me – 8
To...
Favorite Film Festival
11/15/10
The Food for Fines program is starting this Monday, November 15, and running through November 30. Students can bring in up to 10 canned or boxed food items for the MICA food pantry and reduce their library fines ($1 per item). Items will be collected at the Burling and Kistle circulation desks and...
services
11/11/10
Grinnell College Libraries are offering Drop-in research assistance (large and small projects welcome!) during our Crunch Time Research Tuesdays November 16 and November 30. Librarians and Reference Assistants will be available continuously to work with students from 1:30 to Midnight. No...
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