Clemson University Libraries Weblog

The Clemson University Libraries is sponsoring an Angel Tree in the lobby of Cooper Library again this year.

There are over 100 tags on the tree this year. Each tag represents one child. The children are from the agencies of Clemson Head Start, Seneca Head Start, and the Salvation Army in Oconee County.

Head Start is a non-profit, federally funded preschool program for children ages 0-4. This program provides quality comprehensive service to preschool children, their families, and pregnant women.

If you would like to sponsor a child from the Angel Tree:

• Choose an ornament and fill out the attached information card.
• Put the completed card in the drop box.
• Bring your gifts, unwrapped in a gift bag (with the ornament attached) to the Library Security Desk.

Twenty Years Ago Today

On November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall was breached after nearly three decades keeping East and West Berliners apart, separating friends and families. At midnight, East Germany’s Communist rulers gave permission for gates along the Wall to be opened after hundreds of people converged on crossing points. People surged through cheering and shouting. They were met by joyful West Berliners on the other side. Jubilant crowds immediately began to climb on top of the Wall and hack large chunks out of the 96-mile long barrier. The Berlin Wall had been constructed in 1961 to stop people leaving for West Germany.

See a piece of the Berlin Wall and learn the circumstances under which it was built in the exhibit “Conflict and Characteristics of the Cold War: A Look at Elements of the Era through Resources in CU Libraries’ Special Collections.” The exhibit is on display in the Special Collections exhibit area on the lower level of the Strom Thurmond Institute Building through December 18, 2009.

There are two new exhibits in the lobby of Cooper Library.

The one in the tall cases is all about Clemson football. It celebrates the 50th anniversary of the “Big Thursday” game against the University of South Carolina.

The other exhibit is in the flat cases in front of the Circulation Desk. It’s all about the new Thomas Green Clemson biography.

Read more about both exhibits here.

The student Baja SAE group is displaying their baja in our lobby.

The following information is from their website:

Baja SAE is a collegiate design competition sponsored by the Society of Automotive Engineers in which teams from universities around the world compete in an off-road challenge. Student members work together in order to design, build, test, promote, and race a rugged, single seat, off-road vehicle. Its intended market is the non-professional weekend off-road enthusiast. Accordingly, the vehicle must be safe, attractive, easily transported and maintained, and fun to drive.

See today’s Daily Photo for a picture.

Check out the new exhibit on the Cold War. It’s over in the Strom Thurmond Institute Building on the lower level. Read more about the exhibit here.

This new exhibit in the flat cases in the lobby of Cooper Library, highlights information about this year’s summer reading book, Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon.

There are two new exhibits in Cooper Library. An exhibit on the 50th anniversary of the Dixie Skydivers in the large cases and some examples of works by authors who happen to be employed by the Clemson University Libraries.

Come on over and check them out!

Well, just one rock. A very, very old, South Carolina shaped rock, found by a Clemson alum is on display in Cooper Library.

Read more about the rock and the exhibit here. Be sure to come and have a look for yourself.