Auburn University will join hundreds of colleges, universities, libraries and other organizations throughout the nation at the 23rd. annual National African American Read-In.  Volunteer readers share excerpts from their favorite African American Literature in a celebration of African American history.

Date and Time:  Monday, February 6 at 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Location:  Ralph Brown Draughon Library - Mell Street Entrance.

The Read-In is free and open to the public.  All are welcome.

Reading selections will also be available on site.  Readers and performers of all ages are welcome.  Readers are needed for this year's program.

If you would like to participate as a reader, please contact Jennifer Cook at jsc0013@auburn.edu or call (334) 844-5042.  The DEADLINE to register as a reader is February 3.

Endorsed by:  The International Reading Association

Sponsored by:  The National Council of Teachers of English, Black Caucus of the National Council of Teachers of English, Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, and University Libraries.

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 Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday period in effect Friday, January 13 through Monday, January 16.

Harriet Beecher Stowe:  Devil or Angel?

Dr. Walter B. Hitchcock, Professor Emeritus, Department of English, Auburn University

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

Date and Time:  January 19 at 3 p.m.

Sponsored by:  Auburn University Libraries, Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts and Humanities, and Auburn University Bookstore

On Saturday, January 7, at 3 p.m., the Special Collections and Archives Department will host a panel discussion on the life of Dr. George Washington Carver, the renowned scientist, teacher, and humanitarian of Tuskegee University.

Mark Hersey of Mississippi State University and Gary Kramer of the State Historical Society of Missouri, both Carver biographers, will serve on the panel, along with Dana Chandler, archivist at Tuskegee University.

Auburn University, Tuskegee University, the National Park Service, and Eastern National partnered to sponsor this program, which is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

The Special Collections and Archives Department is located on the Ground Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library.

For further information on related activities at the Carver Museum in Tuskegee, contact Park Ranger Shirley Baxter at (334) 727-3200 or by e-mail at shirley_k_baxter@nps.gov .

Be sure to consult the Hours link  located in the upper right hand side of the Auburn University Libraries homepage to be sure of library hours of operation during the Intersession and Holiday periods December 10 through January 8.

Be sure to consult the Hours link  located in the upper right hand side of the Auburn University Libraries homepage to be sure of library hours of operation during the Final Exam and Intersession periods December 2 through December 16.

Discover Auburn Lecture Series

The Bible in English:  Tyndale to King James

Sam Hornsby

Date and Time:  Thursday, November 17 at 3 p.m.

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

Co-sponsored by:  Auburn Universtiy Libraries, University Bookstore, and Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts and Humanities

Reading and Book Signing

Reluctant Rebels:  The Confederates Who Joined the Army after 1861

Kenneth W. Noe, Auburn University Department of History

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

Date and Time:  Thursday, December 1 at 3 p.m.

Sponsored by:  Auburn University Libraries, Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts and Humanities, AU Bookstore.

Discover Auburn Lecture Series

How Information Matters: Networks and Public Policy Innovation

Kathleen Hale, Department of Political Science, Auburn University

Date and Time:  Monday, November 7 at 3 p.m.

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

Co-sponsored by:  Auburn University Libraries, University Bookstore, and Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts and Humanities