NOTICE

Please note; As of March 1, 2010, this blog will no longer be updated. Thank you for your support and keep reading!

SPRING BREAK HOURS OF OPERATION

Friday, March 5, 7:30AM-5:00PM
Sat&Sun, March 6&7, closed
Mon-Fri, March 8-12, 8:00AM-5:00PM
Saturday, March 13, closed
Sunday, March 15, 5:00PM-midnight
Regular spring semester hours resume at 7:30AM on March 15, 2010. Call 269.749.7608 for more information.

Fingerprinting on March 16th

Have your children fingerprinted at no cost on Tuesday, March 16, 11AM-NOON, in the Insurance Room (ground floor). The Western and Southern Life Insurance Company is providing this community service to help ensure the safety of our children. There will also be fun prizes and balloons for the kids! For more information, call circulation at 269.749.7608.

The Book Group Meets in March

Join The Book Group on Tuesday, March 30th to discuss the novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford. We will meet in the Betsy Dole Women's Resource Center at 3:00PM for lively discussion and refreshments---come and bring a friend! The Book Group is sponsored by the Women's Resource Center and the Library---for more information, call Dianne Thomas at 269.749.6638.

Happy Hobby

Cancelled

Join the crafty club on campus for some recycling fun on March 2nd at 4:30pm in the Lecture Room (main floor). We will collage and decorate used file boxes--you will be able to better organize your papers! wow! Supplies and refreshments provided---call 269.749.7387 for more information.

Commuknitty

Cancelled

Needlecrafters are welcome to COMMUKNITTY every Thursday, noon-1:00PM----we meet in the Library's Insurance Room (ground floor). Bring your brown bag lunch and take a relaxing break to work on knitting, crochet or stitchery projects...for more information, call Jane at 269.749.7387.

Lunch Learn & Laugh

Join us in the Library Lecture Room (main floor) for a brown bag lunch with Timothy Flynn, Chair of the Performing Arts Department. Tim will show us several rare musical sources and discuss how they describe a composer and his work. We will meet from noon-1:00PM on Tuesday, February 23, 2010.

The Book Group Meets Soon

Join us in the Betsy Dole Women's Resource Center (Upton Conservatory) on Tuesday, February 16th at 3PM. The Book Group will look at "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett--come for the discussion and refreshments! All are welcome. For more information call 269.749.6638.

Happy Hobby Coming Up

Join the crafty club on campus, HAPPY HOBBY, on February 10th at 4:30pm in the Lecture Room (main floor). We will be creating fabulous hearts out of beads and wire--WOW!

Lunch Laugh & Learn

Join us in the Library Lecture Room (main floor) for a brown bag lunch presentation with Professor Cynthia Noyes on "Brighid and Groundhogs: Spring Will Come." Come on Thursday, February 4th, noon-1:00pm--join us!

Happy Hobby Crafty Club

Join us in the Lecture Room (main floor) at 4:30PM on Wednesday, January 27th for Happy Hobby. Our guest artists, Alma and Tajilli, will demonstrate finger knitting. Come try it out! We'll supply the yarn and refreshments!

Workshops for Commuters

Meet in the Lecture Room (main floor), 9:30-10:30AM, for research tips to encourage better scholarship and performance. Join Martha Perkins on Wednesday, February 3rd to learn the best way to finalize papers before turning them in for grading. Join Jane Reiter on Wednesday, February 10th to discover online resources available to students 24/7. For more information, call Jane at 269.749.7387.

Saturday Crafts for Spring Semester

We meet in the Lecture Room (main floor), NOON-2:00PM. For more information, contact Jane Reiter at 269.749.7387 or jreiter@olivetcollege.edu
Jan. 16, Let's make alligator, giraffe and /or cat masks!
Jan. 30, Let's make funny monkey hats!
Feb. 13, Let's make a unique picture book or storybook for the people we love and cherish.
Feb. 27, Let's make glittery, shiny fish mobiles!
March 20, Let's make bird feeders and birds nest baskets for springtime!
April 10, Let's make our own version of Tinkerbelle--a fun fairy friend!
May 8, Let's make a potholder from fabric pieces for Mom or Grandma!

2010 Burrage Bookmark Contest

Create a bookmark design for your favorite library in Olivet, Michigan--BURRAGE LIBRARY! The winning designer wins $50.00 and the bookmark becomes the official 2010 Library bookmark. Submission deadline is February 19th. Everyone is eligible to enter--for more information, contact Jane Reiter, Library Director, at 269.749.7387 or jreiter@olivetcollege.edu.

The Book Group

Come for a lively discussion of the Robert Goolrick Novel, "A Reliable Wife" on January 19, 2010, at 3:00pm. The Book Group meets in the Betsy Dole Women's Resource Center, #140 Upton Conservatory building. For more information, contact Dianne Thomas, Director of the Center, at 269.749.6638.

January is AMNESTY MONTH

All fines and bills are forgiven during the month of January, 2010, at Burrage Library! Return overdue materials and NO QUESTIONS will be asked! For more information on your executive pardon, contact the circulation department at 269.749.7608.