With this week being National Library Week, the Ellender Memorial Library has events and displays to celebrate libraries, students and even the earth.
For the two events, the library will be hosting a book talk written by a Nicholls history professor about the Civil War, and the second event will be a trivia contest for Nicholls graduate students. During the week and the rest of the month, several displays will be available in the building as well as on the library website.
Nicholls Professor Dr. Shae Smith Cox will discuss her book “The Fabric of Civil War Society” from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 10, in the Brew. The history and geography professor will also bring several items featured in the book for show and tell. The event, which is open to everyone, will include refreshments and snacks.
Also on Wednesday, Access Services Librarian Andrew Barbier will be livestreaming from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Twitch, which will include an attempt to complete the modded Dark Souls game he began for Give-N-Day. Then on Friday, at 1 p.m., Barbier will livestream on Instagram his ice bucket challenge for Give-N-Day.
Government Information Librarian Jessica Hawkes has put together a library-themed trivia night for graduate student appreciation week. The event, from 3 to 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 11, in the Brew, will be tailored around letting higher level research students know what the library can offer them, in a fun and casual way.
“You will learn about the resources that you didn’t know the library had for you,” she said. “The event will also have prizes and be tons of fun.”
Library displays this month include National Poetry Month, Earth Month, library staff and student worker pets, and National Library week itself.
“Ready, Set, Read reminded me of go, dogs, go, but I wanted to do something that was more in line with the things we have, like the gaming collection,” said Assistant Archivist Mary Katherine Kearns, who organized the displays with assistance from Jenna Bergeron, Jessica Hawkes and Lady Pierson. “So Mario Kart seemed like the way to go, following a similar design to the game in the imagery.”
