Banned Books Week

Celebrate Banned Books Week

Sep 19, 2021
Please join the Grinnell College Libraries to celebrate Banned Books Week, Sept. 26–Oct. 2, 2021, by checking out our selected collection of banned/challenged books, recordings, and films on the book display near the Peer Mentoring Study Space on first floor.

Response to Inflammatory Group on Campus Today

Sep 21, 2021

Dear Grinnellians,


Today a traveling group spouting inflammatory, hateful speech visited our campus. For more than 40 years, this group has visited college campuses, standing on…

Jarvis Givens

Scholars’ Convocation: Dr. Jarvis Givens 

Sep 21, 2021
Givens will present "The Fugitive Life of Black Teaching: A History of Pedagogy and Power" at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021 in Humanities and Social Studies Center, Room A1231.
Compact shelving

Changes in the Burling Media Room

Sep 20, 2021
The Grinnell College Libraries are preparing for some exciting changes in the Media Room (located in Burling basement) and have completed the first stage. The media collection is now on compact shelving, giving us a lot of extra room!
Todd Armstrong's First-Year Tutorial meeting in an outdoor classroom

Celebrating 50 Years of First-Year Tutorial and Individually Advised Curriculum

Sep 20, 2021
How faculty and students created a distinctive curriculum that’s endured for 50 years.
Map of countries on a read background

Access World News Research Collection

Apr 29, 2024
The Access World News Research Collection provides a comprehensive collection of reliable news sources covering a wide array of topics and issues.
Books for Grinnell Salisbury House Collection

Book Fool Library Exhibit

Sep 15, 2021
Book Fool: Reading a Bibliophile’s Library is installed now in the Burling Library Gallery in Burling basement. Featuring the Salisbury House Library Collection from Grinnell Special Collections, explore some rare material from the stacks
Students arrive in Grinnell

Grinnellians #GrinnTogether - Forming New Connections, Coalition Building and Creating Community

Sep 14, 2021
Recognizing the many challenges of the past year and looking toward fall with hope and optimism, a coalition of community businesses and organizations partnered on a new initiative — #GrinnTogether.
Magic Box in Burling Library

The Magic Box

Sep 13, 2021
New to the Burling Library first floor is the Magic Box, a digital display case to feature rotating items from the Salisbury House Library Collection and Grinnell College Special Collections. Through the digital display, you can explore further into the item on display, the collection, and digital projects.
Blue tinted image of a compass and map on desk with small Project Muse logo in the corner

If you like JSTOR, try Project Muse.

Sep 13, 2021
Project Muse® provides Grinnell students, faculty, and staff access to full-text scholarly journals and books in the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and more.

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