CONSTITUTION DAY 2018: THE RIGHT TO VOTE Monday, September 17, 1:30-3:00PM Columbia College Chicago Library, 624 S. Michigan Ave 3rd Floor North Reading Room Rebecca Glenberg, a senior staff attorney at the ACLU of Illinois, will be discussing voting...

Help us congratulate our first alumni Library Artist In Residence, Crystal Higgins!  Crystal is a 2018 graduate with a B. A. in Public Relations and is using the residency to advance her creative writing interests.  She will focus on...

The Columbia College Chicago Library remembers legendary photographer Art Shay with this blog repost from 2014.  At that time, the Museum of Contemporary Photography and the Library collaborated with Mr. Shay on the exhibit, My Florence featuring photographs taken...

Photo by Max Sulik on Unsplash Today’s entry is taken from the National Endowment for the Arts in honor of Veterans Day.   The original post from the Art Works Blog can be found here. To all of our...

Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Typically held during the last week of September, it highlights the value of free and open access to information. Banned Books Week brings together the entire book...

Former Governor Pat Quinn will commemorate Patriot Day – and the 16th anniversary of 9/11 – by opening the “Portrait of a Soldier” exhibit at the Columbia College Chicago Library Reading Room 301,  Monday September 11, 2017 at 12:30...

The American Library Association (ALA) today published a response to the end of the Deferred Action to Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program . Columbia College Chicago Library is posting this message because we share in the mission and values espoused by...

On Monday, August 21, 2017, the world will be treated to a solar eclipse!  According to The National Aeronautics and Space Administration  (NASA),   a solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the sun and Earth and blocks...

National Library Week (April 9 – 15, 2017) is a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation’s libraries and library workers and to promote library use and support. From free access to books and online resources for families to...