Friday, April 3, 2015
Children’s Bibliotherapy Display
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Second Annual Edible Books Festival!
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| These books are literally delicious |
Swing by the main floor of the library this Wednesday, April 1st from Noon-3:30pm for the second annual Edible Books Festival!
The Edible Books Festival an international, multi-media, participatory creative event which invites us all to a “world banquet where delicious, surprising bookish foods will be consumed.” Playful and provocative, the festival explores the integration of food with “text, literary inspiration or, quite simply, the form [of the book].”
You can vote for your favorite and eat the books and other snacks at the serving celebration at 3pm!
Prizes will be awarded in the following categories:
To see last year's entries check out our Facebook Album.
Contact Stephen Wehmeyer with any questions. Bon Appetit!
The Edible Books Festival an international, multi-media, participatory creative event which invites us all to a “world banquet where delicious, surprising bookish foods will be consumed.” Playful and provocative, the festival explores the integration of food with “text, literary inspiration or, quite simply, the form [of the book].”
You can vote for your favorite and eat the books and other snacks at the serving celebration at 3pm!
Prizes will be awarded in the following categories:
- Prettiest
- Punniest
- Best Biblically Themed (in honor of the St. John's Bible)
- People’s Choice
To see last year's entries check out our Facebook Album.
Contact Stephen Wehmeyer with any questions. Bon Appetit!
Friday, March 27, 2015
Getting Around Town (and other places): How the People of Burlington Travelled
A new Special Collections exhibit has been set up at Roger H. Perry Hall depicting three main ways of travel in, around, and through Burlington, Vermont.
The most popular way to travel back in Burlington’s earlier days was by steamboat. It’s no surprise that mode of transportation was a huge hit because of Burlington’s location right on Lake Champlain. The most famous steamboat to run on the lake was the Ticonderoga, built in 1906, but sadly went out of business in 1950s due to more efficient ways to travel and has since retired to the Shelburne Museum.
Another popular way to go from one place to another was by train. Even though the routes were mainly used for lumber transportation from the 1850s to the early 1900s, travelers used the Union Depot's services to travel from Burlington to other places in Vermont and New York. About fifty years later the Union Depot was replaced by the Union Station, built in 1915, and continued to carry passengers until passenger train service was discontinued in 1953.
The most recent way of transport introduced to Burlington is flight service. The Burlington Municipal Airport opened in 1920 and began to expand a few years later when flying became more popular. In
1960, the name was changed to the Burlington International Airport by the Board of Alderman, the
airport received its first commercial flight client, and more flights started to come in.
Stop by the postcard alcove at Roger H. Perry Hall to learn more about Burlington’s fascinating ways of transportation from the Llewellyn Collection of Vermont History.
-Adrian Taul, Class of 2018
The most popular way to travel back in Burlington’s earlier days was by steamboat. It’s no surprise that mode of transportation was a huge hit because of Burlington’s location right on Lake Champlain. The most famous steamboat to run on the lake was the Ticonderoga, built in 1906, but sadly went out of business in 1950s due to more efficient ways to travel and has since retired to the Shelburne Museum.
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| Postcard of Steamship Ticonderoga docked in Burlington by Jesse Sumner Wooley, postmarked 1908 Llewellyn Collection of Vermont History, 2010.1.663 |
Another popular way to go from one place to another was by train. Even though the routes were mainly used for lumber transportation from the 1850s to the early 1900s, travelers used the Union Depot's services to travel from Burlington to other places in Vermont and New York. About fifty years later the Union Depot was replaced by the Union Station, built in 1915, and continued to carry passengers until passenger train service was discontinued in 1953.
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| Postcard of newly-completed Union Station by Charles H. Bessey, c. 1914-1915 Llewellyn Collection of Vermont History, 2010.1.664 |
The most recent way of transport introduced to Burlington is flight service. The Burlington Municipal Airport opened in 1920 and began to expand a few years later when flying became more popular. In
1960, the name was changed to the Burlington International Airport by the Board of Alderman, the
airport received its first commercial flight client, and more flights started to come in.
Stop by the postcard alcove at Roger H. Perry Hall to learn more about Burlington’s fascinating ways of transportation from the Llewellyn Collection of Vermont History.
-Adrian Taul, Class of 2018
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Wells, Richardson, & Company: Master Advertisers
WELLS, RICHARDSON & COMPANY ranks as one of Burlington's most successful businesses ever. A new Special Collections exhibition in the historic conference rooms of Roger H. Perry Hall, on view through May 2015, profiles the company, its products, and its adept advertising methods.
Founded in 1872, the pharmaceutical firm produced medicines, infant formula, fabric dyes, and other household products. By 1894, Wells, Richardson had $2 million in annual sales (some $51 million in today’s dollars), employed more than 200 people at its Burlington manufacturing plant and offices, and had branches in London, Montreal, and Sydney.
