Bowdoin Library

To carry the keys of the world’s library in your pocket,
And feel its resources behind you in whatever task you undertake;

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It's time for another We Love Our Student Workers Wednesday! Today we're featuring Amy Cai, Class of 2025. Amy works in Special Collections and Archives and says, "“I love getting to work with many cool things in Special Collections!” We love having you, Amy! Thank you! #bowdoin

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Monday, December 11, 10am-4pm - Cave Day!

Come visit the BCLT and H-L library for a day of fun studying.

We’ve got you covered with snacks, raffles, massages, quiet caves and lots of peer and professional staff support. Happy Studying, Polar Bears!

#CaveDay #bowdoin #BCLT

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Join us Thursday, Nov. 30, 4:30pm in Nixon Lounge, H-L Library for a Book Launch and Discussion with Eric Chown and Fernando Nascimento, Digital and Computational Studies. Their new book is called "Meaningful Technologies: How Digital Metaphors Change the Way We Think and Live."

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Happy Red Planet Day! Did you know that by subscribing to the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics Bowdoin Library has ensured that its new content is freely available to the whole world? Learn more about both Mars and the new Subscribe2Open (S2O) model at https://t.co/tC6gZoq4Ah.

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MAKING BOOKS TOGETHER
Thursday, Nov. 30, 2:30-4pm
Join Cynthia Marsh for a conversation about collaborative book-making and to explore examples from her collection of artist’s books at the Bowdoin College Library. https://t.co/145QTdQIJ9 #cynthiamarsh #bowdoin #makingbooks

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Need to access databases while off-campus during Thanksgiving break? Bowdoin College students, faculty, and staff may connect to the majority of library database resources from home or elsewhere by using their e-mail username and password when prompted. https://t.co/mOplj9fEzl

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Enjoy your Thanksgiving break, Polar Bears! H-L Library is open on Tuesday, Nov 21 from 8am-5pm, then closed until Sunday, Nov 26 at 10am. Hatch Library will open at noon that Sunday. #bowdoin

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This Thursday, November 16 at 4:30pm! Please join us as Professor BaŞaran discusses his new book, "Circumcision and Medicine in Modern Turkey," with Associate Professor of English Hilary J. Thompson.
Nixon Lounge, H-L Library
Open to the public. Refreshments will be served.

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Happy Birthday to Oliver Otis Howard. Check out the digitized collection of O. O. Howard; the complete papers of this Civil War general and his brothers, all of whom graduated from Bowdoin College in the 1850s. https://t.co/AOfDSHPOib @bowdoin @bowdoinsca

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Check this out! One of our student employees, Lexe Le ’25, is a member of the Bowdoin Women in Computer Science group on campus. She created this board to highlight the group, and will add to the board as new events occur. Way to go, Lexe! #Bowdoin #HatchScienceLibrary #BWICS

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Need Some Orientation with Compass? Librarians can help!

Please drop in at the Research Lab in HL for dedicated Compass support next week 11am-4pm M-F, Nov 6-10. If those times aren’t convenient, your library liaison is always happy to help at a time that works better for you.

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Friday, November 3 at 12:30pm: Join the staff of Special Collections & Archives for the monthly tradition of turning the page of John James Audubon's magnificently large "Birds of America."

This month's guest speaker is Oscar Nigam, Bowdoin Class of 2025. #audubon #bowdoin

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It's November 1st - HAPPY NATIONAL AUTHOR'S DAY!
"Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons." ~Robertson Davies #NationalAuthorsDay #bowdoin

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Thursday, Nov 2, 4:30pm, Nixon Lounge, 3rd floor, H-L Library!
Please join the Government Department and the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives for a fascinating presentation on the papers of George J. Mitchell. Full details:
https://t.co/o4sUz70Wdq