“We can destroy what we have written, but we cannot unwrite it." - A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess, removed from a Colorado high school in 1976 due to objectional material.
Book Review - The Disappearing L
For the latest post on "Back in the Stacks," Cataloging Specialist Jan Hardy reviews "The Disappearing L: Erasure of Lesbian Spaces and Culture" by Bonnie J. Morris.
Book Review: The Woman's Hour
On her Back in the Stacks blog, Cataloging Specialist Jan Hardy reviews "The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote" by Elaine Weiss
New Titles on OverDrive!
The following new titles are now available on OverDrive, a service to check out and download popular eBooks and audio books for reading on the web or on your personal devices, including phones and tablets! Get started with OverDrive.
Review - The Wife
Before it was a major motion picture starring Glenn Close, The Wife was a novel by Meg Wolitzer. Beginning in the 1950s, with men mostly controlling the access to publishing and success, and academia mostly extolling male writers, "The Wife" sketches out the differences between men’s “armored,” “muscle-bound” writing and women’s more intimate, personal stories.
Review: What Truth Sounds Like
On her Back in the Stacks blog, Cataloging Specialist Jan Hardy reviews What Truth Sounds Like: Robert F. Kennedy, James Baldwin, and Our Unfinished Conversation About Race In America by Michael Eric Dyson (St. Martin's Press, 2018)
Review: Books About Dogs
On her Back in the Stacks blog, Cataloging Specialist Jan Hardy reviews a trio of books about "man's best friend."
Book Review: You're Not From Around Here, Are You?
On her Back in the Stacks blog, Cataloging Specialist Jan Hardy reviews You’re Not From Around Here, Are You? : a Lesbian in Small-Town America by Louise A. Blum.
Two Views of Columbine
Blogging about a topic that is, sadly, still relevant today, Cataloging Specialist Jan Hardy reviews two books about the Columbine high school shooting. "A Mother’s Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy" by Sue Klebold is a memoir by the mother of one of the shooters, who shares her insights on how evil can seem so recognizable in retrospect, yet hidden right before our eyes.
Announcing: New Library Catalog
On Tuesday, March 20, 2018, University Libraries will launch a new integrated library system that will include a new library catalog. The new catalog will improve how users browse, search, and discover materials on library.cmu.edu.
The Libraries implemented its current online catalog in 1995. In that time, standards in web design have changed, technology has advanced, and the needs of users have evolved. It is against this background that the online system has become quite outdated.