Wells, Richardson was a master of advertising, offering free samples, a satisfaction guaranteed policy, consumer testimonials, and cutie-pie images of babies and kids, among other techniques. The company's print department churned out hundreds of free publications designed to appeal to its target audiences, all of them loaded with product ads. This booklet containing a sentimental tale illustrated with sweet little girls, targeted female consumers in the market for fabric dyes such as the company's "Diamond Dyes":
Stop by Perry Hall Rooms 274 and 271 to view these items from Champlain's Special Collections, and plenty more, in person.
Founded in 1872, the pharmaceutical firm produced medicines, infant formula, fabric dyes, and other household products. By 1894, Wells, Richardson had $2 million in annual sales (some $51 million in today’s dollars), employed more than 200 people at its Burlington manufacturing plant and offices, and had branches in London, Montreal, and Sydney.
Bottling Paine's Celery Compound at the Wells, Richardson manufacturing plant between College and Main Streets, from Burlington in Brief, c. 1890 (Llewellyn Collection #2010.1.456)
Wells, Richardson was a master of advertising, offering free samples, a satisfaction guaranteed policy, consumer testimonials, and cutie-pie images of babies and kids, among other techniques. The company's print department churned out hundreds of free publications designed to appeal to its target audiences, all of them loaded with product ads. This booklet containing a sentimental tale illustrated with sweet little girls, targeted female consumers in the market for fabric dyes such as the company's "Diamond Dyes":
Diamond Dyes: A Tale of Four Children Merry & Wise
Wells, Richardson & Co., 1904 (Local History Collection #2014.15.1)
Stop by Perry Hall Rooms 274 and 271 to view these items from Champlain's Special Collections, and plenty more, in person.
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Get Your Leisure On: New Popular Fiction & Nonfiction Books!
Looking for something good to read? The MIC has got you covered! From beach reads to award-winning fiction, celebrity memoirs to titles of local interest, the Popular Books collection is the home for new books that are buzzing. We're excited to announce the inauguration of our Popular Books reading section on the first floor of the library. These shelves are located in the nook next to the Tower Room, which is on your left as you're entering the library.
This collection consists of recent Fiction and Nonfiction selected by our team of librarians to help keep you entertained. The collection will be added to monthly with new publications, so you will see these shelves fill up throughout the year with great new books. A few titles from our initial run include:
Fiction
Nonfiction
How to Fly a Horse by Kevin Ashton
You can find a complete, updated list on our Popular Books LibGuide: http://subjectguides.champlain.edu/popular
You can find a complete, updated list on our Popular Books LibGuide: http://subjectguides.champlain.edu/popular
Check back often for new titles. If you have suggestions, let us know!
Monday, February 16, 2015
Superheroes Unite in Champlain College Library
Champlain College librarians have so much fun adding books to our collections, because sometimes we get to choose some titles about superheroes!Whether you're studying COR 270 - Heroines & Heroes, psyched for Scott McCloud's talk next week or just looking to brush up on your superheroes, Champlain College Library has you covered.
We've highlighted some of our awesome, superhero books in a fun display this month. Check it out next time your in the MIC.
Monday, January 12, 2015
College Dorm Life in the 70s and 80s: Images from the Archives
BEFORE SMARTPHONES, iTunes and laptops, Champlain students had typewriters, record and cassette tape players, and shared pay phones. A new mini exhibit of images from the College Archives, on display this semester on the first floor of Miller Information Commons, highlights College dorm life in the 1970s and 1980s.
Besides the technological differences, life on campus was more regulated -- especially for women. Dorms were single-sex, students had curfews, and visitors (including fellow students of the same gender) were only allowed in common areas, during certain hours. Resident house mothers, the precursors to today's head residents, enforced the rules. Colleges across the country established strict policies like these following cultural expectations for them to act in loco parentis, or on behalf of parents. Curfews and visitation hours were relaxed by the late 1970s and eventually abolished, disappearing along with pay phones, record players, and typewriters.
Students had fun regardless, and they brought a sense of style to their dorm rooms. The resident of this room decorated her bed and windows with a coordinating rainbow-themed set:
Besides the technological differences, life on campus was more regulated -- especially for women. Dorms were single-sex, students had curfews, and visitors (including fellow students of the same gender) were only allowed in common areas, during certain hours. Resident house mothers, the precursors to today's head residents, enforced the rules. Colleges across the country established strict policies like these following cultural expectations for them to act in loco parentis, or on behalf of parents. Curfews and visitation hours were relaxed by the late 1970s and eventually abolished, disappearing along with pay phones, record players, and typewriters.
Students had fun regardless, and they brought a sense of style to their dorm rooms. The resident of this room decorated her bed and windows with a coordinating rainbow-themed set:
Unidentified dorm room, c. 1980-1985, Champlain College Archives
Stop by MIC to see some great shots of students studying in their rooms, using pay phones, and goofing off together.
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