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The Columbia College Chicago Library will be closing at 7:00pm on Wednesday, November 23rd, and will reopen on Monday, November 28th at 8:00am.   The College will be closed Thursday through Sunday in observance of the Thanksgiving Day holiday.

This week, we celebrate Banned Books Week! Each year during the last week of September, the American Library Association (along with libraries, booksellers, publishers, and others) celebrates the freedom to read and brings to light books which have been challenged or banned throughout the country. A yearly compilation of books which have been challenged or…

The Columbia College Chicago Library, is featured in an article about academic library marketing. The article, ” Marketing Comes to Campus: Academic Libraries Learn to Blow Their Own Horns” appears in the August 2011 issue of ILA Reporter. Illinois State University is also featured. The author, Elizabeth Neill, is currently a librarian at the Bellwood…

The Columbia College Chicago Library is proud to be one of many organizations at New Student Orientation welcoming new students and their parents/guests to our community. This photo is of student Syrina Pulido, one of hundreds of attendees library staff have met during the past several weeks (notice her “I Love Reading” pencil/hair accessory received…

The Columbia Chronicle represents the most complete record of student life at Columbia College Chicago over the past four decades. Beginning as CC Writer in 1973, the Chronicle has won more than 400 national awards since 1995. Now, more than 700 past issues of the newspaper are available online at:http://www.colum.edu/archives. To celebrate the online launch…

We know that you are busily working on final projects and papers, and studying for final exams. So, if you need that extra boost of caffeine, your friends at the Library are ready to assist. FREE hot Caribou Coffee, as well as assorted teas and hot cocoa will be available during Finals Week from Monday,…

Need research tips and tricks as you write? Our fearless librarian road warriors will be in the Learning Studio on Thursday, December 2, Noon-2pm. Don’t miss them on their final excursion of 2010!

The Library is partnering with IT User Support to provide face-to-face technical help to Columbia students, faculty and staff. An IT User Support specialist is on hand at the desk on the 2nd floor of the Library from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Support is provided for: email, network, wireless,…

Join the Friends of the Library as we welcome author and Columbia College Chicago Fiction Writing department faculty member, Nami Mun to read from her highly acclaimed novel, Miles from Nowhere and discuss her work as a writer. Miles of Nowhere will be available for purchase and Ms. Mun will sign copies after her presentation.…

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