Be sure to check the Hours link located in the upper central part of the Auburn University Libraries  homepage to find out hours of operation during the July 4 holiday period affecting Tuesday, July 3 (evening) and Wednesday, July 4.   Normal Summer Semester hours of operation will resume on Thursday, July 5.

Located in an upright glass display case to the left of the glass elevator atrium stairwell on the First Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library, is an exhibit featuring documents, informative captions, and other materials concerning the history of Auburn University's tiger mascot, Aubie.

Items such as a license plate featuring a tiger head design celebrating the 1957 National Football Championship, program books including the first appearance of Aubie as a cartoon drawing in Fall 1959, and photographs and other documents featuring the 1979 introduction of a live Aubie mascot are available for viewing.

The Circulation and Reserve Desk, located on the First Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library, i.e., the Parking Deck entrance, is being replaced.  Circulation and Reserve services are still available during the construction.

Be sure to click on the Hours link located in the upper central section of the Auburn University Libraries homepage to find out library hours of operation affected by the Memorial Day Holiday from May 26 - 28.  Regular hours of operation resume on May 29.

Be sure to check library hours of operation during the Intersession period May 5 - 16  by clicking on the Hours link located in the top central section of the Auburn University Libraries homepage.  .  Intersession Hours including Commencements Hours (May 5-7) will be in effect May 5 - 16.  Regular Summer hours of operation will begin on May 17, the first day of classes.

Be sure to check library hours of operation during Final Exams April 30 - May 4  by clicking on the Hours link located in the top central section of the Auburn University Libraries homepage.  Special hours will be in place also for April 27-29 for classes ending and for Study/Reading days.  Intersession Hours including Commencements Hours will be in effect May 5 - 16.

The Auburn University Libraries will be phasing out the MyLibrary @ Auburn University website over the next several months with an ultimate goal of shutting down the website at the conclusion of Auburn University's 2018 Summer semester, August 4th, 2018. The following dates and information are tentative and subject to change at any time. More information regarding the shutdown will be forthcoming.

• • March 20: Website visitors will no longer be able to create new user accounts. All current user accounts will remain active and accessible. DEADLINE PASSED
  • May 8: Website becomes "read-only." Read-only mode means that current user accounts will remain active and accessible after the transition; however, users will no longer be able to make changes to their accounts, including content associated with their account (i.e., add or remove personal links). If you have not exported the links stored in your personal links area, please do so as soon as possible.

• August 4: Website will be shut down, and a splash page with information and links to recommended bookmark management resources will replace the current website's homepage.

Discover Auburn Lecture Series

Jocelyne Binet's Cycle de melodies:  Unearthing a Forgotten Song Cycle

Matt Hoch, Associate Professor of Voice, Department of Music, Auburn University

Date and Time:  Thursday, April 5 at 3 p.m.

Location:  Special Collections and Archives Department, Ground Floor, Ralph Brown Draughon Library

Jocelyne Binet (1923-1968) was a French-Canadian composer and professor of composition at the Ecole de Musique Vincent d'Indy (1951-57) in Montreal and Laval University (1957-68) in Quebec City.  Although primarily remembered for her instrumental works, her 1955 Cycle de Melodies sur des Poemes de Paul Eluard was programmed in the same year by the French baritone Gerard Souzay in a performance that was most likely the world premiere.

Unfortunately, Binet's Cycle de Melodies was never published or recorded and the work was soon forgotten.

In the Fall of 2016, Matt Hoch discovered the original handwritten manuscript pages for the Cycle de Melodies and began reconstructing the score with the help of a professional engraver.  Binet's cycle enters the public domain in 2018, and the Cycle de Melodies will be published in this year by Classical Vocal Reprints.

Matt Hoch is the author of three books, including A Dictionary for the Modern Singer (2014), Welcome to the Church Music & The Hymnal 1982 (2015), and Voice Secrets:  100 Performance Strategies for the Advanced Singer (2016).  He is also the editor of the recently published So You Want to Sing Sacred Music (2017) and So You Want to Sing CCM (2018).   His articles have appeared in the Journal of Singing, Journal of Voice, Voice and Speech Review, Opera Journal, Choral Journal, Chorister, Classical Singer, and Journal of the Association of Anglican Musicians.

Sponsored by Auburn University Libraries.

The Patience Essah Africana Studies Lecture Series Co-Sponsored with the Auburn University Libraries Presents

From the Congo to the Convict Lease:  Africa in Alabama Coal Mines

Dr. Jennifer Brooks, Associate Professor, Department of History, Auburn University

Date and Time:  Tuesday, March 20 at 3:30 p.m.

Location:  Special Collections and Archives Department, Ground Floor, Ralph Brown Draughon Library

Alabama relied on convicts to build the New South.   Historians agree that African Americans constituted the overwhelming majority of persons imprisoned in this brutal labor system.  However, immigrants from around the world were not only imprisoned in New South Alabama, but were also leased to private mining and timber interests, including to the brother of former Alabama governor, B.B. Comer.  Dr. Brooks will explore how this exploitation of immigrants complicates our understanding of the new South as a binary story of black versus white.

Refreshments and conversation to follow Dr. Brooks's talk.

Be sure to consult the Library Hours link located in the upper right side of the Auburn University Libraries homepage to determine library hours of operation during the Spring Break period in effect Saturday, March 10 through Saturday, March 17 .  Normal hours resume on Sunday, March 19.